knurled... like this:Originally Posted by Strydur
"Coin edge" like this on the graflex thumbscrew:
Then a plain one, perhaps larger.
knurled... like this:Originally Posted by Strydur
"Coin edge" like this on the graflex thumbscrew:
Then a plain one, perhaps larger.
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Originally Posted by xwingband
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Originally Posted by xwingband
Maybe a Cone knob for luke rotj V2s for the switch cover.
something like this
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Seems like a simple way of approaching a functional graflex-type button would be to machine a custom nut rather than a cap. As for possible caps, something resembling a thumbscrew would be nice, or a modified glass eye. I have also liked xwings suggestions.
I like the size of the rotary one on the MR maul, but Knurled please Tim!
I like X's ideas, but I must have a knurled for mine!
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For me, the ideal prequel red button switch would be a one that you first had to rotate before it would be possible to push it.Originally Posted by Luke-SkyMarcher
I would prefer a good replica of the real button. The real one had female knurling, i.e. the negative of what you posted.Originally Posted by xwingband
If it was good and accurate, I would probably buy a few just to replace inaccurate ones I have on some static sabers of mine.
A real Graflex button, or a good replica, is already functional. It has a disc that gets pressed down to make contact with two leads which completes the circuit. You could also place a switch under the button that gets pressed on.Originally Posted by TimeRender
I wasn't looking for a full blanking cap replica... it's just a cap to cover our switches that would look like it. Being as it is a functional thing a fully accurate blasting cap would do us no good... as it's essential just a screw?Originally Posted by Darth Lars
Are some of us talking in two directions... the functional screws and stuff seen on the sabers OR the switch add-on I was thinking of?
I always get confused on the knurling of negative vs. positive... no where ever shows a danged picture either as I'm sure it's probably obvious, but my mind can't grasp it by description alone.
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I'm thinking switch cover.
I was still thinking of switch covers. Personally, I'd rather have replicas with buttons that I can push or turn than simple thumbscrews. I want my items to look and feel like they belong to the Star Wars universe, not like they belong to a movie set.Originally Posted by xwingband
If you want to attach one over a tapped hole then it would not be difficult to glue it onto a headless screw -- and there you would have a thumbscrew!
The button stalks were never seen on the real props anyway.
Just don't miss the opportunity to make the visible part of the buttons accurate if you can.
Cool! We are completely on the same page then.
Got any pictures of "accurate"? Both my Parks' are different and without Romans... I'm not sure where one could find a replica out there.
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