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Thread: Jay-gon's Brass saber 2 & 3 (MR Sound/Lux III's)

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    Jay it amazes me what you can do with them sinktubes. I dont have the patience to deal with it. I would do the reverse like on your custom.

    I have very good feelings the clamp one is gonna turn out extremo sweet.
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    lookin' pretty sweet so far, i love that brass with the silver. I can't wait to see these all done.
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    Okay, did some more work today. My feelings about the results are somewhat mixed, though....you'll see what I mean in a bit. Now on to pictures!

    I drew up the window cut-out for the grip section, and put the tube i the vise on my drill press. It works out well, 'cause the table swings from side to side to aalow for easier access to the sides of the tube:


    I started out with the cut-off wheel on my rotary tool:


    I cut all of the straight cuts first, then cut across the corners, and the piece fell off:


    I'll hang on to that, it may come in handy sometime!

    I swapped out the cutting wheel and installed my side scrolling bit. THe "Human Milling Machine" strikes again!


    I did the first corner allright, but on the second one, the bit decided to jump out of the tube and skittered across it! AAARRRRRGGGHH!!!


    After some choice words and a few minutes berating myself, I calmed down and finished it off, this time using the cutting wheel to remove more material from the corners, and using the side scrolling bit to round them off:


    I put on the sanding drum and did a little de-burring:


    And then some filing to try and square everything up a bit more:


    I also used a rat-tail file in the corners to further round them off, and then used some well worn 400 grit paper to sand on the surface. I also test assembled it to be sure the parts are going to line up right:



    The grips line up in the window perfectly! Success! My only gripe is the chewed-up line on the tube....and all the scratches you can see in that shot that were left by the clamp the first time I slid it on there....I also have a couple shots of the saber with the clamp installed, but you'll have to wait until later to see those!
    Last edited by Jay-gon Jinn; 04-04-2008 at 11:34 AM.

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    Looks great so far, I loves it
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    Here's a few shots of Brass Saber #2 with the clamp on it:





    You can see my screw-up with th rotary tool pretty well in that shot....

    and that clamp needs to be polished sooo bad...
    Last edited by Jay-gon Jinn; 04-05-2008 at 12:28 AM.

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    couldent you fix that some how?
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    I'm going to try to sand and buff it out.

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    I absolutely love your brass sabers! Great job man. Your very inspiring.

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    Thanks Dacota. These are fun to do, but somewhat nerve-wracking, because the brass scratches easily when you're working on it.

    I had a slight change in plans, though. I was testing out the location of the clamp, and decided that where it needed to go would put it right where the screws go for the front sinktube adaptor. So I placed an order for two of the 5" double threaded extensions, and requested that Tim skim them down to 1.42"-1.43" like the rest of these. That'll allow for the clamp to go anywhere, and free up the 4 adaptors for use in 4 more brass ones in the style of my first brass saber:
    Last edited by Jay-gon Jinn; 04-05-2008 at 09:02 AM.

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    Gorgeous...

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