On-going Saber Design Check

[Crystal Chambers]

oops...just saw that you have experience sand casting....if TCSS could mill it for you then you could be sure your parts fit...not sure if that's an option but worth a shot.

[$tarkiller]

oops...just saw that you have experience sand casting....if TCSS could mill it for you then you could be sure your parts fit...not sure if that's an option but worth a shot.

That is probably more work than he's wanting to do or have done. if TCSS were to do that, it would be a crapload of money.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

it'd be much simpler to get an aluminum tube overlay and cut it how you want it, if you want artistic it'd be technically possible to get a thicker tube and shape it by grinding it down to how you want it after you cut the initial shape, I can see how to do it but it'd probably take months of work...

[$tarkiller]

it'd be much simpler to get an aluminum tube overlay and cut it how you want it, if you want artistic it'd be technically possible to get a thicker tube and shape it by grinding it down to how you want it after you cut the initial shape, I can see how to do it but it'd probably take months of work...

very good point, DDG. I like that idea.

[Kastor]

The problem with grinding is loosing the finish. I've been told it will look very poor if I do that. Also I don't have very much experience with grinding and what I have done I've had a hard time with. Besides the likely hood of messing up once and running the entire sleeve is too high. If I cast I can reproduce very easily the hard part is making the master and the negative. after that it's fairly simple I feel it will be less time consuming than grinding. Also TCSS would need to make a profit and recover labor costs, doing it my self is much cheaper.