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Doniven Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 2/23/03 12:08am Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	mine has the lines like yours & crome finish. As for your theory it might be true cuz after the holidays was when he released his new designs. plus i think its for those fans who wanted an Ani. EII. lightsaber all he had to do to stay away from copyright laws was to change a few things, but now with the release of the graflex clip you can make it look almost exactly the same as the on in the movie.
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Stephan2312 Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 2/23/03 1:42pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	Let me introduce you to my homemade PVC Luke Skywalker ROTJ saber!! Stephan2312 -----signature----- Director of Resurrection of the Sith http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=170517
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Xorbo Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 3/9/03 6:57pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	this thread deserves a bump. more traffic.
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Headhunter0183 Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 3/10/03 5:41am Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	Thats PVC! Nice paint job dude! I tried to make a PVC saber but I didnt have the patients to let it dry properly. Verry nice Stephen. How long did it take? -----signature----- The crystal is the heart of the blade.The heart is the crystal of the jedi. The jedi is the crystal of the force.The force is the blade of the heart. All are intertwined. The blade, the jedi, the force. You are one. www.headhunterspropshop.com
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varza Title: Former Albuquerque FF CR Registered: Nov '02	Date Posted: 3/10/03 10:46am Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	wow! I have been reading through the thread to just get an idea on some lightsabers since I am going to start working on my first one soon. And I am extremely impressed by everthing that has been done. I can only hope that I will mkae on as good. I am going to go with Style 3 over at Big Yellowbox (?) and change it to fit me a little better and my style. Really excited and even more so... I hope to see more of what is being done soon. -----signature----- Just because your paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face - Harry, Dresden Files -I would be more active but I found WOW and can't find my way back...
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Stephan2312 Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 3/10/03 12:53pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	Thank you Headhunter! It took about 5-6 days to make it all. Try automotive spray paint, dries just in a few hours. Shame the paint is a bit scratched now by use and wear, too bad! Stephan2312 -----signature----- Director of Resurrection of the Sith http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=170517
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The_Clone_Emperor Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 3/10/03 2:24pm Subject: Luuke's Lightsabre contest
	Greetings enthusiasts of weapons of more elegant tymes, "Luuke" from The Lightsabre is hosting his 5th annual lightsabre competition. (He is accepting entries up until the end of March, 2003.) His site is a wonderful resource for lightsabre information and inspiration. Highly recommended. Enjoy. -----signature----- You want this, don't you http://www.paralada.org/
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Kev-Mas_Colcha Registered: Dec '02	Date Posted: 3/10/03 4:41pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	Here is my concept sketch. It's the first one listed in the album. That's what I think my Lightsaber will look like when it's completed. -----signature----- "Where the people fear the government you have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty." - John Basil Barnhill Order of the Sword and Skull Most Underrated Patron of the EUC
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Forcebewitya Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 3/12/03 7:09pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	hey Clone Emperor did you happen to by in one of the latest star wars insiders as the winners of a costume contest anyway yeah im starting on my lightsaber now its a pipe extension with a couple o rings and windshield wipers for grips and a blue led light in the side its my first one and its taking a while to get all the parts and stuff i had a question for wires leading from the batteries to the led do you need to tape some electrical tape so that the metal inside doesnt disrupt the leds or anything?if you no the answer or have any other tips for me it would be greatly appreciated -----signature----- "take a train to the nearest awakening, took a bullet the speed of light into infinite time." It seems like a good daydream but....-Imperative Reaction "The Bird of Hermes is My Name Eating My Wings to Make Me Tame"
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The_Clone_Emperor Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 3/13/03 8:56am Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	I am not very skilled with electronics, my partially melted holocron will attest to this. However, Forcebewitya, I feel confident to sugguest this advice in regard to wiring; It is best to sodder all your wired connections, much better than simply twisting wires together. (It is infuriating to have your blade konk-out in the middle of a duel.) Always provide some form of insulation for your exposed contact points, soddered or otherwise. Again, brushing up against the inside of your metal lightsabre could burn out your circuit. Electrical tape is made for this. Alternatively, one might consider using a glue gun to create a cushioning insulation cover. Lastly, put as much care in assembling and installing your electronics as you do in creating the prop. It makes a big difference. And yes, the photo in the recent Batha Tracks , is of me at GenCon. Enjoy. -----signature----- You want this, don't you http://www.paralada.org/
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DarthWeenie Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 3/13/03 3:30pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	The metal on the inside of your saber will really mess you up ForceBeWitya. Electrical tape might not fully do the trick either. You could put like 4 or 5 layers of the tape. Or you could buy something called heatsink from an electronics store. Its like a tube that when you heat it up it melts and forms around whatevers inside it. You could put that around your electronics, and that might do the trick too. Best thing to do, is find some way to line the inside areas that might be affected with thin pliable rubber. Maybe if you bought some weather stripping (that rubber flap at the bottom of doors), you could cut off the bottom "flap" part and use that. -----signature----- Official Weenie of the Emperor's S.E.C.R.E.T. S.E.R.V.I.C.E. Hardcore Spoiler and Trailer free for Episode III and Ben and Jen's Wedding!!!! http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=8152025&page=1
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Forcebewitya Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 3/14/03 8:56pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	Thank you all for the helpful lightsaber constructing hints I will definitly take them into account. Forcebewitya! -----signature----- "take a train to the nearest awakening, took a bullet the speed of light into infinite time." It seems like a good daydream but....-Imperative Reaction "The Bird of Hermes is My Name Eating My Wings to Make Me Tame"
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BroodMcEto Registered: Jan '02	Date Posted: 3/18/03 7:02pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	TCE - Other than yours, obviously, which three do you like in Luuke's contest so far? I have to vote for #21 and #27, and of course yours. I don't care much for machined sabers because they lack that certain look that comes from scratch built ones. I can also see how BYB has influenced the majority of the entries. Not that it's a bad thing, I just wish people would embellish the format. Style 8, anyone? And don't get me started on square buttons... ugh.
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The_Clone_Emperor Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 3/19/03 7:41am Subject: Colour me out of there!
	I am afraid that my hilt has been disqualified, as per the rules of the competition. Luuke's contest does not permit sabre designs that have been publicly credited, as mine was. I wish it were else wise, but it is fair; judging could be skewed by the knowledge of who made the hilt. Lesson; read contest rules carefully. (After my disqualification notice I had to reread the contest rules thrice before I found the clause that killed my entry.) A custom machine hilt can be very graceful. It is a matter of design. I also believe that hardware lightsabres are really in the spirit of the Jedi, being made by oneself from found and crafted objects. However, one must carefully select these objects; when one's pommel has arrows on it reading hot and cold, I feel it detracts from the idea of the elegant weapon. I lost my vote when I was disqualified. But between you and those reading this, the maker of lightsabre entry 27, has my greatest respect. Enjoy. -----signature----- You want this, don't you http://www.paralada.org/
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DARTHLARS Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 3/19/03 12:03pm Subject: RE: Your Lightsaber
	Speaking of the lightsaber contest, I think it would be good to mention that back in January/February, Luuke had problems with his email and several contest entries that were submitted back then were lost. In other words, if you had mailed an entry more than a month ago and you don't see it among the contest entries, then you should email it again. If it was less than a month ago and you don't see it, you should not email it again - he just doesn't update the entries very often, and he might post your saber twice... Just look at entries #18 and #29. Too bad about your entry, The Clone Emperor. It would probably have won. It is a great piece of work. -----signature----- Xeltek (1981-2005) - Our thoughts will be with you, always
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