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Darth_Kennerado Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 4/22/02 3:13am Subject: Building your own lightsabre.
	I wanted to make my own lightsabre so i looked at some american sites but i couldn't find any of the parts over here in Australia. So, can someone please be so kind as to tell me how i can build a saber from aussie parts. cheers.
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Darth_Dagsy Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 4/22/02 3:14am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	A broom handle. Cut it in half. Black electrical tape for the handle Red, blue or green cellophane for the blade. Live long and prosper my friend. -----signature----- Dammit. Now I have to think of something smart to put here. The master has fled
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TheOzhaggis Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 4/22/02 3:28am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	I could be wrong, but I think DK might be after something a little more ... authentic looking? -----signature----- . "Difficult we did yesterday. Impossible is what we're working on today." - John Brunner (Stand on Zanzibar) . What would I do .. ?
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Darth_Dagsy Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 4/22/02 3:29am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	...And drink a large bottle of vodka in 2 mins. happy, Oz? -----signature----- Dammit. Now I have to think of something smart to put here. The master has fled
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TheOzhaggis Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 4/22/02 3:58am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	Alcohol and lightsabers DO NOT mix. You'll end up losing an arm, or something. Look at the cantinas in SW... Lots of alcohol. Add a lightsaber ... someone ALWAYS loses an arm. -----signature----- . "Difficult we did yesterday. Impossible is what we're working on today." - John Brunner (Stand on Zanzibar) . What would I do .. ?
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HawkNC Title: FanForce RSA Oceania Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 4/22/02 5:10am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	Yeah, I don't recommend playing JK2 drunk. Kyle could be mighty PO'ed if you chop his arm off with his own saber... -----signature----- Use dp/dt -- Come now, do you really expect me to do coordinate substitution in my head while strapped to a centrifuge?
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Teknobabel Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 4/22/02 5:02pm Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	1) Go to your nearest hardware store that sells metal pipes, get a suitable length of 30mm pipe, use this as the basis for your handle, grab some balsa wood and glue and decorate it to suit your needs. Paint may be needed here as well 2) Practise making the "wruuummmmm" and "bzzt" noises with your lips. 3)for best results practice in front of a mirror 4) or if you really want to make a saber, browse your way to the props forum over in fan activities, where you will find folk who know what they are talking about -----signature----- I want to be young and wild, then I want to be middle aged and rich, and then I want to be old and annoy people by pretending that I’m deaf
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FaLLeN-AnGeL Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 4/22/02 6:42pm Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre. - Date Edited: 4/22/02 7:24pm (3 edits total) Edited By: FaLLeN-AnGeL
	You can go with the broomstick idea. Just try and replicate the "handle" using electrical tape or something like that, wrap up the "blade" part in whatever colour tape you want/can get your hands on, and there you go. Then you can have battles with all your friends who also have them and it doesn't matter how hard you hit (unless you miss and hit knuckles) because all you have to replace is the electrical tape. Then you get someone with a camera (digital preferred) and someone who is handy with PhotoShop/PaintShop and this site and you can make them look real (Go here for examples). Or you just take a photo of someone, give them a handle from this site and add the blade in yourself. (Go here for an example). EDIT: I forgot to mention that the site where you can look at the handles for the lightsabres from contains spoilers. Sorry -----signature----- SECC FUBAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 SIN 20 GOTO HELL
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TheOzhaggis Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 4/22/02 7:04pm Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	A bit of lightsaber trivia: the sound guys on TPM noticed a weird humming noise in the duel scenes - they found out it was Ewan McGregor making lightsaber noises while he was fighting... -----signature----- . "Difficult we did yesterday. Impossible is what we're working on today." - John Brunner (Stand on Zanzibar) . What would I do .. ?
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Teknobabel Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 4/22/02 10:15pm Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre. - Date Edited: 4/22/02 10:30pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Teknobabel
	Yeah, but everyone did that, liam said so on the making of doco on the dvd, hayden got told off by george for doing it, who could resist? SPOILERS: Making the lightsaber for Christopher Lee's character is going to be a puzzler, i've found a suitable iece of metal but it's bent in the middle rather than at the ends, so that's going to be a bit of trouble i don't need this close to may 16th -----signature----- I want to be young and wild, then I want to be middle aged and rich, and then I want to be old and annoy people by pretending that I’m deaf
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MarvinTheMartian Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 4/23/02 3:55am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	Buy one at KMart. You can get Count Dooku's blade, Anakin's or Obi-Wan's and they have lights and nopises, all for just $68!!!!
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Darth_Soup Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 4/23/02 6:08am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	The problem with the purchased ones is that they are kids toys....... they are nowhere near the correct size and look stupid if you try to hang them off a costume.... -----signature----- I guess surrealism's not your cup of fish. "Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis" Dragged to the SECC by the gorgeous F-A Self appointed Dark Lord of the SHIFT!
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MarvinTheMartian Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 4/23/02 6:12am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	^ Thats a good point - I did happen to think that they looked a bit bulky, and felt way too 'blade-hevy' if you know what I mean. Ubforuntely, I don't think I can find anything else as a substitute. Unless I make my own using stuff from the hardware store or something.
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BibFortuna Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 4/23/02 10:24pm Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	well u could go to a camping store and get one of those really long bug zappers. they come in lotsa bright colours. Then attach em to a metal pole for a handle (really strong glue might be needed). Also if u use it at night u wont have to make any noises, there are plenty of bugs around, bzzt...bzzt. lol -----signature----- Die Wanna Wanga!... Nee labba no badda. Me chaade su goodie... Nudd Chaa.
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FaLLeN-AnGeL Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 4/24/02 8:51pm Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	Hahaha I love that idea! -----signature----- SECC FUBAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 SIN 20 GOTO HELL
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Teknobabel Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 4/25/02 12:27am Subject: RE: Building your own lightsabre.
	I've got the piece of metal the right shape for dooku's saber, and besides, making your own looks so much more fanboy, as well as being able to clip to a belt -----signature----- I want to be young and wild, then I want to be middle aged and rich, and then I want to be old and annoy people by pretending that I’m deaf
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