Dewy and Anakin Starkiller's Accurate Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 1 Lightsaber Design

[Halliwax]

Looks great Mike!

 

[Anakin Starkiller]

Since a lot of the prequel saber found parts seem to be aerospace related, and most (nearly all) aerospace parts distributors will not sell to individuals, I was forced to form my own LLC. This makes it much easier to procure parts via AS9100/ISO9001 certified suppliers.

Here is an example of more aircraft parts: solid head rivets. They come in this purple color to indicate a specific material. I've been doing a lot of research on which specifications and part numbers will result in the correct head shape, correct size, and correct purple color. More details to follow once I've nailed that info down.

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I just want to pay tribute to one of the greatest posts on the RPF. To get these purple rivets for our lightsabers, he formed his own LLC! Bravo!

 

[DRambo87]

I just want to pay tribute to one of the greatest posts on the RPF. To get these purple rivets for our lightsabers, he formed his own LLC! Bravo!

Was literally going to post the same thing about Drew lol

 

[Dewy]

I turned $40 worth of old aircraft parts into a $700 filing fee with tax implications!

 

[DRambo87]

I turned $40 worth of old aircraft parts into a $700 filing fee with tax implications!

Hey man, sometimes landing a perfect TPM costs money haha

 

[MojaveTrooper]

1000% worth it

 

[velvetthunder]

I just want to pay tribute to one of the greatest posts on the RPF. To get these purple rivets for our lightsabers, he formed his own LLC! Bravo!

So we can buy purple rivets from dewy?!

 

[DRambo87]

So we can buy purple rivets from dewy?!

I believe so

 

[Eruonen]

I just want to pay tribute to one of the greatest posts on the RPF. To get these purple rivets for our lightsabers, he formed his own LLC! Bravo!

 

[1StopProps]

As I alluded to in another thread recently, this particular prop has always been an obsession of mine and I have been working on my own parametric 3D model on and off for nearly 3 years. I have amassed a fairly large collection of reference photos of both the hero prop and the various stung props. So to the best of my abilities I have been using perspective matching photogrammetric techniques within SolidWorks to align my model to reference photos.

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Comparison 1:

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Comparison 2:


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I scratched my brain for a month over how a machinist would logically manufacture the emitter with the wonky geometry we see on the hero prop. It turns out it is incredibly easy:

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Finally after A LOT of time in Solidworks I decided I was ready to move forward with prototyping. My interests lie more in replicating the prop than the fictional weapon itself. In that regard I decided to 3D print not just my hero model, but also a featureless stunt model to recreate these props:

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So these beauties are hot off the 3D printer:

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Now begins the long and arduous task of turning my 3D models into detailed engineering drawings...

 

[1StopProps]

Outstanding work with references and overlays. Very clean!