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Title: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Darth Vigorous on August 07, 2016, 06:11:11 PM First, this video does not belong to me and i did not invent this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfChta8w8Lk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfChta8w8Lk) griphen23 months ago OK, OK. Here it is. It's this Gear Keeper and it's heavily modified. http://www.amazon.com/Gear-Keeper-RT3-4568-Retractable-Instrument/dp/B00BB0AVB6. I took it apart carefully as to not totally destroy the casing. be carefull not to let the spring come out. It's very hard to get it back in(use a clamp of some sort). I replaced the wire with 100lb Braided Fishing Line. after 5 different modification I found that it needed a smooth metal opening for the string to exit out of the casing or it will melt the plastic because of friction. I used epoxy to glue a very small socket to the opening, the chrome works well. I placed the socket at the lower end of the device instead of the original opening to keep the string as straight as possible as it is moving to reduce the stresses. make sure you add a blocking attachment to the string so the line does not retract all the way into the device. Then put the casing together. I used Velcro so I can easily open it back up when needed. then I used an elastic velcro strap to attach to my wrist under my glove and pulled the string through a small hole on the palm side of my wrist. I used the 4lbs of force gear keeper because my saber was ~2lbs. I wish I had pictures. if I have time I will make a video. the string will eventually wear out. I tried many different versions with several kinds of lines, strings and wire. let me know if you have any questions. Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: shade_1313 on August 07, 2016, 06:39:55 PM Looks very, very cool. DS point.
Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Calculon on August 07, 2016, 06:53:27 PM Hey Darth Vigorous,
Nice mod! Not sure if this was influence for you but if it wasnt, enjoy! One of my favorite sources of inspiration. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX7Zv0yID7g Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Obese Wan Kenobese on August 07, 2016, 07:55:29 PM Hey, man! It's the Yo Yo Ball!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U_g3jYBJVQ Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: For Tyeth on August 07, 2016, 08:34:09 PM Hello Everyone,
I'm not sure but this might be of interest to folks doing lightsaber spinning/tricks or choreography. If you want a slightly less complex way to have a "floating" lightsaber then maybe you could rig your saber to work like a Flow Wand or Levitation Stick. There are various videos on YouTube showing Flow Wands and info on how to construct them. As I mentioned maybe the technique could be adapted to sabers. I did see one video of a guy at a Con using something similar, when I find it again I'll post it here. kind regards, For Tyeth EDIT: The video/Gif is hosted on imgur but linked to that infamous gossip website, so not sure if I can post it here. Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Darth Cephalus on October 06, 2016, 04:18:49 AM I have achieved something like this as well and have been posting on it over in the saber artistry section. Basically, I am just using string and a clip. http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=32700.0;topicseen.
Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: RevanReborn on October 06, 2016, 03:42:03 PM wow! very cool guys! i gotta look into some of this stuff for sure!! thanks for posting everyone :).
Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Corwyn VonBeck on October 06, 2016, 04:58:02 PM Amazing!
No doubt takes some serious practice to get it going right, but it looks awesome! Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Mr.Shades on October 15, 2016, 05:01:13 PM Good work ! It looks amazing :o
Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Darth Cephalus on October 15, 2016, 10:04:48 PM Just finished my comparatively low tech rig a few days ago. I finally have it where I can do all 5 of the tricks I wanted to do. Here it is in action.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-8pd1Gn4YU Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: RevanReborn on October 16, 2016, 06:58:10 PM EPIC DC!! mind blowing skills man! SO cool :).
Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Corwyn VonBeck on October 17, 2016, 06:27:04 PM Just finished my comparatively low tech rig a few days ago. I finally have it where I can do all 5 of the tricks I wanted to do. Here it is in action. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-8pd1Gn4YU Ha! wondered if that was yours! Popped up in a "you may be interested in" notification from youtube. Nice skills man! Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Darth Vigorous on October 18, 2016, 02:11:44 AM AWESOME! ;D Now I totally want one. Are there instructions?
Title: Re: Lightsaber Throw Mechanism Post by: Darth Cephalus on October 18, 2016, 03:36:11 AM AWESOME! ;D Now I totally want one. Are there instructions? I am thinking about putting together a kit on my kickstarter. It only has 19 days left though and does not look like it will make it, So I don't know if I should do that or just wait and try it as it's own thing. |