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Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber - New Resin Print 01

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 07:48:38 +0000

A reprint of my Obi-Wan ANH saber, this time in resin. I retooled all the parts to use threads so they screw together, unlike the press-fit approach I took with the previous FDM print.

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 16

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:49:50 +0000

Only thing remaining is to sort out a bolt to tighten the clamp. Otherwise, the rest of the saber is done, at least as far as printing is concerned. Not sure what I am going to do about finishing, whether I bother spending days sanding it and painting it.

By the way, trying to shoot an SLR one-handed is crazy difficult (especially when you are right-handed and are shooting with the left - and all the controls are on the right).

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 15

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:43:28 +0000

Printed a scaled up handwheel. Much happier with the size of this one, although I had to eyeball it from photos of the original prop, so it's not an exact match. Close enough though.

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 14

Thu, 31 May 2018 15:28:28 +0000

This is a dry assembly of the saber pretty much in its final form. There are just a few internal joiner pieces to fiddle with now, and I need to look at the handwheel (pommel) and see if that needs to be scaled up.

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 13

Thu, 31 May 2018 09:18:41 +0000

Clamp with bubble strip and transistors attached. The engraving turned out pretty well, although there are a few surface blemishes.

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 12

Thu, 31 May 2018 09:17:21 +0000

Clamp on the printer (left) and with support material removed (right). This took a few goes to get the initial layers to adhere to the bed and not break away.

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 11

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:33:24 +0000

Mockup of currently printed pieces. There are still a few internal bits needed, but it's primarily just the clamp left to go now.

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 10

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:32:16 +0000

Booster main component. There are two more pieces still to be printed that act as inserts at each end and join with the clamp and handwheel, but those will mostly end up hidden.

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 09

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:30:43 +0000

Balance pipe (emitter) printed in 4 separate pieces, two of which had to be glued together. I had to split one piece into two because of issues with bed adhesion.

Obi-Wan ANH Lightsaber 3D Printed Part 08

Tue, 29 May 2018 04:49:24 +0000

Rough positioning of currently printed parts. Having the real thing in-hand, and going back and looking at reference pics, I think my handwheel is undersized. It's maybe in the ballpark of 80-90% of what the real thing looks to be. Unfortunately the only source of specific measurements I could find turned out to be primarily based on the ROTS hilt, which is wrong. So I guess I will be printing those parts again at some point. But I'll print everything else first, see how it all goes together.