May the 8th be slightly late for you.
Scratch-built original lightsabre prop.
Just thowing some random junk pieces together to make something that resembles "a" lightsabre, rather than trying to replicate any particular one.
Included a sprung trigger, so it "totally" works.
More views of the original Lightsabre build.
There's parts from a vacuum cleaner and a PC power supply, part of a clothes hanger, bottle tops, and a cotton reel.
The grip of the lightsabre prop is part of the pole that held a shower head. Being real metal means it polished up really well.
The trigger mechanism uses half a clip from a clothes hangar as a lever.
This pushes down a plastic rod "plunger" to depress a spring housed in a larger rod inside the body of the lightsabre.
@DrH That looks great!
I'm regularly on the RPF where there are a lot of lightsaber fanatics who do absolutely amazing work, but I love creative home-built ones more than the ultra-precise replicas myself.
Nice. I think Luke's OG lightsaber used an old camera flash stem.
@darth_hideout Thanks.
Yes, lots of movie props make use of all kinds of "real" items like this. You want a handle? why spend time creating one from scratch when you can use an already existing handle from something else and a layer of paint.
It's always fun to see where they come from.
Dr H
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