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Offline EvilOttoJr

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3/4" OD polycarb tubing for custom saber
« on: May 20, 2011, 12:48:46 PM »
I have searched all over this forum and Google for someone who sells polycarbonate tubing in 3/4" OD, to no avail. I know it exists because I've seen lightsabers on YouTube that use it (namely a few custom Luxeon Luke ROTJs which require them to not have a fat neck).

The reason I need this is for my first attempt at putting electronics in a lightsaber. The lightsaber in question is a costum one I've had for years done by a now-defunct company called Randomsabers. They worked exclusively with 3/4" OD colored acrylic blades.
I'd like to put electronics in the one I have, but I can't afford to have it machined out to a 1" ID. Everything else I need should have no issue fitting inside a 3/4" ID since there is to be no sound.

If anyone knows where I can find such tubing, please tell me :)
It can either be clear (in which case please also direct me to where I can get some diffusing film) or translucent white (think Ultrasabers' UltraEdge blade).

Thank you!

Owner of 5 Luxeon Ultrasabers: Archon (green), Nemesis (blue), Elder (orange), and Tempest (red S-curve double blade that detaches into two hilts), and soon to build my own sink tube RGB Luxeon saber!

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Re: 3/4" OD polycarb tubing for custom saber
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2011, 12:51:18 PM »
ahem... try TCSS... you can get clear or trans-white and tips as well as complete blades...

http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Blade-Supplies-C14.aspx

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Re: 3/4" OD polycarb tubing for custom saber
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2011, 02:00:55 PM »
Man, I can't believe I didn't check there... I've mostly been looking at plastic manufacturing sites and Google didn't turn up anything. And hey, it's pretty cheap too. Guess I'm all set. Thanks everyone!

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Owner of 5 Luxeon Ultrasabers: Archon (green), Nemesis (blue), Elder (orange), and Tempest (red S-curve double blade that detaches into two hilts), and soon to build my own sink tube RGB Luxeon saber!

 

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