Is the rod going to be steel? If so, I just realized, since the balls used with my kit are magnetic you could just "stick" it onto the rod and it'll hold. Then if you wanted to levitate it, just move it to the floating base.
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Limited Run Star Wars - Jedi training remote SFX aluminium box base
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Hey Trent, the rod is actually aluminium. But we have discussed that same idea with Halliwax, and I have already threaded the top of the rod to attach anything to it, and can provide whatever people want for the top as there will be different system and/or diameters requiered depending on the remotes
it's a good time now to each PM me with the system/diameter you need guys, by default, the rod is 7mm diameter for now
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alright, nice update today as well
I have finished machining the front of the boxes, i'm sorry as they are a bit cleaner than the original I'm afraid, didn't really manage to get the same machining marks and spaces between the plates that the original has. I hope you guys will like them though
and second cool step, I have attached the bottom mechanisms, starting to look cool I think
cheers all
well, this is the only "good" ref I have from the bottom of the remote, basically, there seems to be a thin tube slightly larger than the 7mm rod and the rod just goes inside that tube.
Now, I only planned for around 2cm of extra length I think on my rods thinking stuff could be added on top of this depending on the systems people needed, a screw, magnet, steel part or a larger diameter rod for instance.
We all wish we had that… well at least me
I keep telling you... it's the bike shorts.
Hi everyone,
I have mostly finished the remote boxes today
just a few details to finish tomorrow as well as taking studio photos and putting them on the website. Then i'll send the invoices to everyone tomorrow as well normally.
I am very happy with the result, I think this is a very close rendition to the original prop and will be a pretty cool piece to display.
Now, I have a couple bad news I'm afraid.
This was an interest thread for a quick project without a prototype, having no idea how many people would be interested by such an obscure prop. I did my best estimating the cost at the time, and although I was pretty spot on with all the lathed parts, the box itself was way more difficult and time consuming than I planned and in total, I ended doubling my time and spending a total of 4 extra hours per box! ouch!
I announced 275-300€ when opening the interest thread, I since added a laser cut gear at the bottom, painted and weathered Dikem and obviously spent way more time than I estimated. The reality is that after counting my time, the prop should cost 350€ while still being a tight cost. What I want to do now, and I hope this will be ok for everyone is ask for 305€ for the finished prop. That is the max I announced in my early price bracket with an extra 5€ for the extra part. So I really hope this is ok for everyone. Again, this wasn't prototyped, and this should normally cost at least 350€.
Final cost: 305€ + shipping
now, the second bad new, and there is nothing i could have done about this, the finished prop is over 1kg. So it will cost 36€ to ship to the US I'm afraid. I really wish it wasn't that expensive but there is nothing I can do. Remember I have two shipping options, this one is the cheaper option for small items and I'm taking a gamble again hoping the boxes will go through the system fine even though they are a bit big. 36€ is still pretty affordable for a 2kg package, international shipping is very expensive, and the other more high end option for this would be 59€!
I hope this will be all good for everyone and you guys are still on board for this. I worked really hard putting those together as nicelly as possible and making them super accurate, so I really hope you guys will love them
I'll post the photos tomorrow and be in touch with each regarding payment. Since this is such a limited project and that there might be more people interested now, to make sure you guys on the list get what you signed up for, I can't post those publicaly on the website, so i'll be doing the same as I did for the Barbican run and send a "pre-filled cart" by email with a link that will take you directly to the website for payment.
thank you all
I have mostly finished the remote boxes today
just a few details to finish tomorrow as well as taking studio photos and putting them on the website. Then i'll send the invoices to everyone tomorrow as well normally.
I am very happy with the result, I think this is a very close rendition to the original prop and will be a pretty cool piece to display.
Now, I have a couple bad news I'm afraid.
This was an interest thread for a quick project without a prototype, having no idea how many people would be interested by such an obscure prop. I did my best estimating the cost at the time, and although I was pretty spot on with all the lathed parts, the box itself was way more difficult and time consuming than I planned and in total, I ended doubling my time and spending a total of 4 extra hours per box! ouch!
I announced 275-300€ when opening the interest thread, I since added a laser cut gear at the bottom, painted and weathered Dikem and obviously spent way more time than I estimated. The reality is that after counting my time, the prop should cost 350€ while still being a tight cost. What I want to do now, and I hope this will be ok for everyone is ask for 305€ for the finished prop. That is the max I announced in my early price bracket with an extra 5€ for the extra part. So I really hope this is ok for everyone. Again, this wasn't prototyped, and this should normally cost at least 350€.
Final cost: 305€ + shipping
now, the second bad new, and there is nothing i could have done about this, the finished prop is over 1kg. So it will cost 36€ to ship to the US I'm afraid. I really wish it wasn't that expensive but there is nothing I can do. Remember I have two shipping options, this one is the cheaper option for small items and I'm taking a gamble again hoping the boxes will go through the system fine even though they are a bit big. 36€ is still pretty affordable for a 2kg package, international shipping is very expensive, and the other more high end option for this would be 59€!
I hope this will be all good for everyone and you guys are still on board for this. I worked really hard putting those together as nicelly as possible and making them super accurate, so I really hope you guys will love them
I'll post the photos tomorrow and be in touch with each regarding payment. Since this is such a limited project and that there might be more people interested now, to make sure you guys on the list get what you signed up for, I can't post those publicaly on the website, so i'll be doing the same as I did for the Barbican run and send a "pre-filled cart" by email with a link that will take you directly to the website for payment.
thank you all
We need a prop rank system. My man Eethan would be a Four Star General. You could be a Five Star, but that is only in the event of war and we don't want war in the prop world.
Out of curiosity what Training Remote are you lucky buggers who are getting this gonna use?
Out of curiosity what Training Remote are you lucky buggers who are getting this gonna use?
I’ll be proudly displaying it with a complete vintage parts remote.
I’ll be using trooper Trent’s newest BYOB kit
Hi everyone,
I have mostly finished the remote boxes today
just a few details to finish tomorrow as well as taking studio photos and putting them on the website. Then i'll send the invoices to everyone tomorrow as well normally.
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I am very happy with the result, I think this is a very close rendition to the original prop and will be a pretty cool piece to display.
Now, I have a couple bad news I'm afraid.
This was an interest thread for a quick project without a prototype, having no idea how many people would be interested by such an obscure prop. I did my best estimating the cost at the time, and although I was pretty spot on with all the lathed parts, the box itself was way more difficult and time consuming than I planned and in total, I ended doubling my time and spending a total of 4 extra hours per box! ouch!
I announced 275-300€ when opening the interest thread, I since added a laser cut gear at the bottom, painted and weathered Dikem and obviously spent way more time than I estimated. The reality is that after counting my time, the prop should cost 350€ while still being a tight cost. What I want to do now, and I hope this will be ok for everyone is ask for 305€ for the finished prop. That is the max I announced in my early price bracket with an extra 5€ for the extra part. So I really hope this is ok for everyone. Again, this wasn't prototyped, and this should normally cost at least 350€.
Final cost: 305€ + shipping
now, the second bad new, and there is nothing i could have done about this, the finished prop is over 1kg. So it will cost 36€ to ship to the US I'm afraid. I really wish it wasn't that expensive but there is nothing I can do. Remember I have two shipping options, this one is the cheaper option for small items and I'm taking a gamble again hoping the boxes will go through the system fine even though they are a bit big. 36€ is still pretty affordable for a 2kg package, international shipping is very expensive, and the other more high end option for this would be 59€!
I hope this will be all good for everyone and you guys are still on board for this. I worked really hard putting those together as nicelly as possible and making them super accurate, so I really hope you guys will love them
I'll post the photos tomorrow and be in touch with each regarding payment. Since this is such a limited project and that there might be more people interested now, to make sure you guys on the list get what you signed up for, I can't post those publicaly on the website, so i'll be doing the same as I did for the Barbican run and send a "pre-filled cart" by email with a link that will take you directly to the website for payment.
thank you all
I’m on board with whatever price you deem appropriate for your effort and expense. What is your suggestion for mounting the remote to the rod?
thank you all guys,
I have snapped the final photos this morning and will be posting them soon.
for the remote, everyone is free to do as they want or ask me for something specific.
However, for the guys that will do a real parts remote from scratch like you, i recommand you use some kind of tube that goes around the supplied 7mm rod in my box, so you get the same look as the original.
cheers
Hey again,
here are the final photos for this project! I hope you'll like the result
here are a few fun facts for this project as I like to do this
I spent 84h of machining on those, twice as much as initially planned.
Broke two end mills, damnit! (didn't break a tap though, this is pretty rare)
Bled myself twice... (second time, as my wife was helping me as I was putting blood everywhere, I was like, "quick, because I forgot to turn off the timer" and she was like, "come on, I think you can count this as work time..." I guess she had a point.
There is 550€ of materials for the boxes!
There are 20 screws per box and 7 different types of screws! I really don't know what they where thinking when they bult this!
I'll be preparing invoices through the website and sending a message to everyone to explain a bit as well.
thank you for your support all along this project and a special thank you to the always faithful returning customers, very much appreciated!
cheers
here are the final photos for this project! I hope you'll like the result
here are a few fun facts for this project as I like to do this
I spent 84h of machining on those, twice as much as initially planned.
Broke two end mills, damnit! (didn't break a tap though, this is pretty rare)
Bled myself twice... (second time, as my wife was helping me as I was putting blood everywhere, I was like, "quick, because I forgot to turn off the timer" and she was like, "come on, I think you can count this as work time..." I guess she had a point.
There is 550€ of materials for the boxes!
There are 20 screws per box and 7 different types of screws! I really don't know what they where thinking when they bult this!
I'll be preparing invoices through the website and sending a message to everyone to explain a bit as well.
thank you for your support all along this project and a special thank you to the always faithful returning customers, very much appreciated!
cheers
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