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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43747

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So my hobby is 3D printing. I am on my second printer having upgraded from the one I had to a better model. I have been printing for over a year, but only just started modeling and designing my own things. I have done some little signs and Keurig inserts, but I am having fun with Lightsabers. Here are some of my hilts.

This first one is modeled by me, but not designed by me. This is the Derelict saber hilt from SWTOR



I even designed and printed a blade to go with it.



The main part of this saber screws together in 5 main parts, and the rest are glued on.







This next one is the first saber I designed myself. Highly influenced by other designs.

This one even has a story behind it:
10,000 years before Skywalker, the Jedi had assassins. They don't like to talk about these times, but they called the assassins Shadows. This Shadowblade was found in an ancient Jedi temple ruin. Shorter and slightly thinner than a standard hilt, the Shadowblade was one of the earliest examples of the Shoto, or short blade saber. Used for stealth and tight combat, the hilt only created a blade of about 25 inches long. Rumor has it that a pair of these could be connected to form a saberstaff, but as only this one has been found that is unconfirmed.








I'll post "my" saber later. Its a duel wield pair that I designed.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43748

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Very nice looking sabers, especially considering that they are 3D printed. Well done.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43749

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Very nice work! I'm envious; 3D modelling is something I've always wanted to learn.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43751

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Hey nice work schmots. Not being familiar with 3D printing, how light is something like your first pic Hilt completely assembled then plus the blade you made as well?
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43757

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OvrcAHst wrote:
Hey nice work schmots. Not being familiar with 3D printing, how light is something like your first pic Hilt completely assembled then plus the blade you made as well?

Thank you.

The hilt as I printed it, with only a 25% infill (meaning its not 100% solid the internal structure is like a lattice between the walls) weighs 191 grams or a bit less than half a pound. The higher the infill the heavier it would be and the more plastic it would take and longer the printing would take.

The blade adds 188 Grams or about .4 pounds.


Both the Blade and the hilt are also hollow. I left them hollow to be able to add either electronics some day if I learn how, or a rod for stability. Right now for example you couldn't spar with my blade, its made of 7, 5 inch pieces held together by small coupler screw rings.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43763

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Regardless of the assembly, looking quite delicate in appearance, I wouldn't feel too comfortable dueling with it. Unless I am completely off, I believe printing parts from a 3D printer can take ages and unless you've got multiple printers lined-up in a domestically setup assembly line, completely agree with you.
Great work nonetheless.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43764

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The Derelict took around 15 hours for the hilt, and another 15 for the blade.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43807

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That is very cool.
The above post may be subject to editing. A lot of editing.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43832

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Hi schmots,

Glad to see you have got into the swing of things and are now able to start your own threads. And I was correct, it is a fascinating subject! I agree this is impressive work, well done. The closest I get to 3D design is Flight Simulator scenery objects in Sketch-up. I will keep checking in on this thread to see your progress.

Thanks for sharing,

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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43836

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These are my sabers. Usually sabers aren't named, but I found the plans for these on an ancient sith holocron.(Don't ask). Heavy weighted pummels to help compensate for the gyroscopic action of the saber. Connection clips to hang the sabers on your belt. Grenade style barrel grip for full control. Slight hand shield to help with spins. Emitter with energy coils to amplify power. Longer main hand saber is called Power, Shoto is called Protection.




Custom paint job. The power coils was the most complex masking job I have done to date. Also adding those coils was the most complex design element I have done.







bonus points for naming the 80s cartoon I took the sabers names from.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43841

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Hi schmots,

Any chance it was She-Ra Princess of Power and the Sword of Protection?

She-Ra was a spin-off from He-Man The Masters of the Universe cartoon.

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Yes. He-mans was the sword of Power and She-ras was the sword of protection.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43846

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Hi,

I remember all three cartoons from that era, He-Man, She-Ra and Thundercats. Some of the other characters included Man-at-Arms, Teela, Cheetara, Lion-O and of course their Arch-Enemies...Mum-Rah and Skeletor!

From my comments you probably guessed, I watched He-Man and Thundercats more.

Keep up the great designs and printing,

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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43856

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Hmm~ Could try and design the hilts with a 1 1/8" ID. Could then use a section of 1" Copper pipe as bladeholder and support. Or a 1.33" ID to use a section of 1" PVC pipe.

Thumbs up, either way. Always been a fan of Slothfurnace's Derelict.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43859

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I've actually been experimenting with what I can use as a hilt core.

My current modeling project is actually the ASP parts standard 1-10 for pummel/body/switch/emitter. Though I won't be sharing them unless SF says its ok.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43883

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What modeling program would you recommend for someone wanting to get into 3D printing?

My first project I'd like to try would be to make some custom figure stands (base plus peg) for some 6" Black Series figures I have on order.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43917

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Jaden Korr wrote:
What modeling program would you recommend for someone wanting to get into 3D printing

This is one of the top two or three questions everyone getting into 3D printing asks. I'm going to give you several options from smallest learning curve to highest. I am also only going to cover free software.

1. TINKERCAD (www.tinkercad.com)
This is an in browser cad tool (doesn't work with Safari). I use this for simple quick projects, like a door sign or a plate insert. It fit your stand needs exactly. The fine modeling controls aren't here, though some people are able to make amazingly detailed things in tinkercad, but I'm not one of them.

2. SKETCH UP (www.sketchup.com)
More power, but very limited resources for learning

3. 123DESIGN (www.123dapp.com)
Along with tinkercad and the later mentioned Fusion 360, this is made by the autodesk people. I started with this program. It has decent tools and a quick to pick up interface. Also iPad versions. Ultimately it just didn't do enough things for me.

4. BLENDER (www.blender.org)
LOTS of online tutorials and books. I didn't like that the measurements are in BU (blender units) and didn't want to learn how to convert to mm. I have seen, and even printed a few, amazing things designed in blender. I printed the gun from blade runner and its author modeled it in blender. There is even a lightsaber tutorial on the web for blender for a simple hilt.

5. FUSION 360 ( via www.autodesk.com)
This one is free for small business and hobby/enthusiasts. More tools than I can count. Model settings, sculpt settings, render settings. This is the one I use, and the only one I have ever seen that will do threading. It's not super easy but the basic modeling part is easier than blender. It's after blender because it does so much more stuff for 3D design that I can't even figure out.

Hope this helps.
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43922

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Considering you've been at it for a year now, how easy or difficult would it be to add something like engraved text to one of these hilts?
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43938

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On a flat surface it's easy. On rounded surfaces I can add embossed text. I'll have to see if I can do indented on a curve
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My 3D Printed Sabers 1 year 10 months ago #43951

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You should take orders soon. I am sure a few of us would love to have one of these, just for the unique factor.
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