The Dirty Trooper Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Does anyone know where I can get small, metallic, conical droid part from? Or something/anything similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Plumbing section of your local hardware store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dirty Trooper Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Doh! lol....thats pretty much where all the props come from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC VITO Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My I humbly suggest Guts from any old Electronic toy or Gadget as good bet as well. As the XO pointed out, I was amazed to find out how so many of the props were sourced. I build BLACK HAWK Helicopters, a Flying Prop shop!. I was just looking at a bunch of DEWBACK Prod Tips earlier. RECRUIT TD VITO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 we are coming shopping....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandatrooper Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Check out the original used in the film from the Kurtz Joiner archive (upper left pic). http://www.kurtzjoinerarchive.com/starwarsarchive.html Its actually not as cone shaped as I thought. Looks a lot like a bearing seat of some kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dirty Trooper Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 No way. If you look at Davin he's holding a chamfered piece, not a beveled piece. There is no way that is the actual piece! ether he's wrong or he's wrong. What do they say? "A picture paints..." What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasse Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Check out the original used in the film from the Kurtz Joiner archive (upper left pic). http://www.kurtzjoinerarchive.com/starwarsarchive.html Its actually not as cone shaped as I thought. Looks a lot like a bearing seat of some kind. To me this part looks very much like the bearing seat from a bicycle's steering column On a different note I'm actually fiddling with the idea of using such a bearing set up on my astromech. The setup we use today involves some intensely crappy and noisy turntable bearings. With a center column bearing like that on a bike we could eliminate that noise - AND the part would become a real part of a droid, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berkal Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I think you mean a headset. That's what it looks like to me too: a bearing race from an old bicycle headset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berkal Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Oh and bearing parts like this are conical. Another name for them is cones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandatrooper Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Oh and bearing parts like this are conical. Another name for them is cones. Not entirely true. Before sealed bearings came along, old school ones used a bearing seat like the one shown, with "loose" ball bearings held in place wurh a stamped sheet metal race. These were commonly seen and used on old machine parts, axles, bicycles etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasse Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Not entirely true. Before sealed bearings came along, old school ones used a bearing seat like the one shown, with "loose" ball bearings held in place wurh a stamped sheet metal race. These were commonly seen and used on old machine parts, axles, bicycles etc. True - the modern ones are more like a cone shaped needle bearing, right? The old ones used ball bearings and thus were the shape seen here. I am SO going to rip one of the next old bike I see in a skip or at the salvage yard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berkal Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Yeah, I know. I used to strip, clean, regrease, and reassemble the ball bearings out of my headsets and bottom brackets when I used to race bikes. My point is they have a tapered surface to facilitate a close fit through adjustment. Cones are another name for these bearing races. As in cup and cone bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smally Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 No way. If you look at Davin he's holding a chamfered piece, not a beveled piece. There is no way that is the actual piece! I agree. Good spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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