To make the lightsaber a little more authentic is.. 1) A Polycarbonate tube.. Easily found at a hardware store. 2) A cap to go on the end of the tube (this can be accomplished with a little application of plastic glue) 3) A strand of LED lights (double sided) to go inside the tube. 4) A length of slightly transparent tubing to cover the LED's 5) Some diiffusion paper to go around the (double-sided) LED strip. Correctly done, and you've got yourself a polycarbonate blade with which you can use a 9-volt battery to power the LED strip. Voila! You've got yourself a fully functioning lightsaber that will light up and glow.
I am so freakin stoked that you are back to building props and doing vids. I really miss the DIY Costume Squad 😭😭😭 maybe you could still do the blaster at some point? 😁
As a person who is a huge fan of the Graflex Lightsaber, I am very, very impressed with the end result of your lightsaber. Your Jedi training is complete!
Amazing stuff! Your terminator build inspired me to get crafting, and now when I'm lacking motivation your new videos are reinvigorating that energy! Great work and thanks for being amazing!
Emphasis on I didn't want to "just" glue it on. The slightest bump would have knocked it right off. The key here was that there is now a little piece glued into the plastic itself then bent over to clamp that sucker in place. It's still glued but with some strategic engineering! :)
ACtually the saber seen in the new movies is suppose to be the one that Luke made between empire and return. due to the fact he lost the one he got from Obi-Wan due having his hand cut off
Dustin, cool video! Did you know you can get the sink tail piece in chrome metal? Back in 1999 I made a bunch of these using hardware store parts and sold them on eBay (before all the official replicas were available).
Yeah! I literally stood in the hardware store holding both of them trying to decide because the metal one was SO perfect! But in the end I didn't have a way to cut the rounded metal end (how did you do it?)
@@DustFilmsOriginals I used short nosed tin snips to cut away the material the best I could without deforming the shape and then ground away the rest on a bench grinder. For the box on the side I used a solid piece of steel (i think its called a key) and attached those little plastic bubble shaped cabinet door bumpers in a row. For the little toggle lever on the side of the box i used one side of the toggle on a hollow wall anchor toggle bolt. The metal band around the middle was off of a mission fitting (a kind pf pipe coupler). Like you, I used the pull chain switch thing. At the time you could buy the grips from a guy making them so that was easy. I sold the hilts for about $200 each back in '99.
I've been trying to make my own hilt It's still a work in process; I used an aluminum walker and a mop handle going to make a white blade with glow in dark paint I still have alot to do tho.
Hmm, I see two problems with that: The tape is only a few inches wide so you would have seems every few inches. Also steel wool would completely shred aluminum tape, which is insanely thin. But I always love thinking of new possibilities, so keep the suggestions coming! (In fact, they sold a chrome sink tailpiece which would have been TOTALLY perfect!! But I don't have a way to cut the metal curve.)
I don’t have Instagram, and I’d love to vote, any chance you could set up RUclips polls as well? Also, I think a “Men in Black” Neuralyser would be awesome! Keep up the great work!
I will seriously never call it "Rey's lightsaber" cause for one she just found it in a box and started using it. At least Anakin built the damn thing. At least it was given to Luke with the knowledge that it was his father's and that he would of wanted to give it to Luke when he was old enough. And BTW how did Rey manage to break it in about a week of having it. Anakin had it throughout an entire war and it was never destroyed even once, Luke had it for a couple years and lost it when it's original owner cut his hand off. Rey has it for a week, uses it a couple times and then just goes "oOpS, i a broked it! mah bad!" so, as far as I'm concerned, it will always be known as Anakin's Lightsaber. Not Luke's and definitely not Ma-Rey Sue's.
@@thetinthdoctor well i'm also not happy about "reys lightsaber" because the only one who really deserved it is anakin and rey and Luke built their own lightsabers later
wait a minute!!! so you´re telling me that the lightsabers they make for kids with the extending blade are only slightly longer than the actual lightsaber??!!! that is actually mind blowing lol
They do sell that exact sink tailpiece out of metal with nice chrome! I just didn't have a good way to do all the cutting with metal, but you totally could use that.
Hi Dustin Im Harrison it says my mums name because our phones are linked but anway ive made my own lightsabre using your tips annd tricks. I am such a big fan of your props aswell as when you were on homade movies. I just watch them over and over. What can i use instead of the calcuclater ribbon??
Hi Harrison! You could use anything there that's a similar color, or even just a piece of paper that you color orange/gold with a marker. Good luck! :)
@@DustFilmsOriginals Hi Dustin thanks i finished it today it looks epic. For your diy project could i suggest doing something from dc please. Thanks again??
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I love how he says “Junk from around your house” like everyone builds Terminator arms and has old cameras just laying around 😂
This junk box sure comes in handy!
Hahaha, yea!
I learn too much from him and Odin makes for making my own creations
Awesome stuff! You should start a DIY Film Festival or something
Cool I was only expecting one prop video from you
Pffft
To make the lightsaber a little more authentic is..
1) A Polycarbonate tube.. Easily found at a hardware store.
2) A cap to go on the end of the tube (this can be accomplished with a little application of plastic glue)
3) A strand of LED lights (double sided) to go inside the tube.
4) A length of slightly transparent tubing to cover the LED's
5) Some diiffusion paper to go around the (double-sided) LED strip.
Correctly done, and you've got yourself a polycarbonate blade with which you can use a 9-volt battery to power the LED strip. Voila! You've got yourself a fully functioning lightsaber that will light up and glow.
I can't go out to buy all of those cuz of quarantine
I am so freakin stoked that you are back to building props and doing vids. I really miss the DIY Costume Squad 😭😭😭 maybe you could still do the blaster at some point? 😁
cool gadget, you are the best Dustin.
Awesome build! I might build one of these myself!
More back to the future props stuff pleasee... 😁😁
I think the original prop handle grips were made from cut windshield wipers, IIRC. Didn't have any lying around?
That's what I used on the Darth Vader one! But no, not this time so I went with the super simple foam option.
As a person who is a huge fan of the Graflex Lightsaber, I am very, very impressed with the end result of your lightsaber. Your Jedi training is complete!
His children must have the coolest Halloween costumes in the neighborhood.
Jedi: we build our lightsabers with metal and other durable and crazy materials,
Dustin: The garbage will do
*Skywalker Lightsaber Made From Junk*
I see you have constructed a new lightsaber...your training is now complete
The smaller strap in the middle was to cover the graflex logo on the original prop
It would be awesome if you can do the blade in a part 2
Hi Dustin can you try and make a imperial starship from cardboard?
Always save your old windshield wipers...!
Amazing stuff! Your terminator build inspired me to get crafting, and now when I'm lacking motivation your new videos are reinvigorating that energy! Great work and thanks for being amazing!
Great, thanks!
What a piece of junk!
...and I mean that in the best way! Nicely done!
;)
Yes! Missed seeing you put together DIY Props.
Too bad no one is paying me to do it this time! But I enjoy doing it so I figured it was a good hobby to make videos haha
That will be a fine addition to my collection
The nostalgia from the Awe Me DIY Prop shop, I was so sad when you no longer became the host. Glad to see you back with a similar series!
Thanks!
Great build, Dustin!
Really really happy you’re doing props again! I’ve been rewatching your older props from AweMe for YEARS!! Really hope you keep it up ❤️
Awesome, thanks! Did you get a chance to watch DIY Costume Squad on CineFix, that should hold you over for a while too until I make more props. :)
This is great, Dustin! Fun to watch as usual. Loved the googly-eye hack. :)
Thanks! Us DIYers usually use them as metal rivets but this time they made good buttons.
Love ittt!!!! Those morkiesss are sooo adorable!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks, I spent most of my time making content for their instagram account haha
Hey guys Dustin McLean here and today we're going to make a Tesla cyber truck using only my junk golf cart
😂
Dustin McLean can you please make a power up from Super Mario Bros 1 and 2 or 3
Glad to see DIY Props back again.
@Dustin McLean, maybe one day you can make the darksaber from the Mandalorian?
In the words of Darth Vader: Impressive. Most impressive.
I have watched this vid way too much it’s soo cool
Real nice editing
Thank you! (the shooting and editing of these videos is far more complicated than building the prop itself!)
This lightsaber has a name, it's called the youngling slayer 9000
woooooow nice lightsaber
made a darth vader one with a vacuum part, a bb gun knob, a couple crews, a visio camera block screwed on, and old tea trap
Nice
DIY Props
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Always a pleasure watching your creativity Dustin!
If you have a lightsaber to turn on you need a cristal
3:13 thats what she said
for a diy prop it looks very accurate to the original prop
Thanks!
@@DustFilmsOriginals true
Wow! That’s so cool, really creative and looks exactly like luke’s.
I just love this one I keep watching it
Kiddy Jackson same
2:59 cause everyone has a diy terminator arm 😂😜
Once I finish building this
I'll head up to the mountains in Ireland with my Dad and do the same scene from The Ending of The Force Awakens
For the 6 grips they originally used windscreen wipers. They chopped them up and glued them on.
They actually used T tracks. Originally used for drawers and cabinetry
Too bad now they don't make T-tracks in plastic, so now windshield wipers and special made pieces are the only options.
“I don’t wanna just glue it on” *proceeds to glue it on
Emphasis on I didn't want to "just" glue it on. The slightest bump would have knocked it right off. The key here was that there is now a little piece glued into the plastic itself then bent over to clamp that sucker in place. It's still glued but with some strategic engineering! :)
I love this one. 👍
Your training is complete.
ACtually the saber seen in the new movies is suppose to be the one that Luke made between empire and return. due to the fact he lost the one he got from Obi-Wan due having his hand cut off
Nah, that one looks completely different and has a green blade. This is the one cut off with his hand that was somehow found then given to Rey. :)
Nice job looks like a real lighsaber made from a Grafight graflex flashbulb holder. Love the Ewalks.
Great vid!!as always, are you gonna make another back to the future prop?
That would be cool, which one?
@@DustFilmsOriginals I'm not sure, maybe the hoverboards of Griffs Goons, or the self lacing shoes.
@@nathanmartinez5241 You saw this hoverboard right? ruclips.net/video/qQWo6A8WquQ/видео.html I guess I could try Griff's Pitbull!
Can you please do Spider-Man’s webshooters really appreciate it if u do it. Have a good day Mr.Dustin
this looks cool
Dustin you should make a Jumanji video! Also, do you have any tips for aspiring filmmakers?
You should put the holes in the grips that's where the rivets went in the original episode five Saber
Holy shit
I remember watching you on diy prop shop year’s ago
Pretty awesome light sabre
That’s Anakins
It's Anakin's/Luke's/Rey's so I call it the Skywalker lightsaber
If the three of them merged into one it would be like this
@@TheRealJetJaguarI would disregard Rey she's not even a skywalker
@@biagdoesstuf ewww that was old me when I was a sequel fan
If you take suggestions, I suggest the Hypno-Ring from Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
im in the video!
You do know who light saber was it first Anakin
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finally found you! (your channel not irl was a big fan of yours from diy prop shop)
Welcome!
Dustin, cool video! Did you know you can get the sink tail piece in chrome metal? Back in 1999 I made a bunch of these using hardware store parts and sold them on eBay (before all the official replicas were available).
Yeah! I literally stood in the hardware store holding both of them trying to decide because the metal one was SO perfect! But in the end I didn't have a way to cut the rounded metal end (how did you do it?)
@@DustFilmsOriginals I used short nosed tin snips to cut away the material the best I could without deforming the shape and then ground away the rest on a bench grinder. For the box on the side I used a solid piece of steel (i think its called a key) and attached those little plastic bubble shaped cabinet door bumpers in a row. For the little toggle lever on the side of the box i used one side of the toggle on a hollow wall anchor toggle bolt. The metal band around the middle was off of a mission fitting (a kind pf pipe coupler). Like you, I used the pull chain switch thing. At the time you could buy the grips from a guy making them so that was easy. I sold the hilts for about $200 each back in '99.
@@joelwatts6890 Awesome!
*heavy breathing* THATS ANAKINS LIGHTSABER
i can smell the cheeto dust from this comment, good job
It's lukes esb lightsaber
Obi wan give him that lightsaber telling Luke that was his father's saber
Soooo it yeah it technically belongs to him now
It’s the skywalker saber
PLEASE MAKE THE BLASTER PLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!!!!
Very cool Dustin!
Awesome
I've been trying to make my own hilt It's still a work in process; I used an aluminum walker and a mop handle going to make a white blade with glow in dark paint I still have alot to do tho.
I'm I'm happy the vid is called Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber and not Rey's Lightsaber.
Well IT'S ANIKANS
you should please make Anakin's robotic arm.
Mekhi Ashby He did make a terminator arm, maybe you could use that as a base.
Nice job
Dustin's evolving into a person who used foam instead of cardboard
nice i love it I'm so iksited for the new batman
I found "D" rings at the fabric store near the snaps and buttons
Oh nice!
Wow recommend after 3 years
Nice build. But I think Aluminum tape scratched with a steel wool may have booked more realistic.
Hmm, I see two problems with that: The tape is only a few inches wide so you would have seems every few inches. Also steel wool would completely shred aluminum tape, which is insanely thin. But I always love thinking of new possibilities, so keep the suggestions coming! (In fact, they sold a chrome sink tailpiece which would have been TOTALLY perfect!! But I don't have a way to cut the metal curve.)
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I liked this video just for the sole purpose that you said LUKE'S LIGHTSABER
It is actually originally from Anakin Skywalker, but yep, hate it when people say "Rey's lightsaber" xD
Do the Return of the Jedi lightsaber!!! Plzzzzz
But really cool because i have less stuff i think i will make the a new hope one
I am from Japan.
私は日本に住んでいます
It a very good.
これはとても良いですね！
11th doctor sonic screwdriver. You kind of teased it like 4 years ago and I think it would still be awsome.
I think one sonic screwdriver was enough for me :)
make an iron man infinity gauntlet
Can you add the blade inside?
Yeah if you left out the (slightly incorrect) sprinkler head it would leave a hole where you could attach something for a blade!
Oh man that main pipe comes in metal with a chrome finish for about the same price.
I don’t have Instagram, and I’d love to vote, any chance you could set up RUclips polls as well? Also, I think a “Men in Black” Neuralyser would be awesome! Keep up the great work!
Sorry, for now I'm keeping the voting to one platform so it doesn't get too complicated. But that's a good prop suggestion!
👍🏼 conglautions
Dustin I really like your Cassio watch with that leather strap, where did you get it?
ive been wondering the same thing
Will you do more lightsaber builds?
I’ve been thinking of doing some super simple paper towel roll ones
@@DustFilmsOriginals hey anything is appreciated!
@@DustFilmsOriginals also what happened to homemade movies?
On cinefix
I thought it was Anakin's lightsaber
Obi Wan gave it to Luke so it was most well known as Luke's first lightsaber (until he lost it then made his own)
It is anakins but also lukes and reys :)
I will seriously never call it "Rey's lightsaber" cause for one she just found it in a box and started using it. At least Anakin built the damn thing. At least it was given to Luke with the knowledge that it was his father's and that he would of wanted to give it to Luke when he was old enough. And BTW how did Rey manage to break it in about a week of having it. Anakin had it throughout an entire war and it was never destroyed even once, Luke had it for a couple years and lost it when it's original owner cut his hand off. Rey has it for a week, uses it a couple times and then just goes "oOpS, i a broked it! mah bad!" so, as far as I'm concerned, it will always be known as Anakin's Lightsaber. Not Luke's and definitely not Ma-Rey Sue's.
@@thetinthdoctor well i'm also not happy about "reys lightsaber" because the only one who really deserved it is anakin and rey and Luke built their own lightsabers later
Um look at Anakin’s then Luke looks take your time
Yeah he made a mistake it’s a Anakin replica it has 6 not 7 of the black lines Luke has 7 bitch
awesome
Well I’m subscribing.
Can u make a lightsaber that has a blade and electronics
I’m gonna make this out of cardboard using a paper towel roll etc
GRAFLEX!
wait a minute!!! so you´re telling me that the lightsabers they make for kids with the extending blade are only slightly longer than the actual lightsaber??!!! that is actually mind blowing lol
Was really hoping it would be made of metal
They do sell that exact sink tailpiece out of metal with nice chrome! I just didn't have a good way to do all the cutting with metal, but you totally could use that.
Hi Dustin Im Harrison it says my mums name because our phones are linked but anway ive made my own lightsabre using your tips annd tricks. I am such a big fan of your props aswell as when you were on homade movies. I just watch them over and over. What can i use instead of the calcuclater ribbon??
Hi Harrison! You could use anything there that's a similar color, or even just a piece of paper that you color orange/gold with a marker. Good luck! :)
@@DustFilmsOriginals Hi Dustin thanks i finished it today it looks epic. For your diy project could i suggest doing something from dc please. Thanks again??
Thanks for liking it you got me into my making!!
It's beautiful