Navajo Bro Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 I know about all the links for the screen accurate 3mm elevator bolts, as well as the various makers for resin or 3D printed stuff.... my question is what would the actual sizing be for a normal, steel bolt? I am vacuum forming a bunch of project helmets for display, so I don't want to pay a lot for accurate since these are for display and will most likely be beat up and weathered. We did a Mandalorian Pike display with quick and dirty TK buckets we slush molded for a Tatooine themed event display, and are now doing something similar for an Endor themed event display. I have an accurate resin one, and found some steel ones at McMaster-Carr but they are a little larger, just ever so slightly: They are: Low-Strength Steel Square-Neck Elevator Bolt, M6 x 1 mm Thread, 20 mm Long I'm not super knowledgeable on reading the specs, can anyone find on the list below something that would be closer to size: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/elevator-bolts/ I hope this post makes sense, and thanks in advance for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Hey Bro. Yeah if you don't want to go for the accurate 3M bolts, since they're for set pieces, then the steel piece you have in the photo should be fine. That's basically what the SC helmets come with out of the box too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navajo Bro Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Chopper said: Hey Bro. Yeah if you don't want to go for the accurate 3M bolts, since they're for set pieces, then the steel piece you have in the photo should be fine. That's basically what the SC helmets come with out of the box too. Awesome thanks! They seem to be the closest I could find, and again these won't be for actual costumes or "proper" display, they'll be beat up set pieces for the larger display but we still want to make them as accurate as possible but also as cost effective as possible hahaha! This was the Mando One we made: I have a Wicket costume on a manakin and want to upgrade the rest of the set with some beat up TB buckets and the "drum" set from ROTJ, stuff like that 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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