Gauntlet hose connectors

Sleezy

Active Hunter

• Oct 23, 2003

• #41

Quick question: How do you connect the entire hose connector unit to the individual gauntlet pieces (mine are resin)? Drill into them, and then glue in the dowel?

Also, for some reason, neither Lowes nor Home Depot carried the A-161 Watts 3/8" Fine Thread Flare Nut...A-161(green) was depicted on the graphic underneath the racks, but there was no A-161 placeholder on the rack between A-160 and A-162. Guess I'll have to take a drive. :rolleyes

 

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batninja

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 23, 2003

• #42

Yes, drill a hole in the rear-end of the gauntlet piece. I'd suggest starting with a small bit and working your way up to 1/4".

You may have to sand a little off the dowel to make them fit.

I also suggest using JB Weld as an epoxy.

 

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Sleezy

Active Hunter

• Oct 23, 2003

• #43

Thanks! I'll do that.

Oh, and I was also wondering how the hose on the left gauntlet attaches to the missile, and how the hose on the right gauntlet attaches to the top piece.

Thanks again!

 

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batninja

Well-Known Hunter

• Oct 24, 2003

• #44

Actually, there IS no hose on the left gauntlet, except for the Don Post $3500 replica. They made minor changes (discrepancies) to that statue, so as not to conflict with Lucas' intellectual property. As far as accuracy goes, that thing is hideous.

For awhile, I used a hose on the left. I simply drilled a hole in the rear of the rocket, glued in a short wood dowel, and slid the hose down onto it.

For a cool effect, you can slide those thin, bracelet-type glow sticks down inside the hose. You can barely see them in the daytime, but at night, they look awesome!

 

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Tyler Durden

Well-Known Hunter

• Nov 2, 2003

• #45

The hose on the left gauntlet that appears on SE promo shots has simply been duct taped to the gauntlet laser.

Again, I don't believe the left gauntlet hose configuration appears on screen in the SE. Seems like it is just a promo faux pas.

 

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asok

Well-Known Hunter

• Nov 4, 2003

• #46

should I paint or rub'n buff then to get the silver color?

 

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Tyler Durden

Well-Known Hunter

• Nov 4, 2003

• #47

Oh, I definitely think the silver was painted on. I think the Jango comparison was used meaning that the ESB gauntlets have more black "grime" on them while the Jedi gauntlets have more silver "damage."

 

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BFett88

Hunter

• Jul 16, 2004

• #48

I have a couple of questions. So there are only three hoses on the Gauntlets? They are all on the left one? Also, the wooden dowel method, does that only work for the bottom connector or both. Can someone provide me with some really good looking Gauntlet pics. Or does someone have an extra reference cd that I can get? Please help.

 

batninja

Well-Known Hunter

• Aug 21, 2004

• #49

I edited the tutorial above to correct the diameter of the wood dowel.

The inside diameter of most common sink hoses is 1/4", not 3/8" (math was not the BatNinja's best subject), so your wood dowel has to match that.

It still may be necessary to sand the dowel edge or wrap a small length of electrical tape in order to get the tightest fit.

 

FettTheHunter

Active Hunter

• Aug 21, 2004

• #50

This looks like a good place to post my question

Ok ...where do the two hoses that are attached to the flamethrower box on the Left ROTJ gauntlet go ?

I'm guessing they attach to the jet pack but where

Many thanks in advance

 

cal196

Well-Known Hunter

• Aug 24, 2004

• #51

If you mean how they attach to your costume you sew an looped elastic strap between the short and long sleeve part up near the shoulder under the spaulder.

Then you cut a notch in the hoses then slide them on and pull down your short sleeves. the short sleeves really needs to have a snug fit around your arm or your gauntlets hoses will be a big pain in the #@$

If you are making the preproduction suit the hose from the right gauntlet missile looks like it plugs directly to the side of the pack itself.

 

FettTheHunter

Active Hunter

• Aug 25, 2004

• #52

Ahh ...so they go into the sleeve !!!!.... thanks

 

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BigaboyFett

Active Hunter

• Aug 26, 2004

• #53

These parts look similar. http://www.fitzilla.com/ is a brass fittings company I am doing a web site for. The irony that these are on a Fett outfit! I am converting my Jango to Boba...at least I can get something close to what is on screen this time.

http://www.fitzilla.com/Store/page20.html
http://www.fitzilla.com/Store/page88.html

 

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BigaboyFett

Active Hunter

• Aug 28, 2004

• #54

I suck.

http://www.fitzilla.com/Store/media/N1.jpg
http://www.fitzilla.com/Store/media/CloseNipple112A.jpg
http://www.fitzilla.com/Store/media/CouplingFPTToFPT103A.jpg

Click the links to see...

 

patiam69

Active Hunter

• Aug 28, 2004

• #55

could these pics be reposted please

batninja wrote:
::UPDATED 08/21/04::

Although they'll work fine without it, you may want to Dremel or hacksaw about 1/4" off the threaded piece. If you don't, the distance between the other two brass fittings is wider than the actual movie prop. Not a big deal, and I doubt anyone would notice the difference.

So here's the complete parts list, per connector:

WATTS 3/8" FINE THREAD FLARE NUT (A-161, green pkg)
WATTS BRASS PIPE NIPPLE 1/4" X CLOSE (A-740, pink pkg)
AMFLO 1/4" to 1/4" FEMALE PIPE COUPLINGS (#344FE-RET)
1/4" wood dowel

The Watts pieces are found in the plumbing section and the Amflo piece is found in the air compressor area. I found all these pieces at Lowe's.

The flare nut is not EXACTLY like the prop piece, but it's the closest piece we have right now.

I hope this helps!

::Edited correct diameter of wood dowel::

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BigaboyFett

Active Hunter

• Sep 1, 2004

• #56

Look below...

I have 9 now. Please reply to post to let me know what % accurate (besides paint). MTFBWY...A

<img src=http://200.72.163.179:8080/cdref/tdh/Armor/FettHoseFittingAssembly.jpg>

 

soilman

Active Hunter

• Sep 1, 2004

• #57

What diameter and type of hose is on the ESB gaunt? Also, is it just slipped over the end of the gaunt piece? the picture is not to clear.

Thanks

 

yavin

New Hunter

• Sep 2, 2004

• #58

For my connectors I used brass compression fittings, but the pipes that fit into them were all to big or had threads. I found that bic pen casings fit perfect into the fittings and looked almost perfect. a little paint and you cant even tell they used to be pens

 

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BigaboyFett

Active Hunter

• Sep 2, 2004

• #59

Hey Soilman,

These are fresh out of the package. They are as follows... 1/4" Coupling - Female Pipe Thread to Female Pipe Thread (tube with nut hex center), the 1/4" Close Nipple (middle piece), and the 3/8 Machined Nut Short (the nozzle-looking thingy). The machined nut is too big for the thread of the 1/4 close nipple, plus I believe the thread is reversed, so I plan to epoxy the pieces together. There is a dowel tutorial..I will go get it and post with this.

http://200.72.163.179:8080/cdref/tdh/avatar/GauntletAssembly.jpg

soilman wrote:
What diameter and type of hose is on the ESB gaunt? Also, is it just slipped over the end of the gaunt piece? the picture is not to clear.

Thanks

Click to expand...

The tutorial is from someone else, but it will be useful in these pieces. I hope it is useful to you as well. Later!

 

soilman

Active Hunter

• Sep 5, 2004

• #60

Thanks alot for the info.