FOUND PART!!! Left gauntlet dental expander

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Originally posted by TK1028:

Has anyone seen this thing on a screen used prop or costume?
ExpansionScrewSpringTension.jpg

I asked a million companies for expansion screws, hoping to get one of the kinds that was used on the Fett left Gaunt,
OLDLAR~1.jpg

but they sent me the Spring Tension piece because that was all this one company had.


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Originally posted by Braks Buddy:

I finally got in my real expansion screw as well as the cast copy!!! First let me say that this piece is TINY!!! I never realized just how small it was until I held it in my hand! Anyway, the cast is resin and in my opinion looks very good for a piece so small. Unfortunately the wrong side of the expander was cast so it looks like a mirror image of what is seen on the real suit. I am working with the person who cast it to see if we can't resolve this. Hopefully, these will be offered soon, but as I have mentioned before they will NOT be through me. I am only having mine cast so you guys will have the opportunity to have one. Here are pics of the cast as well as my original.

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Originally posted by TK1028:

NICE! No air bubbles, nice. Resin?

I think that by the time it's painted, it will look fine.
RoTJexpander.jpg


Can you show a pic of the back of the resin one so that we can see how it will mount against a gauntlet?




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Dental Expander Details

Originally posted by Braks Buddy:

I have had quite a few people ask for the dimensions as well as other details concerning my Expansion Screw. Here are the details and a better scanned pic.

The Expansion Screw was manufactured by:
Glenross Ltd.
22 Foley Street
London, W. 1

Expansion Screw had Patents Pending at the time it was manufactured. The Patent Registeration No. is 860918.

This is considered a LARGE (Old style) expansion screw.

The dimensions are a follows.
Overall Height: 0.495"
Width of Main Body (closed position): 0.348"
Overall Width (closed position): 0.615"
 
I think Australian dentists were trained in england 'til the '70's,so most older Aussie dentists have the old Glenross.....I'm sure they don't use them much anymore,so I'll be scouting a few more.
If i can get 4-5,I'll make a multi-mold,and chop a few of 'em out.
 
This hasn't been hit for a while, but does anyone know of a similar part or modern counterpart that is pretty close? I have searched through dental expander pieces and such, and believe it or not NEW piece are hard to find good reference of. Also, is anyone offering casts of a REAL glenross expansion screw?

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