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For packing joints.

I made a little baseball bat years ago for that purpose and recently had fun making more different ones for friends.

As you can see I used a piece of rebar for the bat.
I "turned" it using a drill and angle grinder then going through different grains of sanding:

The lightsaber's hilt was made the same way, using a dremel tool to get more control on the details.
The "blade" is made of Corian, a synthetic stone commonly used for countertops.

The sword required a lot more precision to make and ended up okay but looking closely nothing is really symmetrical or straight...
I grinded it from a random stick of metal, the pommel is made from aluminum and the grip is two layers of sewing thread soaked in superglue, sanded, then superglued again.
A cross-guard would have added a lot of character but I didn't find a nice and easy enough way to do it, and I was short on time...

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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You should make slightly bigger versions of the weapons from Clue. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Bonus points if the revolver comes with tiny bullets that can actually be fired.

[โ€“] MacAnus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Good idea!

The wrench and pistol would require me to seriously upgrade my carving skills though...

The rest seem easy enough :)

(forget the rope)