ROTJ Force Pike Rasp

[bdgr]

In my investigation of items to build a ROTJ Force Pike, I came across the following thread insert that sorta looks like the spikey rasp:




Any opinions? I'm thinking of purchasing a pack of these to try them out. They are not too expensive, but I would have a lot of extra pieces, since they come in packs of 50.

[Kato]

How much would you sell them for and how are you looking to attach it to your pike?

[JesterTDA]

What the heck is that? Any more pictures or specs? It looks like it is made of metal and screws on. Interesting.

[bdgr]

They are die cast metal and I believe they are used in putting together wooden furniture (?). They are only ~.5" in length, so you may need to stack two or three together. They have internal threads, so I'll have to figure a way to connect them together and attach them to the pike pole. Probably a small wooden dowel, threaded rod, or something. I don't have any information about their outer diameter (including the spiked points), but I did go ahead and ordered a pack for evaluation as a possible force pike rasp. I'll give more info once I have them in hand.

[bdgr]

A quick update. I got the metal thread inserts and they are way too small to be used as a possible force pike rasp. They stack very nicely to get a good length, but the outer diameters are just too narrow. I'll just have to continue the hunt...

[JesterTDA]

thanks for the update! I cut out triangles from a blue electrical box I found at Lowes. Cost me something like 74 cents. They're not perfect but once I attached them (super glue) and painted them gold they look just fine. I'd like to do something more professional looking but that's more for me and less for anybody else.

[bdgr]

Yeah. I'll probably just wind up making the spikey rasp from scratch, by cutting the triangles out of spare ABS that I have.