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Title: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on May 21, 2014, 10:14:57 pm
So Q.K.s topic about his lens of truth project inspired me to post mine - the Master Sword. I"ve been working on this project for a little while now, maybe a month and a half  :-\ Finally have something to show! ha The blade is being made out of 80CRV is what I believe its called, very similar to 5160 spring steel. Its been cut out with an angle grinder and cut-off wheels. It still needs some clean ups on some edges and a little bit of tweaking at the tip, but I finally got it fully cut out today. Hilt will be made from cast aluminum. Will update as progress is made!
Pics:
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2hx1xzt.jpg)
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on May 31, 2014, 05:03:17 am
Thought I'd update with a pic. Been practicing a bit of wax carving. This isn't the final piece, I know there's some serious errors on it, but Im really loving how it looks for never working with carving wax before! Waiting on some things I ordered that will make things alot easier, they should arrive next week.
(http://i58.tinypic.com/j9tzy1.jpg)
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on June 19, 2014, 03:30:58 am
Slight Update:
 I've been working on the blade profile and putting the rough grind on the edges. While doing this, my angle grinder died.. I wore the damn motor out on it  XD So I have a new bench grinder on its way, and since I cant do any work on the blade ATM Im working on the wax carving of the guard. Things are looking pretty nice, will have some more pics up soon!
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: SpritingBrad on June 19, 2014, 05:48:27 pm
Wow thats good, you really have some skill!! :)
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on June 30, 2014, 08:24:06 pm
Progress. Have begun grinding the edges and have been working on the cross guard.
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: CheerfulSage on July 01, 2014, 07:02:23 am
Will you make the handle round, or will there be edges so the person wielding the sword can easily tell where the edge of the blade is? It looks good so far! XD
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on July 01, 2014, 11:01:37 pm
Thats not the handle, its the tang. The guard, grip, and then the pommel all slide onto it, so yes, there will be a round handle   :) Also, the photo I couldnt upload from my phone in previous post.
(http://i58.tinypic.com/2jd5egm.jpg)
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: CheerfulSage on July 01, 2014, 11:44:23 pm
Oh, I know. I meant the final one. XD Impressive carving skills! What will you use for the gem?
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on July 24, 2014, 09:06:04 pm
Wow. It's been a little while since I've updated this! Heres some pics:
Almost finished with the rough grind on the edges.
(http://i58.tinypic.com/2dce39z.jpg)
Some progress on the guard, looking ALOT better!
(http://i59.tinypic.com/1el5ye.jpg)

@mah nigga The gem will be made of yellow glass inside a brass fitting. I have 2 chunks of glass that I will grind to shape. The brass fitting will keep it looking nice and yellow instead of it blending with the purple of the guard.
After the rough grind is finished, I'll be routing out a thin layer of the center potion of the steel, between a 16th and 32th of an inch dip.
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: CheerfulSage on July 25, 2014, 08:30:43 am
Impressive update! Have you done this before? You seem like a pro. Keeping the blade symmetrical sounds like quite a challenge, but you make it look easy!
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on July 25, 2014, 03:05:09 pm
@mah nigga Thanks for the kind words! Actually, I've never even worked with metal like this before  XD I just keep measuring after each time I grind and redraw my guidelines. Everyone always asks me where I learned how to do this stuff and I say "What do you mean learned?" haha
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on September 20, 2014, 06:44:26 pm
So it's been a while since I've updated this!! So theres a number of things that I've done since I've updated this:
-Ground the edges
-Begun routing the "fuller" on one side
-Finished master copy of wax model guard
-Made wax model of grip
-Begun wax model of pommel
And pics :D
(http://i60.tinypic.com/anolyw.jpg)
Rough mockup of how itll look put together.(You can see the center is more than half way routed.)
(http://i60.tinypic.com/24zvsev.jpg)
Copies of the finished guard model. This is injection wax, it will melt out of the plaster mold Ill be making for pouring the aluminum much easier than the purple carving wax I used for the master copy.
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: CheerfulSage on September 20, 2014, 11:48:49 pm
Of course! You're a natural! XD Looking very good so far! It looks like you could start estimating a percentage complete now?
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: ZoSo on September 21, 2014, 12:03:50 am
Hmm, I'd say around 55%, but that was the tougher half! What I have to do left-
The Blade
-Finish routing pseudo fuller
-Buff and polish
-Etch the Triforce symbol above guard

The Hilt
-Finish carving pommel model
-Cast cross guard
-Cast grip
-Cast pommel
-Buff and polish aluminum casts
-Paint casts
-Cut glass gem to shape
-Apply wrap to grip
Title: Re: That legendary blade.... the Master Sword!!
Post by: rhalifax on September 30, 2014, 11:29:29 pm
WOW!
I'm loving the hell out of this, thank you for all the progress pictures, this is amazing work!

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