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The Best of Instructables Volume I
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The Best of Instructables Volume I

by The editors at MAKE magazine and Instructables.com
October 2008
Beginner to intermediate
328 pages
13h 54m
English
Make: Community
Content preview from The Best of Instructables Volume I

Make Your Own Star Wars–Style Sword

Build an elegant weapon for $33 in 33 minutes By Craig Janson

Use this easy step-by-step instruction on putting the parts together to build your own project. It requires no soldering, gluing, or anything other than the following parts. Everything is in the plumbing area of a hardware store such as Home Depot (Figure A):

image One pop-up basin drain

image One drain extension tube with threads and slip nut

image One slip nut and ...

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