*PLEASE NOTE* THESE PICTURES ARE FROM OUR PROTOTYPE AND FINAL PRODUCTION WILL HAVE THE CORRECT COLORED CLAMP.
We will have these available for chemical weathering and with a limited run of Inconel emitters to make it a fully vintage replica.
The emitter shown is our FX emitter, it adds a significant support wall on the tip of the balance pipe to help support a blade. We will have an accurate static emitter as well, and we are working on quoting production in Inconel, the same material used in the jet engine balance pipe vintage part.
The clamp, for the sample, was machined from a solid chunk of brass, and hasn't been plated yet. This is not typically how Graflex clamps are produced, usually they are cut from a sheet, stamped, and bent. Our shop misunderstood our request for that part. That being said we are quite partial to the clean lines a machined clamp gives.
The parts here are nearly all raw materials
- Emitter as mentioned will either be Inconel or stainless
- Neck and wind vane are brass with a reinforced steel core
- Grenade is made from high carbon iron (not steel)
- Clamp is brass
- Bubble strip is acrylic (will be clear, sample is frosted)
- Frame under the clamp is stainless
- Transistors/washers are stainless and will be nickel plated
- Booster is stainless
- Pommel/Handwheel is chromed ABS and chromed brass
The transistors will act as spring plungers, and by default will be the dual washer setup as seen in the belt hanger hero shots from ANH.
