Show your custom Lightsabers!
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That's an awesome custom!
Nice work
Nice work
Sym-Cha
Master Member
So I altered an already converted Heiland into a more accurate MPP like fashion ... to be able to wear it on Darth 'Ugly' Vader's costume . . . new parts are an MPP like clamp with sleeve, replica MPP pushbutton greeblie, real Exactra bubbles only red, colored 18 gauge wires in the sockets and a Larbel endcap it only has 4 Blast-Tech grips I'll may have to upgrade to 6 plastic or rubber more accurate T-tracks from Roy's . . . when I feel like it 
Chaim
Chaim
ok, after a double-take at a reflection on Chaim's saber, even though it's not real I want someone to do this! run like.rods down from the MPP shroud holes (drill them through) on both sides of the body to something else, like a ring, wrapped above or below the clamp. I think that'd look pretty sweet
So I just dug this out of storage...
It's a DeMornay-Budd 3 cell flash that I acquired about 16 years ago. The design is rather ironic, when you consider the new Kylo Ren saber.
Once upon a time I started converting it into a saber, but only got so far as dressing out the emitter end a bit - if I remember correctly, I used some parts from a plastic sprinkler head and a rubber O ring.
I think it's about time that I finally finish it off, with some T-track and a D-ring. The only question is, do I go with a bubble strip or a BUS card in the clamp? No need for mylar tape either, as the logo is actually pretty cool:
Here's a shot that I dug up, taken back when I first got it - you can kinda' see what was going on inside the socket. There's also that lever (bulb release?) that I removed.
And here are some auction pics that I grabbed, probably back around that same time - this one appears to be a 2 cell and it looks like the "prongs" are slightly different (at least that back one, anyway)
It's a DeMornay-Budd 3 cell flash that I acquired about 16 years ago. The design is rather ironic, when you consider the new Kylo Ren saber.
Once upon a time I started converting it into a saber, but only got so far as dressing out the emitter end a bit - if I remember correctly, I used some parts from a plastic sprinkler head and a rubber O ring.
I think it's about time that I finally finish it off, with some T-track and a D-ring. The only question is, do I go with a bubble strip or a BUS card in the clamp? No need for mylar tape either, as the logo is actually pretty cool:
Here's a shot that I dug up, taken back when I first got it - you can kinda' see what was going on inside the socket. There's also that lever (bulb release?) that I removed.
And here are some auction pics that I grabbed, probably back around that same time - this one appears to be a 2 cell and it looks like the "prongs" are slightly different (at least that back one, anyway)
Luke the Belter
Well-Known Member
Wow, that's a nice flash.
The emitter section really looks like an emitter. Good work there with the sprinkler head :thumbsup
Sym-Cha
Master Member
Indeed some longer T-tracks till the clamp would be enough ... Roy can make them to your acquired size ... and I always like bubbles ... perhaps you can also track down a vintage calculator with the red ones as I did with my Heiland? Of course a D-ring is always good
Chaim
Chaim
Scott D
Sr Member
You just jogged a fellow long-time RPF'ers memory.
I had one of those in the early 2000's and sold it.Yeah, that will make a great custom saber. :thumbsup
That has all kinds of potential. I'm going to have to try and track one down now!
Thanks. It was a confluence of knowing what I wanted & getting lucky/finding something that looked OK and was the right size
Indeed some longer T-tracks till the clamp would be enough ... Roy can make them to your acquired size ... and I always like bubbles ... perhaps you can also track down a vintage calculator with the red ones as I did with my Heiland? Of course a D-ring is always good
Chaim
Yeah, bubbles were my first love (saber-wise
) Not sure about the red, but I have some non-Exactra 19/20 calculators stashed around here somewhere... I'll have to see if they might work.
VoltisArt
New Member
As I've got Tandy Leather ads on the page now...how about natural or simulated natural products, like wood, leather and stone? We've seen a couple of leather wraps and wooden hilts here, but I'd like to see more of those really out-of-the box designs. This being a product that is often turned on a lathe (when not made of reclaimed flash tubes, heh) I think it lends itself well to wood or stone, be it the full grip or just accents. There are also simulated stone products out there that are popular among pen and handle turners.
Zebra wood or purple heart against brass would make one stand out in the crowd. (Especially with a less common blade color.)
Zebra wood or purple heart against brass would make one stand out in the crowd. (Especially with a less common blade color.)
