OK, So I got tired of the tiny sound on my blaster, and really wanted to make it much louder. Before I placed the speaker in the mag well, along with the Blaster Core and battery... and recharge port, and being only 18mm, it couldn't push enough sound with such a limited space for resonance.
I decided a 2W bass speaker was the way to go, and figured the only place for it was in the grip.
That meant I could no longer leave the MGC's metal unmolested, so since I was breaking it down, I decided I'd strip the original finish off and blue the bottom to match the top. I also wanted the mystery disc to be present, but since I wanted to blue the metal I wasn't sure what to do. I figured I'd give masking it off a shot, and at worst I'd have to mill it.
Well, masking it off worked PERFECTLY. There's not much of a lip of course, so its less than screen accurate this way, but I used a scribe to trace the circle and there's a faint lip from that.
iPhone camera distortion... it IS round.
For the speaker, I had to mill out the plastic in the grips to fit the speaker and have a little bit of a resonance chamber.
I also milled channels for sound to move and wires to lay
I also had to mill a slot for the wire to lay inside, so the hammer assembly could fit. It was rough and sketchy as I used an end mill bit in my drill press, because I couldn't get enough clearance any other way to get the bit deep enough to cut.
Finally, I decided to round off one side of the safety knurling to make it a little more accurate.
I also discarded the resin grill... its the wrong shape and just looks horrid. I'll wait for the run parts to come.
Quick video:
Accurate Han Solo DL-44 blaster with sound - YouTube
I'll get updated completed shots this weekend in nice light.
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