I left a little bit the main obi project to make a set of 3 sabers for friends,using parks grenades,clamps and boosters,and Romans pommels.
The sabers are fx ready,with charge port,optic and blade holder.
Here are the parts as they came:
You can see a inaccurate detail on grenade,the front of the frag body,but the other details are good.
The booster is really simple,just a profile of black aluminum...I wuld prefer russ boosters,but the sabers must be achieved for April...
Here is the first modification:
I machined the threaded section from delrin,and sealed in the aluminum part.
I created a threaded section in the booster,and in the pommel,then the pommel screws directly on booster,that screws directly on the internal choke under the graflex clamp.
The grenade has been modified too,longer threaded section th screw directly on the choke.
it leaves a 28mm room inside the grenade,a 25mm room inside the booster,and a 30mm room under the clamp.
Here are the assembly pieces:
You can see the aluminum spacer,it is hollow,to leave room for sound and electronics.
You can see how I modified the frag body front,I enlarged the slope.
And here is the final shape of the aluminum choke,the inside has a delrin holder for speaker,with sealed volume for better mid-bass sound.
I put the speaker in the plastic holder,then it goes in the aluminum,and the grenade maintains all in place.
Then I made the emitters,external shape first(no holed on this photo,just plain steel)
The charge port have custom nuts and custom kill keys,to have a "accurate" look,I know it's not 100% accurate,but it permits a nice look with fully functionnal parts.
I drilled,and enlarged internal shape for a 1" blade,and made the 16 holes,finally I made a aluminum blade plug with a "cone" look,and a blade retainer using a small bolt:
I still have to make the led holder.
I have to make the patina on brass,emitter,and make final assembly,photos soon...
