saberforge
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My thanksgiving project is complete!
I have been wanting to build a Lightsaber with a cannon accurate crystal core and internals for some time now, and I finally got around to doing it.
YouTube - Lightsaber Crystal chassis core www.saberforge.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SD_FcnBxA
I knew I wanted something really clean, I wanted the inside of the saber, to look as realistic and futuristic as the outside. So I didn't want any exposed wires, batteries, or soundboard.
As you can imagine, space economy in the hilt was the key.
I built a main chamber out of solid 1.25 T6 and bored it out to 1.125 to house my batteries, soundboard and speaker.
Then I built a secondary chamber for the switch, and the first crystal support.
The last chamber houses the second crystal support and heat sink, as well as the led focusing lens.
I used brass 3/16 tube to run my wires to the led. And then I added some extra brass and aluminum tubes for aesthetics.
Instead of an accent led, because I was afraid of residual heat, and power drain, I used the main led's light to provide the accent lighting. I machined a custom heat sink and drilled a pattern of holes in it to light the crystal.
For my pommel I used a screen instead of drilled holes, all of my sabers from this point on will feature the stainless steel screen, since it provides for a much better resonance. I almost couldn't believe that this was an economy board.
I used a Seoul p4 blue, and the stock speaker, my order of speakers from mouser should be in any day.
This will be going into a modified version of my Justicar windowed hilt.
Here are the pictures.
I have been wanting to build a Lightsaber with a cannon accurate crystal core and internals for some time now, and I finally got around to doing it.
YouTube - Lightsaber Crystal chassis core www.saberforge.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9SD_FcnBxA
I knew I wanted something really clean, I wanted the inside of the saber, to look as realistic and futuristic as the outside. So I didn't want any exposed wires, batteries, or soundboard.
As you can imagine, space economy in the hilt was the key.
I built a main chamber out of solid 1.25 T6 and bored it out to 1.125 to house my batteries, soundboard and speaker.
Then I built a secondary chamber for the switch, and the first crystal support.
The last chamber houses the second crystal support and heat sink, as well as the led focusing lens.
I used brass 3/16 tube to run my wires to the led. And then I added some extra brass and aluminum tubes for aesthetics.
Instead of an accent led, because I was afraid of residual heat, and power drain, I used the main led's light to provide the accent lighting. I machined a custom heat sink and drilled a pattern of holes in it to light the crystal.
For my pommel I used a screen instead of drilled holes, all of my sabers from this point on will feature the stainless steel screen, since it provides for a much better resonance. I almost couldn't believe that this was an economy board.
I used a Seoul p4 blue, and the stock speaker, my order of speakers from mouser should be in any day.
This will be going into a modified version of my Justicar windowed hilt.
Here are the pictures.
