Show your custom Lightsabers!

[Duskraven]

Going for sort of an ancient Sith look with this custom... Kind of an experiment - Whatcha think?
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That's really cool. What is the control box piece? Found part?

Edit: Nevermind, I found the answer in a later comment!

 

[chazzychaz]

I just received this from saberforge, Going to weather it heavily

 

[SA22C]

First assembly of my take on Slothfurnace's beautiful Entropy saber. Main body is a Canon Model Y Flash unit, with a couple of MHS parts and a old style two-piece Roman's balance pipe replica from his MK1 hilt.

 

[SA22C]

Quick video overview of the finished saber.

 

[harrisonp]

When you’re merging MHS with found parts are you machining things down/adding threads or is it more pressure fit/adhesive type work?

 

[SA22C]

When you’re merging MHS with found parts are you machining things down/adding threads or is it more pressure fit/adhesive type work?

For the emitter, I reused existing holes in the canon flashbody and enlarged them to fit4-40 screws. I then used some thin nylon tubing (sold as ‘blade diffuser’) to space out the emitter threaded end into the canon flashbody so it was snug and centred. Then I drilled and tapped the emitter to match the canon flashbody and screwed it together.

Ideally I’d thread the canon flashbody somehow but I don’t have the tools or skill to machine a threaded insert so screwing the two parts together using small machine screws was the best alternative.

For the pommel, the canon flashbody has a j-lock lower section that sits nearly flush with the bottom of the clamp. I drilled and tapped two 4-40 holes and inserted threaded rods that were then epoxied in place as there was no room for nuts or a screw head. These threaded rods were inserted into the Roman Props balance pipe and secured with nuts.

From there I cut the threads off the MHS pommel 12 and used some PVC pipe shaved down to make a spacer to snug the pommel to the balance pipe. Then I drilled through the pommel and balance pipe, tapped for 4-40 and secured the pommel to the balance pipe with brass thumbscrews.

Last step was one more 4-40 threaded hole to secure the j-lock to the clamp. Unlike the Graflex, the Canon doesn’t actually clamp the two parts of the flash body together so a screw was required to keep the j-lock tightly secured to the flash body.

Hope that helps.

 

[harrisonp]

Incredibly thorough write-up thank you! I find myself caught between indifference for off the shelf parts and wanting to have a convenient hilt for electronics installs, so a middle ground with a mix of both is where I end up. Really appreciate the insight.

 

[HMSwolfe]

It’s definitely a great hilt. Very simple, very OT.

 

[Scruffylooking]

This is my Corran Horn lightsaber constructed and installed by Thomas Gass (Darkside Engineering) inspired from the book I Jedi. It was made 3 years ago and I obtained it from the original owner. I have some rare hilts in my collection and this one is amongst the best.

 

[colinjreed]

Scruffylooking that is a great one. I loved that book and the inventiveness of using a speeder bike handle as a saber hilt. So cool to see an interpretation of that.

 

[chazzychaz]

I posted in my own thread, but I HAD to put it here as well, heh.

What Rey SHOULD have done with the graflex in Episode 9!

"The Reymore"! (Cuz it's like a clamore in size... and It's Rey's)

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You monster.... lol

 

[SA22C]

More Canon flash goodness, this time two based on Model X flashes.

First off is a particularly aged model X that I dressed up with some MHS parts

I'm waiting on some Sur-Fin brass patina for the neck and I still have to build a blade plug/drill a retention screw but otherwise this sucker's finished. Lots of aluminum black to darken the emitter, gear and pommel to try and get the MHS parts to at least somewhat look as aged as the flashbody and clamp. When I received it, the flash was coated in battery corrosion which was cleaned as best I could but the majority of the nickel plating on the clamp was lost. Still, as a relic, I think it looks pretty good. Installed with proffiepixel.

Second is an alternate universe Model X build, as if Roger Christian had a box of Canon flashes and not Graflexes when he was on the hunt for the perfect on-screen laser-sword prop for 'The Star Wars'

Aside from the WannaWanga grips and bubble strip, this is a static prop using all Canon parts. I still have to fit a d-ring and decide if I want to install it or leave it as it is.

 

[CopperRevan]

 

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[AnubisGuard]

Cool use of a Zeiss clamp on the emitter but, man, you can put more than one pic in a post. This isn't the Facebook comments section.

 

[CopperRevan]

Cool use of a Zeiss clamp on the emitter but, man, you can put more than one pic in a post. This isn't the Facebook comments section.

sorry, i suck at computers..lol

 

[CopperRevan]

sorry, i suck at computers..lol

and its a Kalart clamp..if that's any different

 

[SA22C]

Tried the Sur-Fin brass patina on the Canon Model X / MHS build. It turned out not too shabby, just need to go over a couple sections again.