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[Lightning]

the Champagne stopper works really well as an emitter enclosure.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Bump from the dead!

Here's one I've been sitting on for a while. Only just got around to photographing it.
This guy was a bit of a pain to design; the top half came together quickly, but everything south of the clamp went through a ton of revisions. I'm very happy with how it came out, but it was not an easy build. Results were worth it, though. I really enjoy all the different metal textures on this one – normally you need some black or a contrasting color to help things pop, but here it works. It's all raw aluminum, stainless, chrome, nickel, and lord knows what else.

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Parts list:

Champagne stopper
Hard drive motor spindle
Weird greeble Seth made
Coaxial cable connector
Gear shift end
Heiland Strobonar handle, cut short and flipped over
Romans Graflex clamp
Wannawanga stamped TFA clamp cover
Skywampa TFA card
Wannawanga V2 lever
4-40 thumbscrew
2 Taylor & Hobbson 16 mm "Supertal" projector lenses
Spacer cut from a faucet handle
TCSS metal Covertec knob
Bell & Howell 16mm projector lens
Gear shift part
Small stainless steel measuring spoon, minus the handle
Champagne opener

All assembled on a 1/4-20 threaded rod, as per usual.

what is the pommel made from? I really need to steal that design.

 

[AnubisGuard]

what is the pommel made from? I really need to steal that design.

It's in the parts list, but more specifically it's the bottom off of a Custom Accessories #16006 shift knob, nested inside a Vagnby Champagne Twiser. The latter appears to be discontinued, so you'll have to try and nab one on eBay. Otherwise you're paying over $100 on the sites that still have it in stock.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

It's in the parts list, but more specifically it's the bottom off of a Custom Accessories #16006 shift knob, nested inside a Vagnby Champagne Twiser. The latter appears to be discontinued, so you'll have to try and nab one on eBay. Otherwise you're paying over $100 on the sites that still have it in stock.

I hate to be a nuisance, but could you possibly post a link to one? I’m googling that description but what I’m finding does not look anything like what you used for your pommel. Thank you very much.

 

[AnubisGuard]

I hate to be a nuisance, but could you possibly post a link to one? I’m googling that description but what I’m finding does not look anything like what you used for your pommel. Thank you very much.

Here ya go.

Shift knob:

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/b/custom-accessories-3126/performance-16477/drivetrain-16819/shift-handles---universal-knobs-17897/b3cbcd181e21/custom-accessories-shift-knob/16006/2619399?pos=4

And I found a UK source for the champagne twister at retail cost:

Champagne Twister - Vagnbys

Open champagne effortlessly with the Vagnbys Champagne Twister. Combining sleek design and user-friendly functionality, it ensures a safe, spill-free experi...

www.wineandbarrels.co.uk

The shift knob unscrews into four parts; I used the lower two.

 

[AnubisGuard]

Oh, and the hemisphere at the bottom of the shift knob is the bowl from a measuring spoon. I don't know which one, I just went into a kitchen supply store and grabbed a set of spoons.

 

[AnubisGuard]

And if you're counting the ribbed ring that the champagne twister is sitting against as part of the pommel, it's a Bell and Howell 16mm projector lens.

16mm Super Proval 2" f1.6 Bell & Howell Projector Lens (No 12)

www.jimscamerasseattle.com

 

[The 48th Ronin]

It's better than I remembered, but I prefer the final version.

Indeed! That thing is bad-ass!

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Thank you very much.

 

[Darth Chasm]

Improved version of one I completed about a year and a half ago.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

I figure it’s about time to show mine. I wanted a temple guard yellow saber But from a guardian who means business when necessary. Carbon fiber body, salt etchings on the underside tell the tale of how that Jedi came to be a guard and built his saber.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Of course, you”ll need to see it lit.

 

[Kovnyn]

So lately I've gotten bit by the light saber bug again, but wanted more than belt hangers (though I still built those, too). First, I picked up a cheap Initiate 2.0 from Ultrasaber. While I liked it, I felt it was a little small, so I gave it to my girlfriend so she can use it with her Jedi costume. I replaced it with an Ultrasaber grab bag saber, and got a nice black Sentinel, green blade. I also just ordered from Ebay one of the cheap YDD sabers, orange blade (sold by Saber Forge as the Youngling) to modify the heck out of.

But my latest creation is a double bladed saber staff using TCCS Maglite conversion parts and an Ultrasaber threaded coupler.

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I've got a blade plug for one end, and a 38" blade for the other if I choose to use it as a single bladed, massive saber like Mauls first dual with Qui Gonn.

 

[xiionn]

Wow, just wow. Some real art in here. I want in.....but im in the UK so limited on what and where i can buy

 

[eethan]

Wow, just wow. Some real art in here. I want in.....but im in the UK so limited on what and where i can buy

you know, we are all somewhere and all limited somehow, just buy what you can and have fun with it

 

[xiionn]

i know, but watching utube vids, you think wow, thats great....then they list all the resources, and i cant get them.

Im not sure there are many UK places to buy bits and peices readily. I found a place to buy decent tube, but no rounded end cap, internals....well, electronics companies in the uk now cater mostly to schools and want orders in the dozens.

 

[xiionn]

Everything from the US has hideous Duty on it when you import, often actually doubling the price

 

[eethan]

you have KR sabers maybe if you don't already know, he has a few parts. But don't worry, all of us in Europe have the same issues as you, it's not stopping us

 

[xiionn]

Well, thats good news. Where do you get your bits from?

 

[Darth Chasm]

You could also try JQ sabers. They carry TCSS parts.