Thank you all for your flattering comments. The real trick to making a saber like this is that I use a wooden dowel as the core. When I assemble everything every piece is screwed to the core dowel. Some of the screws are incorporated into the aesthetics of the design and some are hidden.
The main thing about designing something like this is to just wander around the hardware store and daydream. The switch box for this lightsaber is a window security latch that I modified. The upper ribbed section is vacuum hose. The handle ribbing is some non slip matting that they were throwing away at work.
Again, thank you all for your kind comments and taking the time to post them.
The Jason
