Seth Skywalker
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Ah, I see, dummy me.
If you put cellophane gift wrap in there, it should help making the blade more evenly lit.
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If you put cellophane gift wrap in there, it should help making the blade more evenly lit.
vader45
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Ah, I see, dummy me.
If you put cellophane gift wrap in there, it should help making the blade more even.
It is there. The blade is a clear tube.
Seth Skywalker
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Try sanding it, since it already has clear gift wrap inside the blade. Sanding helped with my blade as well. But you should exchange the battery anyways.
vader45
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I wonder if LDM would do it since this is his saber.
Seth Skywalker
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I suppose he could do it, or if you are fine with a little bit soldering you could do it yourself.
I’ve just finished this saber for my stepsons desk, I bought a £10 toy saber that had a great little sound card in it, swooshing sound on and off, wave sound when you move it, it also clashes when you bump it, the light only had a single blinking LED so I left it out on this saber but I might incorporate it with improvements on the next one
Ridire Firean
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Hey Bengrim09 ! I love the inscription on the little plaque! It makes the gift very special and personal.
Is that ray skin under the paracord? I see the little Aux button hidden under there too!
Too bad that it doesn't have an LED for a flashlight, this would make for a fantastic survivalist's lightsaber. Chops down wood...CHECK. Starts fires...CHECK. Comes complete with cordage...CHECK.
What's the inner part of the emmiter made from? Is it a spring, or part of a shower head or something?
I think my favorite part of this one is the coin edged (flashlight endcap?) part in the front of the clamp.
Congratulations on a saber well-built!
Is that ray skin under the paracord? I see the little Aux button hidden under there too!
Too bad that it doesn't have an LED for a flashlight, this would make for a fantastic survivalist's lightsaber. Chops down wood...CHECK. Starts fires...CHECK. Comes complete with cordage...CHECK.
What's the inner part of the emmiter made from? Is it a spring, or part of a shower head or something?
I think my favorite part of this one is the coin edged (flashlight endcap?) part in the front of the clamp.
Congratulations on a saber well-built!
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I could probably swap the battery for you if you're not comfortable with it.
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Thank you for your kind wordsHey @Bengrim09 ! I love the inscription on the little plaque! It makes the gift very special and personal.
Is that ray skin under the paracord? I see the little Aux button hidden under there too!
Too bad that it doesn't have an LED for a flashlight, this would make for a fantastic survivalist's lightsaber. Chops down wood...CHECK. Starts fires...CHECK. Comes complete with cordage...CHECK.
What's the inner part of the emmiter made from? Is it a spring, or part of a shower head or something?
I think my favorite part of this one is the coin edged (flashlight endcap?) part in the front of the clamp.
Congratulations on a saber well-built!
I’m a bit disappointed I couldn’t get a decent light in this, but maybe next build.
its not ray skin under the paracord, it’s a quick wrap of flesh coloured compression bandage to stop the cord from moving, the main body is made from an old torch/flashlight, the clamp is scratch built from a flat piece of thin stainless, the emitter is various parts of shower valves, the inner end of the emitter is made from wire from the binding off an old diary, it was wrapped around some ally tube to resemble a spring as I couldn’t find a spring long enough, well spotted on the momentary switch to turn it on, I didn’t want a big switch ( little is sometimes best)
Ben
mmmmmm very nice, very nice indeed
scide
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This is a shiny one! Nice work!
Guess you’ll have to wear gloves when enjoying these. :cool
Yea it's crazy! I had to keep wiping it before I put on gloves. Worth the effort just to see it.
Right on, what sort of trickery have you used in the past?
Here's a few I have been meaning to share...
This one is based on a Presslite flash. The lower 3/4 is the Presslite, I've just reconfigured the stock parts. I also added t-track, and a Roman's Graflex repro clamp with a TCSS edge card.
The neck/emitter is a TCSS pommel. I used plumber's silicone tape on the threads until it was the perfect thickness to tension fit inside the flash tube. The emitter/shroud is from a Canon Y, and is affixed with epoxy.
This stealthy saber is (from top down), some rando eBay bad Luke V2 repro emitter and neck, an end cap from an underwater Nikon flashgun with some washers, a 1/4 camera tripod lock washer, a screen door roller wheel, an old Parks MPP clamp, then a TCSS body, TCSS pommel, another roller wheel, and a nylon lock nut.
This one is built using the Obi-Wan method, everything is on a 1/4" 20 pitch rod. You can get them at any hardware store. 1/4" 20 is great, there are tons of common hard ware parts that use it that you can use for greeblie details, and it also is what most camera equipment uses for tripod mounts, which is universal to most flashguns.
So that nylon twist knob nut thinger at the bottom is the base of the rod, and inside the emitter is another 1/4" nut. You put everything on the rod and tighten both ends and everything is pressure locked unto place.
This one also uses a rod assembly. Top down, it's a Heiland stubby shroud on a neck made up of rando hardware plumbing department finds, then a trio of roller door wheels. The lower body is a TCCS f to f coupler and one of their blade holders/emitters that I used upside down. The pommel is a plastic chromed AS handwheel. The d-ring is a 1/4" tripod knob.
So basically, starting at the bottom, I use that tripod d-ring through the handwheel. On the inside of the wheel, I use an f to f 1/4" 20 adapter (see below). The tripod knob into one side, the rod into the other.
From there I start stacking the parts over the rod. They will be loose and drift at first. Sometimes using washers between parts helps. The roller wheels work as washers and also look great.
At the top, I slipped a part from a hard drive over the rid and tightened it down with two of the nylon nuts to make the emitter.
Hope that makes sense. It's a great base to build on. See my box below that;'s full of 1/4" 20 parts. All hardware store finds, greeblies found off old flashguns or photogear surplus, and Home Depot finds It's also pretty easy to drill a hole down the center of the guts in most flashed to run a rod through.
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