chaos
03-02-2013, 05:45 AM
Hey people. Long time no post. lol
So this is the first saber I’ve finished in over two years. The hilt itself I got of ebay about 4 or 5 years ago, I can’t really remember. I can’t even remember how much I paid for it. It was listed as a static hilt but judging by the pics I knew it would be hollow and it was. The pommel and the emitter where screwed together with a long threaded rod. There was a nut in the emitter and all I did was undo that and the rest came out. I thought I had pics of it but I can’t seem to find them.
Now since I’ve had it for so long the plans for wiring have changed several times. At first it was going to have a MR sound board, then a US board and finally this PC 1.4.
When I first got it, it didn’t have a switch or even a place for a switch so I chose the most suitable position for it. I used a TCSS switch box style 9 with a lighted AV switch. Originally I was going to put the recharge port here but I started to think it would be cool if the saber had a crystal chamber, nothing to fancy, and the idea that the hole for the recharge port would be very suitable. So I drilled it out to make it a little bigger but it didn’t look very nice so I bought a 8mm stainless steel flesh tunnel, popped it in the hole and it looked great. The “crystal” itself is in fact a Vaseline glass marble that I bought for another project but didn’t end up using. Vaseline glass, which also goes by the name Uranium glass, is a green glass that is slightly radioactive and glows under UV light. Here’s the wiki about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass
I didn’t bother lighting it with a UV led but just a green one, it was much brighter.
I made a small simple chassis and strapped it down with brass wire.
The pommel I replaced with a TCSS pommel style 9 with insert style 6. I removed the threads so that it would fit and secured it with a set screw. The set screw is covered up by the covertec button. The blade holder is a 1.25” sinktube blade holder powder coated flat black.
The hilt had a brass knob/thumb screw on it and I liked the look of that so I replaced the aluminium rivets with brass ones to match. I also put three rivets on the pommel instert. Then after doing that I thought the switch would be better if it matched them so I replaced it with a gold plated AV switch that I had. Then I added some brass mesh in the graflex type holes to tie it all together. All the small brass parts where polished.
The finish on the hilt itself is a sort of brushed finished. I did this by using steel wool then a soft polishing cloth without any polishing compound. I think it looks great, its still smooth and shiny but looks brushed. For the emitter plug I used the parts off the original emitter and glued them to a piece of stock MR blade and then added a brass part to match the rest of the hilt. The kill key is just a brass nut or something I found attached to a kill key from TCSS.
By this time I had decided to use a PC board but had nowhere to put the aux switch. So I decided to use one of the brass rivets. I got a Force Relics switch ring from Ki-Djowac, and it worked perfectly. All I had to do was shorten the shaft on the rivet and stick it to the tactile switch.
I think you’ll be able to fathom why I called it Amalgam. ;)
Well I think that’s all I’ve got to say, so here the pics:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0286_zps00f2c114.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0288_zpse9efe47b.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0288_zpse9efe47b.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0289_zps13833994.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0289_zps13833994.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0282_zps72c8c42f.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0284_zps17c83b12.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0284_zps17c83b12.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0278_zps778a8587.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0278_zps778a8587.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0273_zps01e4ab04.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0274_zpsa99a82ab.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0274_zpsa99a82ab.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0276_zps8e748173.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0276_zps8e748173.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0261_zpsdf4c6d97.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0257_zps202a0379.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0307_zps30bd6833.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0307_zps30bd6833.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0251_zps8b71efe8.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0253_zps0f5ce85b.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0329_zps06e846d3.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0329_zps06e846d3.jpg.html)
Some close up details:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0310_zpsa34b4435.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0310_zpsa34b4435.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0309_zpsfac7bf05.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0309_zpsfac7bf05.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0302_zps20377448.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0302_zps20377448.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0301_zps83e16e95.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0301_zps83e16e95.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0298_zps618e4cf4.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0298_zps618e4cf4.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0295_zpsd4bc21a2.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0295_zpsd4bc21a2.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0292_zps589086b1.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0292_zps589086b1.jpg.html)
The "crystal" chamber outside the hilt:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0224_zps7d9216e2.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCF9023_zps193d8d6d.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCF9023_zps193d8d6d.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCF9018_zpse94dc42b.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCF9018_zpse94dc42b.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0221_zps9122e466.jpg
And for those that like videos heres the youtube link:
http://youtu.be/ryp1rTVRPu8
So this is the first saber I’ve finished in over two years. The hilt itself I got of ebay about 4 or 5 years ago, I can’t really remember. I can’t even remember how much I paid for it. It was listed as a static hilt but judging by the pics I knew it would be hollow and it was. The pommel and the emitter where screwed together with a long threaded rod. There was a nut in the emitter and all I did was undo that and the rest came out. I thought I had pics of it but I can’t seem to find them.
Now since I’ve had it for so long the plans for wiring have changed several times. At first it was going to have a MR sound board, then a US board and finally this PC 1.4.
When I first got it, it didn’t have a switch or even a place for a switch so I chose the most suitable position for it. I used a TCSS switch box style 9 with a lighted AV switch. Originally I was going to put the recharge port here but I started to think it would be cool if the saber had a crystal chamber, nothing to fancy, and the idea that the hole for the recharge port would be very suitable. So I drilled it out to make it a little bigger but it didn’t look very nice so I bought a 8mm stainless steel flesh tunnel, popped it in the hole and it looked great. The “crystal” itself is in fact a Vaseline glass marble that I bought for another project but didn’t end up using. Vaseline glass, which also goes by the name Uranium glass, is a green glass that is slightly radioactive and glows under UV light. Here’s the wiki about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass
I didn’t bother lighting it with a UV led but just a green one, it was much brighter.
I made a small simple chassis and strapped it down with brass wire.
The pommel I replaced with a TCSS pommel style 9 with insert style 6. I removed the threads so that it would fit and secured it with a set screw. The set screw is covered up by the covertec button. The blade holder is a 1.25” sinktube blade holder powder coated flat black.
The hilt had a brass knob/thumb screw on it and I liked the look of that so I replaced the aluminium rivets with brass ones to match. I also put three rivets on the pommel instert. Then after doing that I thought the switch would be better if it matched them so I replaced it with a gold plated AV switch that I had. Then I added some brass mesh in the graflex type holes to tie it all together. All the small brass parts where polished.
The finish on the hilt itself is a sort of brushed finished. I did this by using steel wool then a soft polishing cloth without any polishing compound. I think it looks great, its still smooth and shiny but looks brushed. For the emitter plug I used the parts off the original emitter and glued them to a piece of stock MR blade and then added a brass part to match the rest of the hilt. The kill key is just a brass nut or something I found attached to a kill key from TCSS.
By this time I had decided to use a PC board but had nowhere to put the aux switch. So I decided to use one of the brass rivets. I got a Force Relics switch ring from Ki-Djowac, and it worked perfectly. All I had to do was shorten the shaft on the rivet and stick it to the tactile switch.
I think you’ll be able to fathom why I called it Amalgam. ;)
Well I think that’s all I’ve got to say, so here the pics:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0286_zps00f2c114.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0288_zpse9efe47b.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0288_zpse9efe47b.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0289_zps13833994.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0289_zps13833994.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0282_zps72c8c42f.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0284_zps17c83b12.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0284_zps17c83b12.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0278_zps778a8587.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0278_zps778a8587.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0273_zps01e4ab04.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0274_zpsa99a82ab.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0274_zpsa99a82ab.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0276_zps8e748173.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0276_zps8e748173.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0261_zpsdf4c6d97.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0257_zps202a0379.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0307_zps30bd6833.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0307_zps30bd6833.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0251_zps8b71efe8.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0253_zps0f5ce85b.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0329_zps06e846d3.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0329_zps06e846d3.jpg.html)
Some close up details:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0310_zpsa34b4435.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0310_zpsa34b4435.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0309_zpsfac7bf05.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0309_zpsfac7bf05.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0302_zps20377448.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0302_zps20377448.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0301_zps83e16e95.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0301_zps83e16e95.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0298_zps618e4cf4.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0298_zps618e4cf4.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0295_zpsd4bc21a2.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0295_zpsd4bc21a2.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCN0292_zps589086b1.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCN0292_zps589086b1.jpg.html)
The "crystal" chamber outside the hilt:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0224_zps7d9216e2.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCF9023_zps193d8d6d.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCF9023_zps193d8d6d.jpg.html)http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/th_DSCF9018_zpse94dc42b.jpg (http://s102.beta.photobucket.com/user/s_a_arnott/media/Amalgam/DSCF9018_zpse94dc42b.jpg.html)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m115/s_a_arnott/Amalgam/DSCN0221_zps9122e466.jpg
And for those that like videos heres the youtube link:
http://youtu.be/ryp1rTVRPu8