Pommel Incert 12

[phydaux]

Has anyone out there tried Pommel Insert 12 with the belt clip?

http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Assets/ProductImages/mpsi12a.jpg

Did it rattle or get in the way when you did spins?

[RavenXp]

I'm using it. I do notice a rattle, but it's slight with my resonance chamber through the pommel. Doesn't get in the way with spinning, but again I have a fairly long hilt.

[Starwinder]

I've got one on a saber i'm just about finished with. Can't tell you about the spins, but it does rattle, though not badly IMO (make sure those screws are snug).
I think any time you have a D-ring, it's going to rattle a little due to the give (unless you can find one that is really tight).

[RavenXp]

The problem with a tight fitting d-link would probably be it would stick in different positions, then it would get in the way or make it harder to get the saber on and off a belt clip.

[craig139]

I found that the belt clip here does not really go well with that pommel d-ring. It gets stuck.

[weslynks]

Mine did rattle as well. The solution I found for it though was to take a bit of heat shrink, cut it lengthwise and wrap it around the base of the D-Ring. Then I glued the ends back together. It made the ring just thick enough that it doesn't rattle around but moves easily when I need it to.

[Crystal Chambers]

Another solution is to get rid of the dring and use another material. I've used one before to hold a tassel.

[Sevinzol]

Aw c'mon,don't tell me you guys never heard of 'Saber Rattling' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saber-rattling) :)

[Noyl Wendor]

I have a couple of those in a couple sabers. I can tell you that the rattle you hear is some times the "D" ring and some times it is the insert itself. Once you tape off/use heat shrink on the "flat" part of the ring, it reduces the rattle a bit. Really not a big issue with saber operation, or sound. Unless its rattling so bad you can't hear your saber :D
Oh yeah @Sevinzol.....:D so bad dude soo baad.... I'm still chuckling :)

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Aw c'mon,don't tell me you guys never heard of 'Saber Rattling' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saber-rattling) :)

Very funny. :rolleyes:

[chicago.jedi]

Has anyone tried opening up the holes on this insert? Mine sounds just a bit muffled.

Should I open all of the holes a little bit? A few of the holes a lot? Anyone got any tips?

Thanks in advance.

[Silver Serpent]

Put holes on the other side of the speaker as well. Something closer to the emitter, if your design allows for it.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Another thing to do, depending on which speaker mount method you used, is to add holes ro vent the backside.of.the speaker mount. This works well on the v2 & v3 mounts.

[chicago.jedi]

Thanks for all of the replies. Silver Serpent's idea of holes near the emitter end is something I had never considered. I did an experiment and pulled the blade out with the saber on and can hear a huge difference. Unfortunately, my saber design does not lend itself well to putting holes anywhere on that end. I will keep that in mind for my next build.

So I went out on a limb....

I decided to go ahead and open up the holes. No guts, no glory, right? Well, it paid off well. I used the drill bit that came with my 8-32 tap set (don't know the size off the top of my head) and it worked great. I drilled out all of the holes except the two directly in line with the D-Ring. In case you are wondering, the D-Ring I used is from Home Depot, not the one with the kit.

The sound difference with the opened up holes is night and day. I realize that this did remove some of the metal that gives strength to the insert, but I will not be doing any heavy rigging off of my pommel so I think it will be fine. The sound results are well worth it and I think it looks quite nice, too.

http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q763/tcvcj3106/002_zpse658e5c4.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/tcvcj3106/media/002_zpse658e5c4.jpg.html)