Jay-gon's Brass Saber #29

[Jay-gon Jinn]

I have been working on this saber off and on over the past year, and finally managed to get the personal life to quiet down enough to get some serious time in on it the last two months. It was built for a friend of mine that I work with and is based on a design he wanted. I looked at his sketch, and figured this would be a snap using MHS parts with a bit of modification. We made a few changes along the way, and finally made a concrete decision on the electronics after getting the hilt work done in April. Here is my 29th saber in my Brass Saber series:

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Modified ribbed extension...Tim did the machine work on this piece and it of course, came out perfect. He machined off the first three ribs from the extension creating a choke point without using a choke. ;)

My "signature" style slots in the sleeve:
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Brass CT button/wheel:
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Brass insert in the pommel:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Brass%20Saber%2029/011.jpg

Scoring marks in between the brass grip rings were done using my usual pipe cutter technique:
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The AUX button is mounted in my trademark pvc C-Clip method:
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This makes removing the switch a bit of a pain, but that shouldn't be necessary to do very often. There is a hole in the MHS section just large enough for the top of the switch body to fit through, with a corresponding hole for the actual plunger/button on the switch in the brass sleeve.

Recharge port/kill switch:
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I also mounted this in the same pvc C-clip that houses the AUX button, making removal/installation extra challenging. ;)

I added slots to the emitter sleeve to expose the machined lines of the blade holder because seemed like a shame to hide them, even if it was underneath a nice shiny piece of brass:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Brass%20Saber%2029/017.jpg

Blade is secured by a 10-32 set screw on the bottom of the blade holder:
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This is a trooping saber, so the battery pack is removable/replaceable:

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The R.I.C.E. port is done pig-tail style and tucks in nicely beneath the battery pack.

The owner wanted a yellow switch so that's what he got:
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It goes well with blade color #1:
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It's a very bright sweet-corn yellow in person, but my camera tends to only see the red in the blade making it look orange/gold instead:
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Blade color #2:
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Blade color #3:
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It's what I've come to call "Hot Orange" and goes well with the font in slot #3 on the Petit Crouton v3.

Specs:
MHS parts
Solid Brass sleeve material
Petit crouton v3.0
R.I.C.E. support
Tri-Rebel RGB
TCSS Tenergy 14650 7.4v, 1050mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery packs (2)
16mm anti-vandal short momentary switch
Recharge port/kill switch
33" Trans-White thin-walled blade with bullet tip

[Martyn]

That's amazing work, as always.

How do you get those MHS parts to look so well polished despite the ribs? I have some Mother's Aluminium polish, a rag and loooong tv shows to watch but it's never *that* shiny. Good effort indeed squire!

[Sevinzol]

I love it but I'm scratching my head as to how some of the sleeves are attached, are you using internal set screws?

[Starwinder]

Beautiful work as always Jay!

[Ty_Bomber]

I really missed seeing your sabers Jay. Great job on this one.

[amwolf]

Dang, that's pretty... wonderful work.

[Dethlore]

That's really quite gorgeous! Well done!

One of these days I'll build a nice looking one. haha

[Lord Dottore Matto]

Fine work from a Master.

[Gnar-Gnar Gin]

always a treat to see your work Jaygon, especially your brass work!

[chicago.jedi]

Looks awesome.

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Great work as always Jay!

[WookieeGunner]

Just went through your entire brass series and I have to say this is my favorite one.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

I love it but I'm scratching my head as to how some of the sleeves are attached, are you using internal set screws?
There is one reverse/internal set screw on the emitter, but the rest are either epoxied in place, or in the case of the large sleeve sleeve, held on by the switch and the bezel.

[Obi1]

Ordinary day in the office, I just arrived back from lunch, feeling not much inclined to work in the next say quarter of an hour, so I opened the browser, selected the TCSS Forum and looked at the new posts. I saw this one, I said to myself, why not idly look at some sabers...then I opened this link...then I gaped...and I gaped...and I obvioously kept on gaping until my colleague next to me asked if I was all right...
WOW

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Here's the review vid on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KrfD_dT-ag

[Lord Agelastus]

Beautiful work! Have you tried force patina-ing the brass? I do force patina on the brass tubes for my vaporizers, and it comes out a lot like marble
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Ugh, this is just beautiful work with the brass, its not too much at all, while still being showy and standing out

[Renaissance Jedi]

This is an absolutely beautiful saber! Your shroud work is so clean and elegant, and while I am deeply impressed with it, I really think my favorite part is the choke section. I've always thought that the MHS chokes were just a bit too skinny, so I've planned to build a saber with a thicker choke. I love the way you did yours.

[Guardianofwinds]

You sir are Devine ! Absolutely beautiful!