Chassis / Chassis disc help

[darth.maledous]

Hi everyone,

I need a little help in determining which chassis discs I should use. I'm going to be using a 3D printed chassis (which is MHS compatible) in the 4" grip section of the hilt. My question is, which chassis discs will allow me to unscrew the 4" grip section and keep the 3d chassis locked in place? I've included snapshot of my saber build from MHS.

Thanks in advance.

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[Rampant]

The chassis discs are mainly used to hold the 4-40 rods and other chassis discs. If you are using a 3D printed chassis, the discs won't help unless you mount the 3D chassis to them.

Why not use a set screw and ditch the discs?

[darth_chasm]

You could use either disc 4 or disc 5 between the ribbed section and adapter.

[darth.maledous]

The chassis discs are mainly used to hold the 4-40 rods and other chassis discs. If you are using a 3D printed chassis, the discs won't help unless you mount the 3D chassis to them.

Why not use a set screw and ditch the discs?

Thanks. The chassis has holes for the 4-40 rods, so attaching them won't be a problem.


You could use either disc 4 or disc 5 between the ribbed section and adapter.

Thanks Darth Chasm, that's what I was hoping.

[darth_chasm]

No problem. One thing to note on disc four is that because it screws in it may not line up ideally. If lining up your chassis in a certain way is a concern, disc five may be a better option.

[Greenie]

Also using disc4 may result in wiring twisting issues. Bolt the 3D chassis to disc 5 and it will lock in between threads.

[darth.maledous]

No problem. One thing to note on disc four is that because it screws in it may not line up ideally. If lining up your chassis in a certain way is a concern, disc five may be a better option.


Also using disc4 may result in wiring twisting issues. Bolt the 3D chassis to disc 5 and it will lock in between threads.

Thanks for the info guys. I have a couple of other questions; I'm having Tim cut a Starkiller style crystal chamber window in the ribbed extension. Will chassis disc #3 allow me to lock the crystal chamber in place as well? Second question for Greenie.. I like all the brass bits and bobs that you use on your crystal chamber. What exactly should I search for on Google to find similar items. I've looked for everything from brass plumbing tubes to brass jewelry pieces, and I still can't find what I'm looking for. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Generic Jedi]

Chassis disk 3 fits in the 1.15" ID of the ribbed extension. You could use the same Disk 5 to lock both your crystal chamber (on one side of the disk) and the board/battery (on the other side of the disk) in place between the ribbed extension and the 0.75" male/female extension.

[Greenie]

Search for K&S metals. You can usually find packs of off cut tubing of brass, copper and aluminium in various sizes available in good hobby shops. I think there's an image in my gallery thread(link in sig).

Greenie:mrgreen:

[darth.maledous]

Search for K&S metals. You can usually find packs of off cut tubing of brass, copper and aluminium in various sizes available in good hobby shops. I think there's an image in my gallery thread(link in sig).

Greenie:mrgreen:

Thankg again Greenie

[darth.maledous]

Chassis disk 3 fits in the 1.15" ID of the ribbed extension. You could use the same Disk 5 to lock both your crystal chamber (on one side of the disk) and the board/battery (on the other side of the disk) in place between the ribbed extension and the 0.75" male/female extension.

Guys,

Using the advice that Generic Jedi gave above, would I be able to run a separate set of 4-40 rods from the middle row of Chassis disc #5 into the 1.15" extension and mount my crystal chamber on that?

Thanks,