justahobby
07-10-2023, 08:19 AM
My first saber over 10 years ago was a HUGE learning experience. I used the Petit Crouton and this was back in the base-lit single LED days. I had two heat sinks set up. One blue and one green so I could have two color options. I was a bit of a "cram-fu" nightmare as there were few chassis options back in those days. I learned quickly that you want to design your interior chassis FIRST, then design the hilt around it if you're using the MHS parts. Long story short....I only recently revisited the saber hobby community and was amazed at the advances since then. I set out to try this again using a CFX with a proper internal chassis. Again, it was a cram-fu challenge as I still wanted all the bells and whistles. I have a chassis holding a 21700 battery, visible crystal chamber, OLED display AND through-pixel charging option. Not easy, but I got it done without making the hilt ridiculously long. I got the whole thing just over 12" and went for a slightly weathered finish.