My 'other' Obi TPM saber

[acerocket]

SHOWOFF THREAD!!!

Well, I have hinted at this for a while and some of you have seen progress pics, but for everyone else, here you go:
http://www.orbitalmachining.com/assets/images/105.jpg
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Oh, and did I mention it does have an LED in it?
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[acerocket]

Oh, and I want to thank the Zenkai (of the RPF) for taking the awesome pictures of this saber - which he is the proud owner of.

[xwingband]

Yeah, I was just seeing this pop up on the other forums. Awesome work!

I just noticed the blade glows to the edge, I'm assuming that means you made one of "my" blades! Glad the knowledge went to such an awesome saber. :)

[acerocket]

Yup. It's a 7/8" od 1/16" wall nylon blade.

[Sohryu76]

Holy cow...

that is an amazing Saber....

I'm jealous beyond belief...

[Ram21]

OH MY! Wow, looking at the pics I was astounded; and THEN I saw it lit up!

[LeMoel]

That is awesome dude. coool blade too, talk about reliastic

what kind of led did you use? and is that normal blue or royal blue?

[Drichar Deis]

The drools puddling between my feet!

[Darth Tollo]

Words cannot describe :shock:

[Vazan Maceu]

WOW!! It´s perfect!! As I was having a look at the pics, I thought "wow, it´s a terrific hilt, pity it hasn´t a led to... Waittaminitwassat?!?! OMG!" :D

Simply impressive, Ace, I´m jealous too :)

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Awesome work on that one, Ace!

[Malaki Skywalker]

Now thats ACCURATE! :shock: AMAZING JOB ACE! :D;)

[Hasid Lafre]

You couldent fit a puck in it?

[Tom Starkiller]

WANT!!
'Nuff said.

[acerocket]

Nope, no buckpuck since I could only fit a single 17600 cell in it. I only had a .7" diameter x 5" long cavity to fit the power/driver in. So I had to go with the largest cell I could fit and use a resistor. So I went with a .4 ohm 1 watt resistor to get me to get me the correct 1000 ma. I can get about 3 hours of constant run time beore the battery dies.

Thanks for all the comments so far guys. I spent quite a bit of time working on this project.

[Ghostbat]

That is spectacular!

And 3 hours of run time is nothing to scoff at either!

[Lord Maul]

Daaaammnnn. That is a sick saber dude. I love how the blade plug makes it look just like a normal hilt, no luxeon. The glowing crystal is a great perk as well :cool:

[Darth_DevilGuy]

amazing piece of work there.

[Klaatu]

good god man that is soooo incredible

[Dark Navel]

Now that is craftmanship...Makes me want to convert my OBI TPM even more..!! What type of battery is a 17600?

[Dark Helmet]

this is beyond words, but I'll try... i was thinking of how great it looked but thinking " if only it wasn't just a stunt hilt" then scrolling down and saw the blade $@#$@%#$^$%&&... mind blown......

[sfer1]

:shock: Looks awesome!!!

[Sethski]

That is really lush!!! Fantastic job!!

[Vecna]

thats really nice that................................


ok so theres the understatement of the century lol :D
Good job there, really liking it :D

[Enolmano]

This is when you usually put in the word "holy" somewhere.


HOLY CRAP!

[Drichar Deis]

It it it.........It must be your precious!

[Draconis Magnus]

OMG!!!.. that... is.... AMAZING!!! *bows before a master saber maker*

[LeMoel]

type of led ?

[Jay-gon Jinn]

The owner stated over at FX-Sabers that it runs a Luxeon III.

[Darth_Razor]

That is a true work of art.

[acerocket]

Well I am glad everyone liked the saber. It took a lot of work to get it looking that good. I have a couple more pics of it that might be of interest.

http://orbitalmachining.com/assets/images/group1.jpg

http://orbitalmachining.com/assets/images/group3.jpg

[Malaki Skywalker]

My EYES! :shock::shock: I SOOOOO Hope they are for sale!!! :p FREAKIN SWEET WORK ace!!!!! :cool: :p

[Jak'Kan-Ur]

They are so beautiful man!
*cries a bit*

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Wow, Ace has been busy!!

[Cal2kidz]

WoW is right!!!!!!!!!!! Very sweet!

[Tom Starkiller]

Please for the love of any god that exists tell me that you are working on the new line of Force FX's.

Or that I can have one of them sabers. :P

[thornwolf]

They look incredible. I'd love to gets my hands on one of those. Quite simply they are beautiful.

[Hasid Lafre]

So ah, ahhhhh...hummm ah. KEKE YOU GIB NOW PLZ!

[xwingband]

Please for the love of any god that exists tell me that you are working on the new line of Force FX's.

Or that I can have one of them sabers. :P

You can have one if you pay him the price it costs (A LOT).

[Dark Navel]

You got sound in those..I think you do. Where the heck are the speaker holes?

On another note any interst in converting my Obi TPM from EL to that??

If intersted PM me and we'll talk!!

[xwingband]

You even replied on the page where he stated it only had a 17600... it only lights up. NO SOUND!

You also might as well buy the saber as the whole point was an accurate saber... he'd have to redo every parts which would amount to just making another.

[Tom Starkiller]

You can have one if you pay him the price it costs (A LOT).

Bugger, I already sold my sole to the devil. :( XD

Seriously, they are sweet looking sabers.... so purdy.... so outta my budget. :(

[Dark Navel]

My bad..I must have missed it. He never specifcally said it didn't have sound, he said the driver and battery. It was a simple question so thanks for jumping down my throat xwing. Sorry for being human and thanks for pointing that out:rolleyes:

[xwingband]

Well, he said he couldn't fit a buckpuck and only had room for a resistor in a .7" x 5" cavity... it doesn't take a leap to figure out it can't fit sound. Add the fact that there are no sound holes and he didn't mention a type of sound at all...

I'm sorry if you feel it's jumping down your throat, but it's right here in the thread.

[acerocket]

I think people are just so dumbfounded by the shear beauty of these, they suffer instant short term memory loss and can't remember what what posted earlier in the thread.:lol:

[Novastar]

Dumbfounded my left indicator LED!!!

STUPIDfounded.
IDIOTfounded.
DORKfounded.
DROOLfounded.
JAWDROPPEDONTOTHEFLOORLIKEINTHEBUGSBUNNYCARTOONSfo unded.

Oh yeah. That is one GNARLEY sweet saber!

I have to admit... there are only two "replica" sabers I'd ever want to have, and that particular Obi is one... and the Qui-Gonn is the other!

And THAT saber... is SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKK!!!!

[vortextwist]

I think my eyes are burning from the sheer awesomeness of those sabers.

[sekrogue1985]

drool me would like one but i like yume my saber lol

[Marsupial]

I agree with nova.


except the part about the qui gon saber. I don't want no quigon.

otherwise I fully agree with nova.


Erik, that saber is a beauty, congrats.

[Jedi-Loreen]

Man, those sabers really suck. :|



I think you should give them all to me, to save you from the embarassment of trying to sell them! :rolleyes:
















I'm kidding, of course!

They are awesomely beautiful, some of the best saber work I've ever seen! :eek:

[Kant Lavar]

...

'Scuse me. Think I need to go launch a ground sweep to find the bottom half of my jaw...