Titoshi
12-24-2008, 03:52 PM
Here is the other saber I just finished as a x-mas gift. This one is for Tom, my girlfriend's father. He helped me alot with the first few belt hangers I made( I have no room in our tiny apartment for any power tools). He is Brigette's boss (see my other post from today), so I figured it would give them a chance to use spontaneous saber battles to pass time or ease tension at work.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/cruzitom/IMG_1635.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/cruzitom/IMG_1634.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/cruzitom/IMG_1636.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/cruzitom/IMG_1640.jpg
I figured on making it a sith saber since one's boss is usually one's nemesis. it is constructed from the same mhs parts as the Brigette saber ( blade holder 1, pommel 4, 5 inch extension) I cut the 5 inch extension into 2" and 3" pieces and joined them with with some...can you guess...1.25" sinktube (with most, not all, of the chrome sanded off). The switch plate is made from a number 70 weaver gun sight mounting rail cut down and drilled. The Plo Koon-esque emitter was made by adding the serrated connection point of a pvc /hose t-junction (like this one http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pondsolutions.com/images/laguna-t-connector.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pondsolutions.com/pump-tubing.htm&usg=__ZB7tNpXZVstUV1nBrau8Fhl6WIM=&h=189&w=276&sz=8&hl=en&start=38&um=1&tbnid=HYzgzgaAy4wxTM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpvc%2Bt%2Bconnector%26start%3D36%26nd sp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN) shimmed with a cut piece of sink tube. It is running red lux III from the shop and a talking Vader sound card (in intentional contrast to Brigette's Yoda). It was originally gonna have a Hasbro board, but I fried it, and then bought another, and fried that one too, but I did manage to get a full refund on the second fried one! Saber sounds will be added a later date, and maybe some other upgrades too. enjoy!
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/cruzitom/IMG_1635.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/cruzitom/IMG_1634.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/cruzitom/IMG_1636.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/cruzitom/IMG_1640.jpg
I figured on making it a sith saber since one's boss is usually one's nemesis. it is constructed from the same mhs parts as the Brigette saber ( blade holder 1, pommel 4, 5 inch extension) I cut the 5 inch extension into 2" and 3" pieces and joined them with with some...can you guess...1.25" sinktube (with most, not all, of the chrome sanded off). The switch plate is made from a number 70 weaver gun sight mounting rail cut down and drilled. The Plo Koon-esque emitter was made by adding the serrated connection point of a pvc /hose t-junction (like this one http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pondsolutions.com/images/laguna-t-connector.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pondsolutions.com/pump-tubing.htm&usg=__ZB7tNpXZVstUV1nBrau8Fhl6WIM=&h=189&w=276&sz=8&hl=en&start=38&um=1&tbnid=HYzgzgaAy4wxTM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpvc%2Bt%2Bconnector%26start%3D36%26nd sp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN) shimmed with a cut piece of sink tube. It is running red lux III from the shop and a talking Vader sound card (in intentional contrast to Brigette's Yoda). It was originally gonna have a Hasbro board, but I fried it, and then bought another, and fried that one too, but I did manage to get a full refund on the second fried one! Saber sounds will be added a later date, and maybe some other upgrades too. enjoy!