my pieced together MR Luke ROTJ/ANH

[Zook]

Nothing drastic here and has probably been done before but I thought it would be neat so I did it.

Long story short I had another ROTJ hilt with the battery pack but that's it. I wanted to put it together and make a little different saber.

I bought a conversion kit, grips and K2 royal blue from the store and used a Yoda board for the conversion.

First I put tape over the old switch hole and filled it with JB Weld then cut the hole for a small switch I had...
http://mandysbabies.com/newluke/lukeswitch2.jpg

Then I cut the JB weld further to recess the switch and then JB welded the switch in (used screws first but it broke through the edges of the switch hole). Sorry no pics of that before the grips went on.

Then I polished all of it and painted part of the lower section of the hilt as well as touched up some of the other black paint with some new flat black paint.

I took one of the sections out of the battery pack (rewired it for 6 volts) and mounted the Yoda card and ran/ soldered my connections. I cut a piece of 1" PVC pipe to connect the battery pack and the blade holder then wired up the switch and LED with quick connects (with enough length to pull the battery pack out to replace the batteries). I think I will wire up a din plug later so I can just pull the pack out like the factory does but for now its easy enough to pull out and change the battery. If I decide to sell it down the road I will definitely make it where you just pull the pack out like factory.

Here is a pic of all that stuff...
http://mandysbabies.com/saber/newluke9.jpg

I then marked the spots for the grips (matched them up with the pommel and then used a square to make a straight line) and put them on cutting the ends to match and the hole for the switch. Pics of that...
http://mandysbabies.com/saber/newluke6.jpg
http://mandysbabies.com/saber/newluke5.jpg

My original plan was to cut the entire piece sticking up on all the grips because I knew it would be really thick with the grips like they are but after putting them on I really liked how it looked and its not uncomfortable for me so I think I will leave it as is.

well here are the rest of the pics...
http://mandysbabies.com/saber/newluke8.jpg

http://mandysbabies.com/saber/newluke7.jpg

http://mandysbabies.com/saber/newluke4.jpg

and my crappy dark room lighted pic...

http://mandysbabies.com/saber/newluke10.jpg

Now to finish my son's saber...just gotta come up with a design I like.

edit...one thing I need to change on it is the clash sensor. At first I had it stuck nice and neat in the crease of the battery pack with double sided tape but it would take a really hard hit to make it work so I took the double sided tape off and just used regular take to the plastic thinking the double sided tape cushioned it to much. Still doesnt work well unless you hit the hilt itself. My guess is its just to low so I am going to move it up toward the blade later on...probably hot glue it to the pvc part.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Nice use of the old MR parts! That is one SHINY hilt, too!

[Rhyen Skytracker]

Awesome saber. Great job.

[JediMasterDak]

Me likey!!!!!:):):):):):):)
Good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D

[Jedi-Loreen]

What Jay-gon said. ;)

[DJMoonbass]

looks like you put my parts to good use! lol. i have to say that is flippin awsome! and that blue looks friggin bright!

[Zook]

thanks everyone.

DJ its really not that bright. I mean its OK and plenty bright for my use but the camera over exposes it I think and makes it look brighter than it is.

I will say that I think the Yoda (MR) board may not put out as much current as the Anakin ROTS board because it seems a little dimmer than it was when I had it in my MHS with the Anakin board. I have not taken any measurements but may over the next few days just for the heck of it.

[ARKM]

Nice looking saber. That polish job really sells the look.

[Barmic Rin]

What J-lo said that Jay-gon said.


LOL!

[Tradeliphine]

what jlo, jay gon, and barmic said!!!

[Arm on Fire]

what jlo, jay gon, barmic, and Tradeliphine said!!! :)

and

I like the switch placement, blends in and is protected as well. ;)

[Lord Dottore Matto]

what j-lo, jay-gon, barmic, Tradeliphine and AoF said!!!

:D

[Kal El Rah]

what j-lo, jay-gon, barmic, Tradeliphine, AoF and LDM said!!!

[JediMasterDak]

What Kal said plus Kal!:p:p:p:p lol

[Sairon]

What j-lo, jay-gon, barmic, Tradeliphine, AoF and LDM said, That saber is SICK, like swine flu sick!

[Jedi-Loreen]

Look what I started. lol

Quit copying me copying Jay-gon! :-P

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Look what I started. lol

Quit copying me copying Jay-gon! :-P

Yeah! What J-Lo said! ;)

[Kal El Rah]

Yeah! What J-Lo said! ;)


Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ;)

[DJMoonbass]

kal said it for me

[Gin Malinko]

nice an ultraedge ^_^ i love those blades.

[B5813]

In my opinion, when you build hilts for a while you can appreciate some of the things that might otherwise get overlooked. I'm always impressed with neat, small switch placements. Probably because it's always the one part I dislike doing the most. That's a nice clean job you did on that saber man.

[LordCyric]

I really do like the way you mounted the mini slider. It blends in very well. That's a very clean build. Good Work Zook.

[Zook]

Thanks again everyone.

I picked up that switch a while back when I was at my local electronics store because I knew I would find a way to use it. When I first cut the grip I cut the exact size needed to move the switch. Well that didnt work well of course because I had to make an effort to move the switch so I decided to cut the angles in and widen it some. Works great now...blends in well and I can turn it on and off without a problem.

For those that might be interested in how I polished it. I used a felt wheel on my die grinder with some jewelers rouge and followed that up with a cloth wheel and a different rouge. I could have done more to get it even more polished but felt it was good enough for a saber I was going to use and not just place on the wall for show.