My first PVC saber...

[cardcollector]

Ladies and gents... may I present to you.... Metus!!!!

Featuring...
- A Red orange Lux 1
- Hasbro force action board
- Custom Built PVC hilt

Some Pics...
Lights off
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1026
Lights on
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1025
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1024
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1023


Metus means Dread. I just finished this tonight I hope you enjoy!

[DarthHideous]

Very nice design. Doesn't look like PVC. I've considered making one.

Were you able to use a 1.25" sink tube blade holder, or did you just use the PVC? Also, I've never used a Lux 1, do you need a heat sink?

[Rhyen Skytracker]

Very Nice PVC Saber. Great job.

[Lonewind]

Cool design! Great job! :D

[cardcollector]

Very nice design. Doesn't look like PVC. I've considered making one.

Were you able to use a 1.25" sink tube blade holder, or did you just use the PVC? Also, I've never used a Lux 1, do you need a heat sink?

I just used the PVC, though I will probably neeed to wrap a layer of tape on the end of the blade so it stops wiggling...

The LUX I LEDs don't need a heatsink, just and optics assembly to hold it in place.

Jaygonn has a tutorial here: http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/showthread.php?t=3266&page=23

I forgot to Thank LDM for the switch Idea... Thanks LDM!!!

[Sairon]

Looks great, nice job!

[Kal El Rah]

Your saber is very unique, I like it very much.;)

[DJMoonbass]

thats pretty bad A. now lets see ANOTHER. lol

[cardcollector]

thats pretty bad A. now lets see ANOTHER. lol

Hey, by the end of November you may be seen' TEN more!!!! (not kidding)


Thanks for all the Great feedback Guys. If anyone is planning on making a PVC saber I would HIGHLY reccomend that you use a electric sander!
It will make your cuts looks so much crisper if all you have to work with is a Dremel to cut.

[Lonewind]

Can you elaborate on the kind of electric sander you used. There seem to be a couple of different types.

Thanks!

[cardcollector]

It was just a handheld Ryobi sander. It has the interchangeable battery so.. yeah, nothing fancy.:)

[galen marek]

aww, dude! i'm gonna make like, ten of these!

[Jedi-Loreen]

Sure you are. :rolleyes:


You still haven't made your first one, yet. :p

[cardcollector]

aww, dude! i'm gonna make like, ten of these!

Only if you've got around $800 Dollars...:rolleyes:

Thanks everyone for the compliments!

[Utiguy355]

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my first pvc saber and my first post. thanks for all the help. did lots of reading

[dgdve]

dude very sweet.. they are right it doesnt look like pvc im impressed :P

[cardcollector]

OK, so i had some extra PVC, and some extra time. soooo....

Then there were two.:cool::)
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1191

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1192

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=144&pictureid=1193

I dueled with it recently and will have to add 4 screws instead of just two on each coupler...

[Jedi-Loreen]

Not bad.

But why is one of your blades so much dimmer?

[cardcollector]

Because last night the were singles and the kids played with that one more than the other...

In other words... Batteries are low...:rolleyes:

[Kal El Rah]

They both still look great and as you said "THEN THERE WERE TWO".;):razz::cool:

[Jedi-Loreen]

What kids? Siblings? Cousins? You're only, what, like 17, aren't you, so they aren't yours. :p

[cardcollector]

Yep, my little brother's friends. We had a bonfire last night...:)

thanx Kal.:cool:

[DJMoonbass]

very sweet. i love the style man. to cool

[Darth Securis]

Very impressive...for a PVC saber. :) I like the design. Having two matching sabers... must feel nice when your holding them both

[astromech_kuhns]

in the post above me the whole son of the sun's thing was proven not to exist by the force cast a while back. they emailed or called or something skywalker ranch. but it is still very cool.

any way back on topic. i love those sabers, and no they do not look like PVC at all. also the color on the hilt looks very sick as well. it gives it a great look.

i literally do have about TEN or more PVC sabers sitting around with no electronics. am thinking hard about wiring some of them up. some are unpainted, i may go with these paint schemes.....


very nice!

[Jedi-Loreen]

in the post above me the whole son of the sun's thing was proven not to exist by the force cast a while back. they emailed or called or something skywalker ranch. but it is still very cool.


Maybe it's just metaphorical........

[cardcollector]

i literally do have about TEN or more PVC sabers sitting around with no electronics. am thinking hard about wiring some of them up. some are unpainted, i may go with these paint schemes.....


Thank you very much for the compliments.:cool:

[Darth Securis]

sons of the suns, despite the 'meaning', is a website wear you can find a ton of info on all things Anakin related especially costuming and info on sourcing parts.
Go to www.sonsofthesuns.com and check it out... the forum is wear you will find all the info. My username on that forum is darkside. It was already taken on this forum. This forum is pretty much the only one that I am not know as darkside.
On the Son of the Suns from Wiki:

"Sons of Suns" is a reference to a prophecy that was included in an earlier draft of the script that eventually became Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

"…And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as THE SON OF THE SUNS."
―Journal of the Whills, 3:127

Despite popular belief, the prophecy had not appeared in a canonical work up until this point and has no link to the Skywalker family or the Chosen One prophecy.

There were also speculations that the phrase could be heard in Episodes I and IV at the ending celebrations coming from the crowds, but this was proven to be false:
http://www.starwars.com/movies/saga/20090204.html