Speaker mounting in small 1.14 inch inner diameter hilts?
So I'm looking to install an Ultimate FX sound card and preferably a full size speaker (1.1 inch diameter) in a smaller hilt with an inner diameter of 1.14 inches. There are two projects actually: a US Prophecy V2 and an US Aeon V2 for my sons. But I'm not sure the best way to mount & isolate the speaker. I mean, it's not like you can just hot glue the speaker to the battery pack, or fire a screw into the back of the speaker.
I'm open to different solutions for mounting the speaker and have thought of a few that might work:
1) Mounting it to the bottom of 4xAAA battery back using some kind of thin holder
2) Building it into the pommel (the Prophecy V2 accepts a regular MHS pommel)
3) Installing a mini speaker with sound venting out the side of the hilt instead of the bottom
Has anyone ever seen an effective way of mounting a speaker using something other than an MHS speaker mount sold by TCSS (which are obviously too big for this application)?
I really like the new V6 MHS Speaker Mount (http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/MH...t-V6-P892.aspx), especially the way it is designed so that you can use a piece of tube guard made for T8 lamps to protect the battery and sound module. It occurs to me that this tube guard is probably the right diameter (approx 1.14 inches) to act as a housing/chassis for my small diameter hilt. I would just need to hot glue the speaker rim to the tube and build a harness for the battery and sound card to either sit in the tube with the speaker, or attach to the speaker tube holder. Does anyone know where you can purchase the T8 Lamp tube guards? Or something similar?
Any suggestions, directions, or advice is welcome. Thanks in advance for your help.
