Bertuzzi’s "Amphibolia" (MHS - CF V4.0)

Bertuzzi’s "Amphibolia" (MHS - CF V4.0)

Hi everyone,

while I’m working on the Mediator I want to show you the first proper CF-saber I made a few month ago.
So this was my first draft of the saber.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._001_small.jpg

I wanted to have a simple design and it should also be no-frills so that it would be handy on stage. Unfortunately Tim from the TCSS told me he wouldn’t make custom blade holders. So I had to look for an alternative.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._002_small.png

The parts:

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._003_small.jpg

Then there was something special I wanted to have. I wanted the saber to be separable in few seconds. I asked JQ for help and that’s what they made for me:

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._004_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._005_small.jpg

It works very well until now although the srew is a litte unpractial, a push button with a spring would be better. I hope I can replace this coupling with one with a push button. Nevertheless it’s great.

The parts to build a chassis for the board and the batteries:

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._006_small.jpg

I started soldering the battery pack. I encased it in heat shrink to have good isolation.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._007_small.jpg

Now I drilled holes for the switches and the recharge port.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._008_small.jpg

After that I started abrading a 32mm PVC tube down to 1,25“ so it should fit into the MHS extension.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._009_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._010_small.jpg

Now I drilled holes in the chassis for switches, RP and the Covertec screw.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._011_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._012_small.jpg

The I cut the PVC tube to the right lenght and tested the hub of the switches.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._013_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._014_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._015_small.jpg

Next I cut a board to mount the CF and the batteries.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._016_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._017_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._018_small.jpg

It should look like this:

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._019_small.jpg

Unfortunately I the heat shrink was to big for the ribbed extension, so I had to remove it and just fix the batteries with tape.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._020_small.jpg

Now I glued the switches into the chassis

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._021_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._022_small.jpg

Testing.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._023_small.jpg

Everything to do now was the final assembly.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._024_small.jpg

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._025_small.jpg

That’s it. A very simple but handy saber. Until now I did some modifications. I will report on that later. Good photos will follow, too.

Comments requested :)

Nice work, Bertuzzi! Very detailed, and a nice "walk through" for anyone viewing the post.

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Originally Posted by Novastar

Nice work, Bertuzzi! Very detailed, and a nice "walk through" for anyone viewing the post.

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2 thumbs up.. very nice walk through

very nice. i especially like the use of the PVC in the chassis.

Very thought thru! I like it very much!!

Looks really good - nice walk through. great idea of using PVC inside.

Thanks for the positive feedback :)

I hope I will have the time to continue the thread soon.

Here's a modification I did.
Due to the shortage of space and to make the saber less heavy I decided to replace the NiMH batteries with one 18650 Li-ion, which would be high-capacity enough to drive a Seoul P4.
Therefor I had to make a new board to mount the li-ion. I also unsoldered all the wires. I had some … discussions with Erv and he told me it would be better to use quick connectors on the board instead of soldering on the board every time. It turned out exceptional but until now I'm quite satisfied with this solution. It's much easier to disassemble the saber now.

New board with slot for the li-ion.
http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._026_small.jpg

Testing.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._027_small.jpg

After fixing the li-ion with tape and mounting the board with double sided adhesive tape.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._028_small.jpg

Total chassis complex.

http://www.saberproject.de/other/ber..._029_small.jpg

Some good pics of the finished saber will follow.

very nice upgrade, space saver/cut total weight = awesome!