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If you really want to make a bend with normal metal tubing. Fill it with water. Freeze it and then when the water is completely frozen, bend it. It will take some force to bend it and you have to...

So let's see what I have done lately,
Newer Vader costume and Mortal Kombat--Scorpion and SubZero Costumes. Enjoy the pictures. Some are from Imagicon 2010.

Yep, it was the rubies suit having the holes too low. I noticied it for some time now....it just didn't look right in a mirror or in pictures. I have since sewn up those holes and bought two...

Sorry that it has been some time since my last post but I've been busy. I really do mean to get rid of the Rubies sauna suit. I hate it. I usually leave the back unzipped to help the sweating to...

ImagiCon
Where: Birmingham, AL
When: May 21-23, 2010.
Where: Mcwane Science Center.

Visit: http://www.imagicon.org

I will post more information soon.

Sincerely,

I have a thread for my costume but I'll post here as well. Here are the pictures of my Darth Vader Costume with A LOT of modifications. http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/showthread.php?t=10392
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Very possible!

I thought about the possible ACCIDENTS of turning it on/off. If the touch sensitive area is put somewhere other then normally you hold the saber. Maybe just keeping my original idea where you have to...

The voice amp is just a $10 Gas mask voice amp I found on ebay. I just used a hotglue gun then glued the mic and box in the helmet. As far as Vader's Iron Lung sound (that's what I call it). I bought...

When I can I'll get some video posted.
I don't have the accent or deep voice of James Earl Jones but I can slightly deepen my voice and for how loud it is, it is menacing. The voice amp I have...

Also wanted to note about the sound. The speaker must be 8 ohms AND so many watts like .1w I found the $3 speaker at Radio Shack works fine. Also Radio Shack sells small momentary pushbutton...

Awesome work, I was going to input a similar tutorial. I was sure I wasn't the only one who figured out how to modify the electronics from the cheap saber and put them into a nice prop lightsaber....

I have modified my Darth Vader Costume for correctly blinking the lights on the chest box, learned how to modify the Rubies Vader Breathing electronics kit to slow it down to correct length of...

All,
I have one prototype touch sensitive saber. If you rip out the guts to the cheap plastic FX lightsabers; they use a momentary switch to latch the circuit on or off. Very little electricity is...