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That's some serious PVC work there, big thumbs up. Miles ahead of the stuff I've been doing.

Cheers,
J

I might be the guy that tankhog was referring to, about threaded rod and zipties. I've built two of these now, for my nephews. My design was purely for function, with no thought to appearance...

When I originally started making the PVC sabers, I was following the lead of Jay-Gon; his original article about PVC sabers described using the micro-puck so he could get away with 2 AA or AAA...

Well, as I said in my original post, I was looking for advice/experiences with converting it into a saber with modifications that are reversible. Im not looking to hack it up; it would be nice if...

Well, that's a pretty open-ended question... my post was intended to give people steps to build a basic chassis that you could turn into whatever you wanted; in my case, I sized it for a 4xAA battery...

I'm a lucky duck, I picked up a decent Heiland flash tube at a junk shop near my house for $10. A couple days later I picked up this beauty on Ebay for $22....

LOL. I'd better hide out in a swamp on a remote moon so I can practice my sabersmithing skills out of the reach of the Emperor.

I gotta say, I really like the saber overall. I'm a sucker for clockwork, and it's not everyday that I see someone mingle steampunk elements with lightsaber tech effectively.

To your original...

@equinox: steal away, that's the idea... everyone contributes, and we move the art forward. ;)

@everyone else - thanks for the supportive comments!

A few things I thought of after I posted......

The last thread I started, about PVC hilts and decorative fluting, got some nice responses, so when I decided to gut the saber and rebuild the insides to be more neat and durable, I decided to...

Wow, thank you all for your comments, I really appreciate it. I just got done building a sled/chassis for the saber and I took some pics. I'll post that too, I'm all about the sharing, so look for...

Well, you know, I usually look at these projects as opportunities to acquire new tools. :)

Craigslist is my friend...

-J

OK, so the short answer to the question of "how did you do the fluting" is... I used a table router.

A better question is... how did I run a smooth PVC tube along a table router, perfectly...

So basically like a lathe for the PVC tube, powered by the drill, and gripped from the inside of the tube instead of in a chuck like a typical lathe? That's a pretty sharp idea.

-J

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. :)

My nephew is 9, and I'm sure he'll love it, but I think I need to shorten the blade a bit. As it is, the saber is probably about as tall as he is!

Let me...

My first saber period, actually. I've lurked around here for a while to learn about the electronics aspects, and drew some basic construction ideas from Jay-Gon's epic PVC thread and others.

The...

Perhaps you can suspend the powder in a liquid substance (like a shellac or polyurethane) and run it down the inside of the tube to coat. You can coat the entire inside surface evenly, and after it...