TCSS Blade tips are made on a CNC lathe. To make them on a manual lathe would be tricky. You either need to carve your own cutter out of high speed steel on a bench grinder or use a radius cutter.
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TCSS Blade tips are made on a CNC lathe. To make them on a manual lathe would be tricky. You either need to carve your own cutter out of high speed steel on a bench grinder or use a radius cutter.
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First post in a while... To all who think they aren't good enough to enter, ENTER. Every year I ran this show my favorite sabers were from people I had never seen build a saber before. You've got 9...
I'll be there
Here's the list of who built every saber.
Contestant #1
Username: Adam Sutphen
Contestant #2
Username: Madmaxx
Here are the entries for the MHS category, seven in all. You only get ONE vote here as well, so make it count!
1. Saber name: Ember
Specs:
4x AAA 6v
Luxeon Rebel Star (Deep Red)
Luxeon...
The entries are in! We did not have as many entries as previous years so this category is running a bit slim with three entries. Here they are! You only get ONE vote, so choose the build you think...
Sorry for the delay, I should have the polls up in under an hour
Okay, I have gone through and cataloged every entry. If you didn't get a PM from me in the last couple of hours and you have entered, please PM me ASAP!
Well folks, it's that time of the year again! We are having a saber building contest here on the forums. There are two categories: MHS and Custom
MHS Saber - This saber has to be MHS...
Welcome back, Firebird! I'm still here though I've been a bit absent lately with real life and all. Sabers have changed a ton since you stepped out..what was it...3 or 4 years ago?
QFT.. I always sand my heatsinks, not the blade holder
This actually isn't a terribly roomy saber. It is only 1" diameter inside of it and what I have in there right now is literally all that you can fit. Drilling pommel holes, in addition to being...
Thanks guys!
The wires were all soldered to the bottom of the sound board and then fed through brass tubing to wherever they needed to go. The speaker wires (purple) were the only ones that had to...
It's been a while since I posted a build. Here is a Parks Qui Gon I just got done converting. The original builder had come up with an interesting idea for the chassis, but the execution was a bit...
Heh, I'm Lord Maul, not Strydur (Tim) ;)
Chassis =/ crystal chamber. That design is a bit tight to try to fit in a chamber, but just having a firm chassis makes things a lot easier and look better.
@CC - To each his (or her) own....
Okay folks, the polls are all done and we have a winner! Here are the top six builders
1st Place: Saber #10 by Borax
2nd Place: Saber #1 by Sunrider
3rd Place: Saber #9 by IG-88
4th Place:...
Bump. We had 40 more votes on the last polls. Lets try to beat that
Top 6 poll is now up! Everyone go vote ;)
Okay folks, the time for voting has come! Please read the following carefully!
There were only three entries for the 'custom' contest. As such, there will not be a distinction between the custom...
It wouldn't work. The max number of entries per poll is 10. That's why there are two polls, actually. We have 13 MHS builds. Just by looking at the results from the current polls you can get a good...
The polls for the saberbuilding contest are now up! Please take time to vote in BOTH threads. Do not vote in only one.
Poll 1:
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...Contest-POLL-1
Poll 2:...
Okay folks, the time for voting has come! Please read the following carefully!
There were only three entries for the 'custom' contest. As such, there will not be a distinction between the custom...
Okay folks, the time for voting has come! Please read the following carefully!
There were only three entries for the 'custom' contest. As such, there will not be a distinction between the custom...
PMs are about to go out to entrants. You have till tomorrow to reply and confirm your entries. If everyone replies sooner, the voting will begin sooner.
EDIT: All PMs have been sent. If you didn't...