Those looks pretty affordable. How is the material quality and the construction?
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Those looks pretty affordable. How is the material quality and the construction?
Throwing my vote in for additional weathering. I think weathering all three chokes a bit would break up the shine and provide definition to the sections of your saber. You could mock it up using...
Brilliant. Thanks, jbkuma. Don't want to leave the house to check out my local microcenter and minimize ordering stuff given the times right now since so much is out of stock. Figured I'd just use...
I've got a common cathode 5mm accent RGB from the TCSS shop, the one listed there. I have a Blue, Blue, White Tri-Cree main LED that want to wire up to an NB4, with the 5mm accent in line with main...
I totally agree about the asymmetrical design. I love asymmetry in sabers and breaking up the regular shape is what makes things less "flashlighty." I also like the heat dissipation explaination. ...
I'm not a big thin neck guy, but your saber looks great.
Some personal preference thoughts: Right before the first thin neck choke there's a hard 90° corner. Is that uncomfortable to hold? Is...
In the United States, I have found Lowe's and Home Depot to be lacking in quantity of hardware fasteners. I used to work at a Lowe's in highschool/college and we used to have way more hardware...
Fair enough! It looks amazing either way. That copper shroud piece really steers it in the scrap direction in accordance with your theme. Did you dremel that piece?
Great work, DC! The only thing I would change is the silver-colored emitter sticking up quite as much past the black shroud. Other than that, love the look of all the pieces.
As someone who graduated law school a decade ago, you will not have time your 1L year for this hobby. Really, any year. Get it done now, and rock that at the school Halloween party. Also, join...
FJK,
Thanks so much for putting a comprehensive, yet concise and digestible video together. I've watched Madcow's older videos for the NB4, and how to build a graflex series, but seeing a video...
My wife has the same water bottle. Finally, an excuse to make something like this she won't shake her head at. right? right?
If you think that was a neat trick, you should try spinning.
Love that top piece. Looks rough cut and gorgeous. Don't touch it!
What color LED? Red would destroy that resistor.. but blue or green should have been okay.
Are you concerned that fitting another pipe over the shroud over the MHS will result in a pommel that looks extremely bottom heavy? Nihilus's saber always looked more evenly balanced, to my eyes. ...
I look forward to seeing your Nihilus II and how you choose to enclose the speaker that you were unable to cover in your first iteration of the Nihilus. That was your major self-criticism of that...
Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.
Tom, DC, both of your sabers look great. Really coming together, DC. That wire technique is pretty easy to do and I love the simple asymmetry it lends to the overall look. I don’t like sabers...
Don't put those ugly T-grips on the lower half or you will ruin it! Leave it sleek. Can't wait to see it lit up. That metal chassis looks really nice, particularly that metal bit cradling the...
Do you wear acoustic earplugs? Specifically for musicians and loud concerts? They help block out the damaging frequencies while still allowing a musician or audience-member to hear the music...
Keep that ear pro on at the range, Tom.
This is why I'm pouring so much energy into my first one so that I avoid being dissatisfied with it later. And all of my mistakes and scratches are "part of the junkyard aesthetic" and I totally...
Has more of a Vibro weapon feel, another weapon of the old Star Wars universe. Looks cool as hell. Like the junkyard aesthetic!
Ha, thanks! I’ve massacred a few of the pieces as you can see so I will probably do some work to clean those up a bit. My picture quality isn’t so great. They look much better in person!