Originally Posted by
KuroChou
I want to start off with a huge thanks to Tim for running such an awesome shop.
Saved me countless hours, that would otherwise have been spent aimlessly planning/shopping.
I want to throw out another big thank you to the community here. I'm about as green as it gets, and having spent a a couple weeks reading around, I'm finding all my questions quickly answered, without having to contact anyone.
I've wanted to make a custom metal lightsaber for a couple years now, and just never really found the time or motivation to get it done....
Until mid November, when I stumbled across an nice tuto on Instructables. Reading through it in depth, it was immediately clear, that if I was serious about this, TCSS was the place to go.
After a quick read through of the parts I would need, I did some "window" shopping, for a quick brainstorm, and some rough dimensions.
I'm happy to say that I'm 96% finished with my all-steel hilt, without the use of any MHS parts.
A lot of the final work was held up by the necessity of actually having the internal parts in hand, to finish layout and assembly.
(another huge thanks for speed, and ease of checkout).
I'll get pictures up soon, but here's a basic description/list of parts/dimensions.
Dimensions
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11-3/4" length
1" ID
1-1/4" max OD
~46oz.
balanced 1/4" above choke
Parts
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1995 Hasbro Luke Skywalker ROTJ board
White P4 (kit)
4xAAA
TCSS speaker
TCSS clash sensor
1 PC case thumbscrew
2 T-8 HDD case screws
1 1" 5mm Hex screw
Rubber grips recovered from an old vacuum cleaner
and
Roscolux Gels
Price so far = $30.67
I haven't decided what to do for the switch yet.
All other parts were hand made from varying sizes of scrap pipe and roundstock that I picked up for free, and cut out using a lathe, bandsaw, drill press, and tabletop belt sander.
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