Lightsaber rapier by eastern57

[eastern57]

Wowee, this has been a productive week - I should take off work more often.

This is an accessory for what will probably amount to "just this year's halloween costume"... oh well. I have all the clothing pieces for a Dread Pirate Roberts, but I saw this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVQooRSlzg

... And man oh man - the temptation was just too great!

So I makes one myselfs.
- LEDEngin 5w blue, direct drive - beautiful deep (almost royal) blue
- 0.125" aluminium plate
- 0.875", 1", 1.125", 1.25", 1.375" aluminium tubes
- 1.125" bar (pommel plug over latching switch)
- quarter inch brass bar
- assorted greeblies
- 3" heatshrink tubing


Vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7t7fnigfMs












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Update to the Lightsaber Rapier.


http://youtu.be/NCCyaR_UBXc

[Rafalema]

Saw this earlier on youtube..

Beautiful!

[jin starkiller]

very cool

[eastern57]

Thanks! Man, y'all are quick with them posts.

[Treach]

An elegant twist. Well done.

[Johst Chora]

awesome man

[Darth Midian]

Dude that'e to cool. Good job.

[cannibal869]

cool stuff!
How heavy is all that?

[Lord Corsair]

Nice!! I had considered a saber cutlass or rapier my self

[Jedi-Elf]

Wow. That's a very nice variation on the whole light-sword theme! Well done.