I just make mine using lexan or plastic panels bought at Home Depot. Dremeling out a base for the board to sit on and two circles to sit inside the saber housing, then dovetail the board and put a slit in the circles. I then cut out holes for the wireing, and then just ziptie or hotglue the stuff to the base. Tada! you got a sled!
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Even my crystal chamber chassis was not THAT complex. The WIP build for Agony had a bunch of pics of how I did it...
'especially This post, This post, and This Photo.
The details are unimportant, but hopefully this gives you a bit to go off of when looking into chassis/sleds. It really is simple... a few washers, some threaded rod, and some brass tubing.....
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I just use a couple of pieces of medium thickness adhesive foam on the sides of the battery pack to keep it from sliding around, and just kind of jam it in. I used a piece of the blade from the Hasbro saber hot glue everything inside, glue that to the top of the battery holder.
i use peanut butter. preferably crunchy so it has more grip.
seriously though - i'm still working on that myself. so far i've used acrylic, electrical tape, 1" yellow cable conduit wrap, and ESD sheeting. mostly just junk that was lying around the office in trash bins.
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LOL I used the plastic shell of a 1970's CB radio. I dremeled it to pieces.
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I can give a suggestion: the saber I'm planning will have a crystal chassis in it, so I'm building a very cheap one. The pieces are:
9 washers (1,2 €)
6 long screws (1,5 €)
2 seals to hold the crystal (0.5 €)
If you don't want the Crystal, you need only 3 washers, so only 0.4 € for the washers: you will spend only 1.9 € = 2.7 $.
Obviously, you will have to drill the holes into the washers and fix the screws with the bolts: this project is laborious, but really cheap!
EDIT: This afternoon I tried to drill the washers and the result has been a disaster: it is not possible to drill the washers! They are too strong. Sorry to have suggested a non valid idea.
Last edited by Picky; 11-07-2010 at 08:06 AM. Reason: Update
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Aren't washers usually galvanized?
I've drilled lots of washers with no issues. Make sure you have the right kind of drill bit.
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