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    Hello everyone

    This is my first thread and my first saber build! I hope you like it so far.

    First I must say I have to give credit to this guy for a lot of inspiration:
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    I've always been more concerned with making things look how I would idealized them in my head as opposed to being super screen accurate, so this won't be exactly like game version.

    Anyways, Here are some preliminary models i made:





    And here is some of the machining process. The emitter shroud I actually had cut on a wire EDM machine and it turned out really well:




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    Took some scothbrite to the outer pieces to get that weird haze off and it looks way better. I also started on the long switch. It's almost done but I didn't have tome to cut the grooves for those thin inserts:


    Anyways, that's where I'm at so far. Let me know if you have any comments or questions. I'm not going to do full sound and blade or anything. I'll be using a rebel star to light up the crystal chamber, which I plan to build Slothfurnace style.

    Thanks for reading!
    Evan

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    Wow very nice work, will keep an eye on this one.
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    I'm Intresred in the control box and card/cover please explain. Nice so far.
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    The control box is just going to be for show. This will be a mostly static build as it's my first one. From the last picture: Those to skinny insets will go into the top part of the control box, like in my 3D model, I just have to mill the slots. I'll most likely just screw/epoxy all those pieces together in the "closed position" for show. In front of that box I'm gonna put a red illuminated DPDT switch that will activate the LED for the crystal chamber (not pictured in my 3D model).

    Does that answer your question?

    Thanks for the responses guys

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    Static build???? No way man, this thing would be so easy to convert. What's the ID of the inner tube? I bet a 1.25" sinktube blade holder would fit easily and the fins on the heatsink exposed in the crystal chamber would look awesome. It would just be a shame to leave it empty. Here is a pic of a MFX Starkiller that I converted to give you an idea of what I'm on about:



    you can find the holder here.
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    Haha, you make a good point. I guess I'm just nervous about wiring all of the extra stuff up. I was never too into the blade and sound stuff, but I actually watched a video of someone lighting theirs up like two days ago and it was really cool.

    Here's my progress for the day:
    I milled out the slots in for the accent pieces on the activation box. I drilled and tapped the saber and the activation box and attached the two with sets screws.
    I also machined a new bezel for the DPDT button so it's height matched the activation box:




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    This thing is just getting nicer!
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    Thanks! I won't have time to work on it for about a week as I'm going out of town. I'm trying to decide what to do next though. It's between the grips and the emitter ears. I think I'm gonna go with the ears first because I think it would make it look super awesome, though I think that's gonna be the hardest part to machine like I've modeled it

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    If you pull it off will be the best bunny ears ever! awaiting updates...
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