Slothfurnace's ANH Obi Reveal

[Kevin Starwaster]

MECHANICALLY WORKING!

I finally got the thing all tied down, it works, it's straight, it's rock solid and balanced. The blade is cut and fit, the chamber is secure, the latch works, the DIN plugs mate and clock correctly, the quick detach works, etc.
Next up, weathering/oxidizing the grenade and windvane and emitter.

Looks great but one minor quibble.... it's a little detracting that I can see through that hole in the hilt (under the box) to the other side.... I wasn't even going to mention it and maybe you can just ignore it but it's just one of those things that when it gets my attention I can't forget about it. Ok that's all.... looks great!

[slothfurnace]

Looks great but one minor quibble.... it's a little detracting that I can see through that hole in the hilt (under the box) to the other side.... I wasn't even going to mention it and maybe you can just ignore it but it's just one of those things that when it gets my attention I can't forget about it. Ok that's all.... looks great!

That's because there are no electronics installed yet.

[Kevin Starwaster]

That's because there are no electronics installed yet.

Ah ok my bad.

[slothfurnace]

This is the fine scale mesh wrap I am using to cover and protect the 7 blade wires that run through the chamber into the top of the saber.

[Xanatos1986]

looking good man

[slothfurnace]

A test lighting to see how the light spills around inside the chamber...

[cardcollector]

Sweet work there. Digging the mesh, I would say that test was rather successful.

[Xanatos1986]

mmm mmm mmmm nice man, cant wait....

[slothfurnace]

Here's a glimpse at one of my portable workstations, it's a big steel plank with a panavise and a frankenthirdhand attached to it. I use this for all sorts of projects.



Been working on finishing up the crystal chamber, replaced the mesh on the right side, since it snagged and bent, and got the LEDs installed.



I decided not to go with a cable rack across the top as you may have seen in one of the other pics. Just didn't turn out the way I liked. I think this is better.



You can sort of see the wiring under the crystal chamber mount here, it's a triangular array going from LED channel to LED channel, and terminating across the backbone of the battery can. After some test fits, I am happy to say it all fits in there.

[Aradian Valentine]

Love the mesh covering the wires, feels very real.