Coil by Yoshi-Taka

**Yoshi-Taka** · 08-17-2012, 06:52 PM

Not my first saber but still one I wanted to show off. I finally understand the addiction behind building lightsabers, lol.

SPECS:
-MHS parts
-Novasound Neutrino board
-Seoul P4 LED (red)
-TCSS Premium Speaker
-In-pommel recharge
-4 NiMH AA batteries
-Covertec wheel
-8-32 set screw (blade holder)
-Random kill key that I grabbed from my spares
-And not a fancy thing about it

My builds strive for low-to-mid budget and simplicity (I'm a practicing Jedi after all) and while there's plenty of curves, it's still fairly simple in design. It was inspired by, and named after, a snake that roams about my yard. Ironically, the blade looks blood red in person and it's soooo pretty..

**amwolf** · 08-17-2012, 07:02 PM

I like it - an excellent example of KISS theory (keep it simple, stupid). Plenty of room for visual enhancement later if you so want, but doesn't need any if you don't.

**Yoshi-Taka** · 08-17-2012, 07:05 PM

Thank you. That's my philosophy in all my builds. Ideally, I want all those grooves to be powder coated black in the future, so I might do that later on.

**madmaxx** · 08-17-2012, 07:15 PM

Very nice. I like anything with a red blade and the simple design looks classy. well done

**Yoshi-Taka** · 08-17-2012, 07:27 PM

Thank you. Classy was definitely not the first term that came to mind when I designed it, lol.

**MandoJoe** · 08-17-2012, 07:33 PM

Very snazzy. She looks even better in video. And by snazzy, I mean subtle, of course. Because those two words mean the same thing....I'm pretty sure....

Anyway, I dig it. My parts are on order for my first saber, and I tried to keep it as simple as possible, while still having some sort of personality.

As a wise Jedi master once said, "Adventure? Excitement? Fancy Shmancy Lightsabers? A Jedi craves not these things..."

**Yoshi-Taka** · 08-17-2012, 07:37 PM

Yep, definitely have the exact same meaning in every context always.

I love simplicity. I mean, major kudos to builders like LDM who make incredible and very detailed sabers.. but I like simplicity and practicality. I build as if I were going to actually use it in battle. Coil reflects this, I think. My first lightsaber is even simpler than this one, but I'm not gonna post it. But thank you. I'm glad you like it. I love this saber.