So perhaps the title isn't the best, but I'll explain. A few months ago I picked up an old Logan 820 lathe and have been getting it back into working order. I finally turned my first piece last week, so that means it's finally time for a saber of my own! My wife gets to go to cons and troops with her Satele saber while I've been using a Mace MR. Not a bad option, but still... I need something better. And with Star Wars Weekends coming up, I need a saber without a blade for the parade.
Unfortunately, I've never used a metal lathe, so I wanted to do a test piece to get a feel for it before trying something more ambitious. When I bought the aluminum for my wife's saber, I got some extra in case I goofed and needed to remake a part. Thankfully, I didn't have to use any of that extra, so I set about designing something that I could make out of that scrap, hence the "scrap saber" title. If all goes well on this build, I should be able to make a pair of these, which seems appropriate since they're fairly short.
This was an older iteration of the design that's been tweaked a little (mostly the pommel length). The pommel and the light grey piece at the front will have etchings in a similar style to my Satele saber, though I haven't finished the design yet. My plan for the emitter is to try anodizing it and dying it black/grey, but I haven't decided if I want to try that or not - I'll see how I'm doing for the SWW deadline. The large grey section in the middle will be charcoal leather. I have a full hide from another project that ended up not using it (fwiw, it's the photo backdrop for most of my Satele shots ).
I've made reasonable progress, though I haven't been nearly as good about documenting the process this time as I was last time. I just started polishing the pieces to remove the milling marks, but I think all of the pieces are cut. I'm undecided if I want to bevel the emitter like the sketch above, or leave the hard edge.
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