Custom Curved Hilt Saber, NB, Red P4, Crystal Chamber, Recharge Port

**dgregory** · 05-22-2013, 03:49 PM

This is the second saber I've posted on the forum. The hilt is a Rainbow vacuum wand with a shroud of aluminum tubing. The grip material is called "whatagrip". The crystal chamber has a real quartz crystal. It's mostly finished. I'm still planning to weather the outer shroud with oil. The shroud is in two pieces and the front part slides off for access to the SD card. The speaker housing is a plastic garden hose cap, sanded to fit and drilled out. I took off the first two threads on the inside and the speaker snaps right in. It also makes a good resonance chamber.

Nano Biscotte
Red Seoul P4
Red Dot Short AV Switch
Recharge Port
Crystal Chamber (5mm red ultrabright LED)
2W Bass Speaker

Here it is with the board powered on and AV switch lit (kill key removed).
Left Side Powered On.jpg

With the blade ignited.
Blade Lit 2.jpg

The crystal chamber vents.
Crystal Chamber Lit.jpg

The speaker housing.
Rear.jpg

And with the forward shroud removed for access to the SD Card.
SD Card Access.jpg

Here's the chassis before it went into the hilt.
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**Kyaryo Ysoyav** · 05-22-2013, 04:16 PM

Nice work. It's a cool design. I also like your chassis, don't think I've seen one before with the LED built in.

**Starwinder** · 05-23-2013, 06:55 AM

Very nice! It's good to see someone put a Rainbow vacuum wand to good use

**Denz** · 05-23-2013, 07:42 AM

I like it. Interesting to see how you did it.

**dgregory** · 05-23-2013, 07:45 AM

Thanks guys.

The rainbow wand was okay. It's a hair thicker than a 1 1/4" sink tube, both the interior and exterior diameters. The blade holder fit VERY snugly. The aluminum shroud (when split) slides easily over a sink tube, but I had to stretch it out a little for the rainbow wand. The thickness did make it a little easier to thread tap though.