I made some good progress this weekend after deciding to attempt the tapers in the hilt. Since the speaker will be at the base of one of the emitters, I don't need a large diameter section in the middle of the hilt and can make the entire middle section one piece. Here was my diagram that I worked off (only printed one half due to paper size limitations).
It wasn't too bad to turn, unfortunately my cross feed slide only has a range of ~2" and I don't have a taper jig.
The emitters fit quite nicely and it's starting to look like a saber! Now for a *lot* of sanding...
I apologize for the quality of these pictures. My hands have been so dirty after these shop sessions that I don't want to pull out my good camera, and my phone has a habit of getting background items in perfect focus rather than the subject, despite my focus selection.
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