Hello Saberland,

After some time I've finally made a MHS saber with NBv2. I did my homework and read and read and read. Then read some more. Soaking up all the info available on the forum. I ordered some parts a year ago, then ordered the rest this year after my tax refund. Thanks to everyone that has posted useful things on here. Especially Forgetful Jedi Knight and Silver Serpent. They've answered so many questions I didn't have to ask (does that make sense?). FJK did check my wiring diagram and clarified some resistor questions. I am blown away with it. It's so loud. I felt like a giddy 5 year old when I first ignited it. Sure beats my sinktube saber with the Hasbro econo board. So with out further adieu..

The particulars:
MHS parts
Rb/G/G tri-rebel. Rb/G wired for Cyan(or the closest to it with the mix) w/ Green FOC
NBv2 with PEX
currently Madcow's Flourish(love the unique hum) and Rogue sound fonts (LordBlako's Glare in the vid with Flourish)
2w bass speaker
Recharge port
Yellow rectangle accent LED
custom D-ring holder
modified bargain basement Control box(was in the bargain basement section last year for $5)
Acid Etched overlay piece
Black chrome and matte black tuscon powder coat
some screws(metric) from an HP Indigo 5000 Digital Press (I work for a printing company)
and many visits to Ace Hardware(for those hard to find screws and tap sets) and Skycraft Electrical Surplus here in Orlando.




The control box woudn't fit over the powder coat so I had to get creative. I had to dremel out the inside of the control box to accommodate the recharge port.





For the etching I used the Root kill method. Thanks to Rogue9607 for his trials with the root kill. I followed his post for his Satele Saber (Version 2) --> http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...ight=root+kill
I designed the pattern in Illustrator and had some vinyl cut at work to apply to the piece. I used a 2 cups of water and 3oz of salt and root kill and left the piece in for 5 minutes. Then used some thinned down flat black model paint to weather it a bit. I'm really happy with the results. I'm surprised with the results. Though I shouldn't be seeing Rogue9607's Satele and Scrap saber. I will do more etching on future sabers.



The chassis discs are very fragile and the tops broke off during test fittings. I had to sand the discs quite a bit to get to them to slide easily in the ribbed section



Here's a link to a video of the Saber --> http://vid261.photobucket.com/albums...IDEO0033-0.mp4