Thank you.
The crystal mounts and a couple other bits were machined on my little lathe. The ball-shaped bits are micro ball ends from my r/c truck parts hoard. The ends are MHS chassis disk #2. And brass tubing for wire passage and spacers.
I disassembled it last night in a quest for more room inside my hilt. I managed to shorten it almost 1/4", but it still looks pretty much the same as before. I'm coming to the realization that even a 1/16th of an inch can make or break a successful assembly!
Last edited by MikeC13; 11-06-2015 at 09:56 AM.
I know what you mean. I've only built two sabers so far and I'm investigating how to ditch my JST connectors.
Since learning of this thread & deciding to build a chassis for my saber, I have been waiting to post something here & that time has come!
I still have yet to put the electronics (speaker, recharge port, panasonic 18650 & Nano Biscotte) in it, but the design of the chassis is complete. This will be going inside a MHS based Starkiller replica. The main Crystal Chamber has a focusing & power crystal in it & the secondary chamber (which will be hidden under the grip) holds an Ultima Pearl for now, I may change this up later so this chamber will remain unlit
For those interested, here is my Parts list (all TCSS):
4-40 threaded rods & nuts
Aluminum 3/16" OD tube for the spacers
4 Petite Crouton discs (used for the Crystal Chambers - 2 each)
2 Nano Biscotte/18650 discs
Recharge Port disc assembly
Speaker Holder v4
The Crystals & Sphere came from a local/online shop
Really happy with how this turned out, but would love to hear your input!
Last edited by NaasadTal; 07-19-2016 at 08:36 PM.
My latest MHS Chassis, it locks into the blade holder via a gender changer and a 1.2" double female below blade holder. I had to modify that area internally to get my switches and chassis disk 5 to lock in while still allowing room for my switch wires/LED wires to route through the CC:
This one has a red, green, and blue 5mm LEDs mounted in the lowest RC Port Chassis Ring, near speaker holder 4. They get great shine through on the clear chassis disks! It looks great.
Last edited by Tom Tilmon; 11-22-2017 at 04:14 PM.
"Mistakes are our greatest teacher."
Nihilus, saber above was inspiration for this chassis:
"Mistakes are our greatest teacher."
Here are a couple mods i made to the MHS speaker mount V6 for a customer:
Cover to hide wiring
Custom center section and end cap with kill switch to fit a Heiland flash tube.
And how close it fits
wishing there was an acrylic disc for the pico crumble
Has anybody built a chassis to hold a CFX and go in a Saberforge hilt? my inside diameter is 1.12 and the discs listed for the CFX say they are 1.25. Would there be enough disc to shave them down enough to fit my hilt?
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