First saber complete

[Matthew_D_G]

Hey everyone!
New to the forum and wanted to show my newly finished saber

The build was inspired by late medieval longswords & the Scottish claymore.
Slightly over 15" long
Balance is so so right now, could use more weight in the pommel or a longer blade to improve handling.
Using a UltraSaber (meh) blade right now, really could use an upgrade.

Overall I'm really happy with how this turned out

Hilt:
MHS blade holder #24
MHS Hilt style 3 w/ 16mm recessed AV switch hole
MHS Choke style 3 (long)
MHS pommel 10
Sink tube shroud with chrome sanded off

Electronics:
Cree Star led module (red)
16mm AV gold plated switch
Momentary to latching converter
Buckpuck (1000ma 4-wire)
4 AA battery holder

Misc:
8-32 stainless socket cap screw for the set screw
8-32 socket cap crown bolt for shroud









Wiring:
Mom to latch board was hot glued to the side of the battery holder
Buckpuck was hot glued to front of battery holder

[darth_chasm]

Holy cow thats the size of my arm!! Doesn't say much for me does it

Interesting choices. I dig it.

[rlobrecht]

That thing is a beast. Nice work. How long is the blade?

[Matthew_D_G]

About 32" from the face of the emitter

[Rayataz]

Wow. That's beautiful! Good job!

[methos2523]

lightsaber that doubles as a mace? lmao

i kid... love it... it's a Chewie sized saber

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

lightsaber that doubles as a mace? lmao

No, that would be this...

[jedimastergarcia87]

Very nice. Never thought of sanding off the chrome on a sinktube before. Giving me some ideas now ;o

[Matthew_D_G]

Jedimastergarcia87
Try finding the plain brass sink tubes, sanding off the chrome was a pain in the butt haha.
If you cant find that sand the chrome off before cutting the pipe. I sanded after doing the cut outs and had
a hard time keeping the pipe from collapsing, ending up using a 1 1/2 wood dowel rod inside the pipe to
help support it.

[Noyl Wendor]

Nice work. Old school design, I dig