have a few sabers to complete by premeire time...

[snilam]

so I have 3 sabers I need done by premiere time. so I'm doing a little build log. Nothing too fancy here but nice none the less.

2 are having Nanos

board tinned


Pex tinned


board soldered


Pex soldered


board in chassis


I did another one only difference is that saber has a power on indicator

the two lower sections for the Nano sabers. Haven't started the Prizm saber yet, will start that one next week.


Also a quick question guys. on the rubber grips you see on one of the hilts how well does that tape hold? I'm a feel a little suspect of its longevity.

[Silver Serpent]

I'm just gonna say this: those are some beautiful solder joints. For all the newbies, this is what a properly soldered NB should look like.

[Greenie]

SS just said it. Quality work Snilam, but there's only five weeks to go so stop wasting time on the forum lol

[Darth Nurse]

Great looking work!

[snilam]

I'm just gonna say this: those are some beautiful solder joints. For all the newbies, this is what a properly soldered NB should look like.

awww shucks.

SS just said it. Quality work Snilam, but there's only five weeks to go so stop wasting time on the forum lol

I know 5 weeks! luckily I only have one part left to get from the store. or I might try to make it from scratch who knows. the last part isn't critical. it can be left off in the mean time. I'm hoping I can get all the modding and machining done next week and the next. PCing the week after and then the week before final assembly and a week leftover just incase.

[snilam]

small update. did majority of the machining. just a few parts left/ switch holes/tap and thread some holes. a little bit of pc'ing not much, then installs

ok here's update on one of the sabers. it should look familiar. this one will have just a single speaker and NBv2 along with minor changes to greeblies/layout.



this one is a pseudo graflex. we'll call it fauxflex



I have a third but I'm rethinking some parts so that one may or may not get done intime depends if a part get back in stock.

[JakeSoft]

Jeepers, that's some nice shroud work! You got the curve pretty darn nice. Did you dremel that all by hand? Looks totally recognizable.

[snilam]

Jeepers, that's some nice shroud work! You got the curve pretty darn nice. Did you dremel that all by hand? Looks totally recognizable.

I used a 3/4 end mill for the curves at the base, then a 3" pneumatic cut-off wheel for the straight part and any other large chunks, then a dremel to cut off the smaller sections then 400 grit to finish it off. and polished the entire thing. First time I cut a shroud like that instead of just a dremel, it went way faster. about 20 minutes.

[jedimastergarcia87]

Nice. I like that Graflex now that its sort of finished. Has a cool look to it =]

[Onli-Won Kanomi]

You asked how the t-track tape holds? I have a hilt with t-tracks attached where the tape has held for 9 years so its pretty good stuff and should hold well as long as you made sure the surface you attached it too was super-clean