Hey all,

I'm working on finalizing my first saber design, and as a final detail I'd like to include a pair of graflex pin sockets, like a few sabers seen in the prequel trilogy and The Clone Wars. I was thinking of doing this by making a hole in the MHS shroud for the main socket, and inserting some short graflex pins sold at TCSS. Unfortunately, the only ideal locations for these sockets lie right on top of an MHS female thread, which poses a problem if I want to drill and tap holes for the graflex pins. I've seen a few people drill holes for switches and things into threaded sections of MHS parts, but I don't know what the implications of that are or if it's even a good idea at all. Has anyone had experience drilling holes in threaded sections of MHS parts? Is it a good idea? If so, how should I go about doing it?