So close to the end!
Finished up the pommel. I used a couple of 16 gauge copper jewelry disc blanks, 1" washer, brass plated steel thumb screw and nut. I soldered the washer to one of the discs. The washer fits snugly into the open end of the pommel and holds everything in place. Then I drilled the two discs for the screw to pass through. I cut a strip of copper and formed it to act as the keep for the ring. And finally, formed the ring. I added a bit of twist to the ring to keep it from flopping around and making too much noise.
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I felt the clamp I had on the ribbed section looked a little too common and of "our world" so I "revised" it by cutting a little piece of copper sheet, drilling and forming it to some thing I liked. Then I repurposed one of the button inserts I goofed on previously to act as a washer. I like this so much better.
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Here's a little shot of the weathering in progress.
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A while back I changed my plan to use a micro switch and installed a 1.35mm recharge port instead. I am using a bit of pen tube and a small screw inserted in one end as the kill key.
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Lastly, I replaced the mini speaker with a 28mm premium. Much happier with this. Without going into too much detail, using the 28mm speaker makes it impossible to make the core fully removable. Im ok with that. Rather have it sound good than try to make a gimmick work.
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