My first saber build - "Revenant" / On budget build

[Yogie]

Hello everybody
First of all : Sorry for my rusty school english.
4 weeks ago I was strolling over a flea market in Germany with my beloved wife . There I saw a flashlight on a table of a turkish dealer. I said to myself :"What a nice hilt!". As a result I've bought two of these gem's (19 Euro approx. 20 $ total). The second one is for spare parts.
In a nutshell : That was the point where the story began. My aim was to build a lightsaber as cheap as possible (under 100 $).
As a result of searching the web for saber parts I came across this great forum.

The flashlight has 3 modes : Bright, dim and flickering

My current setup is the following:

1 Cree flashlight with 1 brightwhite LED 2,7W
1 33" blade from the guys of Saberproject in Germany
1 blade holder made of a repair kit for garden hoses
4 heat resistant colour filters (yellow,green,blue and red) for PAR-64 spotlights
1 really cheap sound PCB out of a kids saber that I've bought from Am*zon (Loud and damned close to the orig. Sound of FX with ignite,hum,clash,shutdown)
1 pommel made out of a turning knob for douches
1 Visaton premium speaker 28 mm 1W
2 guarded switches (momentary for On/Off and latching as a kill switch)
Misc. parts (cables, connectors, griptape, shoelaces etc.)

All in all the saber costs 85 Euro ~ 95 $

And here are some pics:

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Kind regards from Germany.

Yogie

[Yogie]

Two additional pics

...and there will be light.

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[darth_chasm]

Cool. I like the blade color for this design.

[Greenie]

Agreed, That's a pretty nice colour. Excellent job on a budget. The blade holder looks cool.

[Yogie]

Hi Greenie

Yes, the blade holder fits nicely around the blade. It's called "Gardena Reparator" and has exactly a 1" hole.

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[Greenie]

Great find. Funny how 'everything' looks like lightsaber parts

[Cire Yeldarb]

Very much liking this design! Great job!

[Noyl Wendor]

very cool work. I dig the whole set up. Very nice use of "found parts" I'm always a big fan when it comes to that sort of thing.

[Cire Yeldarb]

very cool work. I dig the whole set up. Very nice use of "found parts" I'm always a big fan when it comes to that sort of thing.

Same here! That's one of my favorite things to see in a build is great use of found parts!

[girot]

Beautiful work! Love that blade color!