Correct...there is additional supports in his chassis, that's where I got the idea. The struts I plan to leave in the hilt material will mimic those.
Correct...there is additional supports in his chassis, that's where I got the idea. The struts I plan to leave in the hilt material will mimic those.
So my chassis parts came in on Friday & on Saturday I made an excursion to Ilam for my saber crystals & then to the deepest ocean on Dac for an Ultima Pearl (strangely both places resembled a shop in a mall here called Black Market Minerals). Not sure if I'll keep the Ultima Pearl, but I have access to several other spheres including a Krayt Dragon Pearl so for now, the secondary chamber will not be lit.
I started working on my chassis on Saturday night & finished it up yesterday afternoon.
Both crystal chambers are made using PC chassis discs & have a wall behind them in the space designed for the PC that is intended to hide the wires that will run behind them. The main chamber has a power crystal & a focusing crystal that will both be lit & at least one will be hooked up to the FoC pad on the NB once I get to that point. The second chamber will be hidden under the grip & will only be revealed when I take the grip off. This chassis is designed to remain in the top of the saber when the grip is removed & is VERY long at 9.5in but once it gets into the saber, everything should line up properly.
Really happy to finally have some actual progress to show & I hope that the body parts will show up in the store shortly so I can start on the rest of the hilt soon. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
Last edited by NaasadTal; 01-19-2017 at 05:41 AM.
Hey guys, not much going on atm as I wait for parts to restock & spare credits to show up, but I did start on a new PVC stand-in hilt for my costume.
I still can't decide on the final length for my aluminum hilt (honestly that's been the hardest part of the build & design process), but for now I am leaning towards 13.25".
Because I am using a heavy blade, the 12" length of my current stand-in hilt puts the balance at a point 6" in front of the emitter (the last picture above, shows the current stand-in next to the new for comparrison). The length of the new stand-in I'm working on is 13.25" which will hopefully give the whole saber a better balance. As you can see I also left part of new stand-in hilt intact around the window of the Crystal Chamber for additional support when dueling so the new stand-in is closer to what my aluminum one will be so I can start getting used to it.
Would love to hear some thoughts from you guys about the overall length of the hilt.
As always, thanx for looking & critques are always welcome!
Chris S.
Last edited by NaasadTal; 08-01-2016 at 02:40 AM.
It looks really cool.Are you planning on using replica gralfex parts?
I'll be making the emitter shroud out of the sleeve material in the store. The graflex parts (bunny ears, button & wheel) will also be purchased from the store.
Gretings all!
Haven't posted in a while cuz I haven't had much progress to share. I'm in the process of collecting parts & as we all know, that tends to be pretty boring.
I picked up a lot of OT on this check & my next check is a "free" check (no rent or car payment) so I decided to to get my expensive parts out of the way so I just placed an order for my first hilt pieces (blade holder, 4" DF extention with custom mill work & 1/4" DM extention) & in 2 weeks I'll be ordering the sleeve material & my Soundboard.
The custom mill work will probably take some time, but I'll update as soon as I know more.
Thanx for looking!
CongratsI made my big purchase after getting an unexpected commission from my old job
So while I'm waiting for my custom mill work, I ended up placing 2 more orders, one to TCSS & one to Amazon. My Amazon order arrived today & it is GLORIOUS!
I'm gonna get into it this weekend & see how things go, kinda nervous as this is the first time soldering, but I'm confident I can figure it out before I dive into my board!
...& speaking of the board, I had planned to use a NB as kind of an entry level board till I got more comfortable with soldering (figured I'd be a lot less heartbroken if I slag a $67 board vs a $150 one), but when I went to order the NB, it was out of stock. A couple friends suggested I check out the Spark boards & I almost instantly fell in love with the Color 2. I also concluded that I wouldn't need to upgrade if I use this board, like I would have had to with the NB so in the long run, I'd end up saving some credits. Since the change in the board has left me a tad more options than the NB, I have upgraded my LED to a RGB (might go with the Z6) for my blade & have located a 5mm RGB LED for my Crystal chamber as well...guys, this thing is gonna be AMAZING!!!!
I also went out & acquired a couple more spheres for my secondary chamber...now to try & decide which one I like best...
Starting to get really anxious about the orders from TCSS, but once they come in, the only exterior parts I'll still need are 5" DF extention, the activation box & the bunny ears.
I'm getting so close I can taste it!
Last edited by NaasadTal; 01-19-2017 at 06:10 AM.
If you have any old circuit boards laying around, like old computer cards, you can use those to practice your soldering, that's what I did before wiring my first saber.
Erv at Plecter Labs has a great soldering tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOdnGUMi7lQ
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