My inspiration:


Parts List:
Blade Holder Style 18
Flat Heat Sink and MHS Module
Red, Red, White tri-cree
1.2 Ohm 3 watt resistors x 2
Carclor Lens
2 inch double female
Switch 22
Gender Changer
Hilt Style 1
TCSS Shroud Material 12"
Chassis Disk 5 for lock in with Gender Changer into 2" section
2 chassis Disk 2 for Crystal Chamber
Nano Biscotte IV
2 NBIV Chassis Disks
2.1 mm switchcraft recharge port
RC Port Chassis Disks
Threaded Rods
Various brass tubes for chassis support
Blank kill key (cut down to fit in chassis)

Sourced Elsewhere:
5mm Red LED x3 (2 for RC Port Disk, one for crystal chamber
5mm White LED for crystal chamber
quartz crystal point
Casey's Aluminum Black
Testor's Metallic Gold (for accents) in shattered weathering

Parts Arrive from TCSS!!!!!


Hilt build and mock-up begins, lots of shroud cuts to give that Hatteras Lighthouse Handle Look (I'm from NC, had to find the tie in to my home!)



Chassis mock-up/brainstorm


Shattered weathering.....it pained me greatly fire up the dremel and carve up this brand new shiny hilt that I did all this work on...it was very difficult to fathom how this would work, but in the end, it did.


Added Casey's Aluminum Black to help the shrouds/shatter stand out from hilt a bit, add contrasting layers.


I found out that TCSS Shrouds are coated or painted with something that has to be sanded off to get the shroud to take Aluminum Black, that was a painful process as well, because TCSS Material is so perfect when it arrives, you just hate to mess it up; however, it was necessary.

Chassis readied for wiring:


Wiring Disaster: (it wasn't a disaster in the end, but it always looks like a mess when the wires are long)


First Fire:



Final Product:


Saber In Action (Demo/Instructions, full build vid in next post)


Tom