Hello folks,
I am finally ready to start my second build. Originally I planned for my second build to be a sith saber for my wife and started on that hilt a while ago. But I was ultimately unhappy with how that hilt was progressing so I abandoned the project and began a new (second) build.
This new build is going to be a smaller saber around 7 inches long. The body of the saber is a 1.25" steel bike tube. This size is nice because I can use MHS parts to fit over the bike tube. It will also feature 1" copper tubing which I am bending to fit around the outside of my steel body. A special feature is a kind of inset glass eye which will actually be a door "peep hole" I picked up from the hardware store. I want to put an LED on the inside of that peep hole so light will shine out when the saber is powered on. Insetting the glass eye was accomplished by using a 1/2" copper tube end cap and filing a hole large enough to JB weld that cap down into the saber itself.
I also plan to do a leather wrap and somewhere there needs to be recharge port. I am considering using allen head screws on the corners of my copper plates to make it look like the copper pieces are "riveted" on but I haven't decided if that is a good idea yet. I also need to do a lot of sanding to get rid of tool marks (or at least even it out a bit) and add some greebies.
Internals include a 3d printed chasis, BBW cree star, and a pico crumble. Pictures follow:
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