My first MHS build with custom crystal chamber

[Danakar Endeel]

Figured I'd share some pictures of my very first MHS lightsaber build. The hilt is 'black chrome' with trim rings on every seam and I also used the "Double Male Extension with Slots Style 2" to make a crystal chamber.

Here's a picture of the empty hilt on display before I started work on the internals

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And here's the lightsaber after I finished cramming all my stuff in. It uses a 18650 Li-Ion, NEC Spark2, SF 12W Cyan led, and the 'Mantle of the Force' soundfont from LordBlako.

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Here's an older WIP picture while I was working on my crystal chamber. Only parts missing in that picture are the 3 small 3mm brass tubes that I was still waiting on at the time. Once I got the brass tubes inserted I used them to run the wires through (SF 12W Cyan unit only needed 3 wires) so there's no visible wires running through the chamber. I bought the radiator fins and baseplates from Skywampa (a UK seller on Etsy) while all the other stuff including crystal came from chinese vendors on Aliexpress.

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Now I know it's not as fancy as some designs I've seen people built but I'm still very happy with the results and extremely pleased with the quality and craftsmanship of TCSS.

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UPDATE: I received some rotary kill keys from Shapeways today and after drilling out my original TCSS brass kill key and cutting the new one to length my saber can now be ignited without having to remove the kill key! I can just turn it like a knob to activate the saber.

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Bigger pictures here (because these forums sometimes make the uploaded pictures look tiny)

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Anyways, hope you guys like it!!

Danakar Endeel

[Tom Tilmon]

Very nice for #1! Go for #2!

[darth_chasm]

Nice use of the trim rings to get something a bit more unique

[Danakar Endeel]

Very nice for #1! Go for #2!

Heh, I'd need to save some more money first but I am already checking out combinations in the MHS Builder.

Nice use of the trim rings to get something a bit more unique

Thanks!

Yeah, I didn't like the idea of having visible seams between the parts or have my saber look too mundane and then I saw the trim rings in the shop. I hope TCSS will offer them in brass or anodized brass aluminium at some point though because I think that would look awesome too.

[Seth Skywalker]

woooooow! Very nice, and I agree, those trim rings do look great. The double crystal looks awesome too! Welcome to the forums.

[Danakar Endeel]

woooooow! Very nice, and I agree, those trim rings do look great. The double crystal looks awesome too! Welcome to the forums.

Thanks! I found a vendor from China who was selling 'titanium quartz' crystals on a string for around $12 so I had 50-60 crystals of various lengths to choose from (although some were just 10-20mm shards). Of the ones that would fit snugly between the bezels this one had an extra smaller piece protruding from it. Almost looked like it came straight out of the crystal cave on Dantooine (KotOR) so I just had to use it. The smaller crystal protruding from the main crystal also gives it a very nice effect when the saber is active.

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[Danakar Endeel]

Here's a compilation from various angles of my lightsaber. I'll also add it to the OP

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[Seth Skywalker]

Nice! However you should turn on your saber if you have your blade plug installed, will look so much nicer then. Especially for the pics.

[Jediseth]

Nice saber, better than my first crystal chamber. Great work!

[Danakar Endeel]

Nice! However you should turn on your saber if you have your blade plug installed, will look so much nicer then. Especially for the pics.

Fair enough, I took 2 more pictures with the lightsaber active and blade plug installed

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Nice saber, better than my first crystal chamber. Great work!

Thanks! I checked through a ton of images of crystal chambers before I even dared to try making one.
Initially I wanted to simply go with some aluminium chassis discs from TCSS and work with those but then I saw Skywampa's stuff on Etsy. I still bought a Chassis Disc 3 and Chassis Disc 5 just in case though