How to make grooves (without mill or lathe)?

[Seth Skywalker]

What is the best way I can make grooves on a saber? Since I do have access to a dremel, I was thinking I could either use the dremel or try etching them. What do you guys think? I am open to suggestions.

[Tom Tilmon]

Have tcss mill them. Don't use a dremel.

[Seth Skywalker]

I actually really wanted to do them myself, but if that is the only way with good results than that's what I'll do. Any other possible way I could do it?

[darth_chasm]

What kind of grooves? You can get away with etching them fairly well depending on what you want.

[Seth Skywalker]

Kinda like the grooves darth maul has.

Edit: well, not darth maul, his saber.

[darth_chasm]

Etching won’t do that well that deep. It’ll start to eat the material outwards under you resist because you’d have to leave it for so long. Etching good grooves around a circumference takes a little practice too. For that you’re better off getting them machined.