hardware saber #2

[Treadingwolf]

starting my second saber.



i got this far when i realized the mhs inserts OD was the same as the tube OD. DOH!



Back to square one hehe.





I used part of a blade from the hasbro i gutted to incase the electronics. It also worked nicely as a resonance chamber at the same time.



I came up with this as a solution to haveing to twist off twist on any parts to replace the batteries.





finished!




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[Treadingwolf]

nm i thought i messed up but the pics worked hehe

[vortextwist]

very cool man, I like the battery compartment. can we get a better pic of the board speaker holder?

[Treadingwolf]

Well i only took the on photo of that particular piece. Its the 2nd section of tubing from the biggest in the hasbro spring loaded sabers. Its has a nice curled stiffener at the bottom, that fits the speaker sold here like a glove. I dropped the speaker in and sandwiched it in place by drilling a hole for the push on/off switch, and inserting the switch through the hole in the tubing and the hole in the sink tube, thus holding the whole works in place.



I closed up the backside by being lazy and just wraping it all up with electric tape. :P

[ArkaiHalon]

I love the hinged idea. great forethought.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Nice saber. The hinged battery access door is a cool idea!

[gundamaniac]

!!! I love that battery compartment! That's awesome!!

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Great job, very nice!

Nice design on the battery hatch. Saves a lot of screwing around. (Pun intended. )

What did you use for the pommel?

[Jedi-Loreen]

The pommel looks like some sort of faucet handle that he's painted.

[Treadingwolf]

Yes the pommel is a cheap shower knob from home depot, painted with Rust-o-leum (hammered finish) for a kind of grainy texture look.
After twisting the wires out of my sons saber replacing the batteries i knew i had to find a better way, the battery compartment came to me as i was drawing up this saber. i am glad you guys like the idea