Jay-gon's Brass Saber 3-7 (MR Sound/Lux III's)

**Jay-gon Jinn** · 05-07-2008, 04:58 PM

I don't know how much interest there is in these anymore, but I did some more work to Brass Sabers 4 & 5 today. I started by cutting the angle for the emitter shrouds:

I thne used my tubing cutter to cut off the shrouds from what will become the rear half of the hilt:

After that was done, I polished the shrouds, because I had the same issue as last time with the saw leaving burned edges on the cut, and when that was done, I used the tubing cutter to make the rear grip marks:

Next, I measured for the screw holes to mount the MHS adaptors:

I transferred that measurement to the brass tube:

I marked it with my exacto knife, by leaving a small scratch, and took it to the drill press and set it up to drill the hole:

After drilling the first hole in the brass tube, I slipped in the MHS adaptor and using it's pre-drilled and tapped holes as a guide, drilled straight through to the other side of the brass tube:

Doing it klike this ensures that the hole on the other side of the hilt will match up perfectly with the hole in the adaptor, making everything symmetrical.

See what I mean? I did them both while I had the set-up in the drill press. Here's what these two (three actually, the chrome hilt piece seen above is being worked on along with these two) will basically look like when done:

And while I was drilling holes, I decided to drill these for the switches as well. Here's how they turned out:

Now I have to play the waiting game on some parts from the store before I can complete these.

I have some leds on order, but haven't decided what colors I'll use in these....I also don't have any sound boards, so it may be awhile before these are completed.

**37H4N** · 05-07-2008, 09:05 PM

Looking good! I always love your brass sabers and brass sabers in general. I want to make one of my own someday. I may change the sinktube saber idea I had into a brass one.

**DARTH KALEL** · 05-07-2008, 09:22 PM

wow, I really like that idea. they look great, i've got a few small sections of mhs I might try that this weekend

**eastern57** · 05-07-2008, 09:43 PM

I think it's justified to say that you've rightfully earned the title of "Master of the Hardware Sabers" or "MOTHS"

...or something similar that actually sounds cool...

**GFORCE13** · 05-07-2008, 10:07 PM

Very Nice I love how they are coming out, I am in the process of buying brass pieces to customize my 2 MR Jedi Joe Sabers and be able to make a Saber Staff out of them.

**Jak'Kan-Ur** · 05-08-2008, 04:44 AM

Yea i'm gonna have to go look at brass as well!
thanks great Idea's

**B5813** · 05-10-2008, 08:47 PM

Brass is purdy. Jay-gon, what do you suggest for keeping the brass clean outside of polishing it after every use? I've used a pretty solid 1 1/4" brass tube from online metals joining the MHS pieces on both ends with the 1.5" sink tube adapters. The brass is sweet for a while but quickly gets tarnished after handling. I sprayed it with a clearcoat but that didn't stick... it rubbed off after a while of use.

**Jay-gon Jinn** · 05-11-2008, 01:30 PM

Well, the only way I've found to keep them shiny is to not touch them. The oils in our skin cause the tarnishing, so maybe put some gloves on, when wielding your saber? I've thought about using some clear laquer paint on some to see if that would help....other wise, I just use some Brasso on a soft cloth and clean them after use.