After a day of careful thought and deliberation, I decided to go ahead with brass rings for the rear grip section, taking inspiration from, and paying homage to this saber creation by our very own Jonitus:
That saber I believe, is still owned by Corbin_Das, creator of the Corbin Film blade diffusor sold through the store here at TCSS.
I drew up a quick pattern:
I thought that looked good, so I took it out to the saw:
And cut some pieces off:
The first piece I cut off was about 1" wide...the next two were each 1/2" wide. I also removed a piece that was about 7/16" wide, but that will not be used.
After that was done, I de-burred the pieces and test fit:
These will look good when polished up, I think. The plan right now is to have them held in place by a single stainless steel screw on the "bottom" of the saber. I'll need to drill and tap for those sscrews, and also drill for the recharge port...unless I can get it into the pommel....the MPS insert is the recharge port type....but it's a pain to get the wires around the speaker....and then the insert has to be attached some how to the battery pack....I'd prefer to do the recessed recharge port like this:
It will be held in place like so:
The white pvc will snap the recharge port in place when it drops into the hole for it.
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