Well what do you know, I actually built some lightsabres in this century!
I've made them before, but the last one was back in 1998 when I made the plasma blade version of Exitilius.
Well, I just completed a pair of LED sabres for my neice(7) and nephew(10) for Christmas. They're nothing fancy, but I'm pretty satisfied with the results overall. I think I may need to do a couple of tweaks before wrapping them, but they're just about ready to go, and complete enough that I'm good with showing them off.
Here's the stats:
Ben Sabre
This was meant to be a vaguely Luke V2 type of thing.
1.25" Sink tube
MHS 1.25" sink tube blade holder
Lux III Royal Blue LED
Hasbro Obi-Wan Force Action sound board
Speaker salvaged from old Blackberry 8700c
Radio Shack 4-pin microphone connectors male & female
Radio Shack momentary button
TCSS 4 AAA battery holder
24" Ultra Sabers Initiate Blade
Various additional hardware bits
Melanie Sabre
Her favorite character is R2-D2 (same as myself), so I made hers in silver, has a white barrel and blue.
1.25" Sink tube
MHS 1.25" sink tube blade holder
Seul P4 white LED
Magenta color filter (to make pink)
Hasbro Vader Force Action sound board
Speaker salvaged from old Blackberry 8700c
Radio Shack 4-pin microphone connectors
Radio Shack momentary button
TCSS 4 AAA battery holder
24" Ultra Sabers Initiate Blade
Various additional hardware bits
Lit room with no flash.
Dark room with no flash.
They're both pretty mundane on the outer appearance. My Dremel-Fu is just beginning, so I didn't try anything like fancy outer shrouds yet. I stuck to simple. I expect to do some upgrades to both of these over the years, starting with the blades.
The part I'm proud of though is the internal workings. I needed it to be simple for my sister in law to change out the batteries without a lot of fuss. And not wanting a long wire to have to cram back into the hilt, I had to think of an alternative.
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