Need Budget Lightsaber

[zhidon]

i made a budget EL lightsaber 2 weeks ago. see the thread under "Other lightsaber discussions" i left detailed instructions. you still need the electronics kit from LIGHTECH.....there is no cheaper way to make one. believe me i would know.

[Cailumm]

Thanks guys! I started building a lightsaber yesterday and I my girlfriend's mother has a machine shop in her basement. However I thought about using a dowel rod for a blade but I know they make acrylic ones. Does anyone know where I can get one? I'd be grateful for some info. Anyway, the main part of the hilt I made from one of those door closers you see on screen doors. I just removed all the parts except the endcap which I loosened to use later (It's got a really nice loop where I put a "D" ring). I used an inner core made from a 3/4" copper tupe with a 3/4" dowel rod on the inside that the endcap screws into. On the other end I used the swiveling part of a shower head and screwed the round part into the dowel rod. In the other end of the shower thing I glued a half inch aluminum pipe to use as an emitter. All in all it looks pretty cool. Kind of a Obiwan "retro" look. Thanks again.

~Cailumm

[JediKai]

k-mac-plastics.net/acrylic-rods.htm

www.a1acrylics.com/rodtubing.htm

and here's were to get colored domes to match, so that you have a rounded end that you don't have to sand to get:

www.plastruct.com/Pages/Action.lasso?-database=PI.PRODUCTS.fp5&-layout=Complete&-response=%2fPages%2fOnlineCatalogIndex.html&-op=bw&SelectKey=V&-skipRecords=210&-maxRecords=30&-sortField=zfsequencer&-sortOrder=ascend&-search