My Hilt So Far..

[Lan Longsword]

ok heres what I got so far, still think im going to adjust a couple things and the electronics inside, the blade etc. of btw does anyone know where i can get a soundboard? cant find one anywhere and they stropped making the ultra sabers ones







ps if i come off strong in my post please let m know, i dont mean to...

any hints or tips?

[Obi-Jeff Kenobi]

Looking great, keep it up.

[Jon-Mar Teric]

I think it looks pretty good! You may want to do something to break up the leather (or maybe you already have plans for it, I don't know) - thinking of 'traditional' hilts, they all have a smaller handle for the left hand and the right actually seems to grip somewhere around the mechanicals - buttons and such. Why, good question - my luck, I'd be shutting off my lightsaber in the middle of a battle by accident, lol.

What is the center pipe made from? I have a sink tube saber that I had crafted (we all make our own the first time, right?) I used leather as well around the handle, and then took some Oriental strips I confiscated from an old Samurai sword to wrap it. It broke up the solid leather well, and I eventually went the other way, with less leather showing now and more of the wrap. (If you've seen TFU, think about General Kota's saber - the wrap around the handle is leather strips, but same prinicpal.) I'll see if I can post some pics of it soon to give you a better idea.

As for the soundboard, I saw a set of Luxeons and soundboards being sold as a 'parts' set... I'd recommend checking there.

Mark

[Lan Longsword]

well all three pics are the same saber, only doing the one, as for breaking up the leather yes i do have a plan for that im going to get more sink tube and cut out a piece in the shape i want to cover up the ends of the leather and which site did you see the parts set at.

[Jon-Mar Teric]

I did a quick search on eBay and found a 'Vader' saber pack combo of batteries & speaker. They'll have items pop up every now and then. I've got several 'alerts' that email me when certain keywords for items are posted. Maybe that'll help!

Vader Speaker Parts

[Lan Longsword]

thanks jon i appreciate it

[Jon-Mar Teric]

Anytime, my friend. Good luck!

[Starkindler (The Naked Jedi)]

nice start.
It looks like you are using speaker wire to wrap the upper grip area.
You might have good results using a decent double-sided tape and then tightly winding the wire.
That should give you a rather nice "coppery" look in that area.

[Lan Longsword]

thanks for the tpi ill have to see where to find that