May the Fourth....

[Ed McClements]

To commemorate, I've been busy in the workshop...with some left-over stainless water pipes from the GT40, a lump of aluminium round bar, bit of black Acetal round bar, some plastic strips and multicoloured LED tape:-














Inner chassis (to hold control circuitry, battery, charge port and Kyber crystal) and outer hilt


Still some machining to do on the ribbed crystal chamber to reveal the inner parts




Now that I have constructed a lightsaber, does that mean I am a Jedi knight?

 

[Shaun]

Not sure about Jedi but a bloody good machinist that's for sure!!

 

[Terry Oxandale]

Had me on that one. At first I thought you were creating a fancy glowing shifter handle.

 

[Ed McClements]

When I have finished the wiring this thing it will glow...and there's an 8 ohm speaker, too, for sound FX. Video to follow.