I always wanted two things growing up. A proton pack and a light saber. Well I done did a Pack…so here’s a light saber. Return of the Jedi version. Few more parts and a paint job and should look pretty decent. Gonna shell it out and stuff some electronics from a store bought saber that makes all the noises when moved around inside and should be pretty nifty.
20160829_121606 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160830_113510 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160830_124247 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
Same wishes that I had, so I went one step further…
I mixed the two together 
That is looking good.
I do love a good saber!!
First prop I ever built (as a teenager) was a light saber - out of a piece of broom handle, a bicycle grip, and various colors of foil. 
The Crystal Chamber! In the works anyway. I need longer rods obviously. Got my crystal from a place in CT and need to order my LED’s to light that sucker up. Got room for 4 triple A’s in the handle so plenty of juice to light it up and some wires run up to the top LED for the blade.
20160913_123455 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160913_140234 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160913_140224 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160913_140250 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160913_170530 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
Better!
Wow, that’s a thing of beauty.
Considering its do it right the first time or have it all destroy it self in one little whoops motion..its coming along pretty well me thinks. This is how the chamber will look for the most part. Need to cut this quartz in half as its much too long but that’s roughly whats its gonna look like. Have to add brass tubes to cover the threaded rod and spruce it up a bit more.
20160914_103450 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
Got the support rods in so now the upper half can slide up revealing the chamber. It seats together nicely which is a plus. Some more decorating and that’s done and I’ll be adding the LED’s soon so I can light it up after shoving some batteries up in the handle.
20160917_173816 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160917_173843 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160917_173902 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160917_173910 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
Wow! Just incredible, your attention to detail is awesome
Can’t wait to see how this looks when it’s finished!!
Thank you much. Its actually coming along ALOT better than I expected. This is much easier than a proton pack. I can see why everyone opts for 3d printing or CNC machines as its very time consuming and very little margin for error but sadly manual machining is becoming a lost practice these days. I’d kill to take some machining classes.
As I’m not a huge Star Wars fan I will say that’s a sweet looking light saber. I’ve built a proton pack also and am now moving onto my next prop aswell. The chainsaw from evil dead 2. Or ash vs evil dead as I believe they are the same chainsaws. Either way I’m still excited to start the build. But again sweet looking saber. Great job.
Love how this is shaping up. Awesome work
Me too. My grandfather was a tool and die maker. I’d love to learn what to do what he did. He was also a fantastic wood worker.
I just learn as I go. Trial and error is always fun. 50/50 chance of success or complete disaster is always fun! Well, we have ignition! Doesn’t look too bad.
20160918_165136 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160918_165132 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
Wow. Just wow. That’s one amazing saber hilt.
Got LEDs perma wired and looking pretty good. I’ll run wires up to the “emitter” top for that LED and cram a battery pack in and I think I’m good to go.
20160920_163519 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
20160920_163435 by Tom Cahoone, on Flickr
The Force is strong with you…
I gotta ask a question, though–is the light supposed to be blue? Luke’s Episode 6 saber had a green blade…the blue makes it seem more like Obi-Wan’s Episode 3-4 saber, (which clearly influenced Luke’s)
And how helpful was your cat in building it? :lol:
All nitpicking and stupid jokes aside–that thing is looking awesome.
Well..I look at it this way. This isn’t “Lukes” saber persay..its just a light saber that’s modeled roughly after his. We choose our own color crystal for our lightsabers. My favorite color happens to be blue which remarkably also happened to be blue LED’s laying around. The cat..was sadly most unhelpful. It just likes to be present in all my photos as of late. But thank you thank you, I can’t wait till its painted.
Thanks–no criticism was meant, I was just a little confused. Honestly, I think Obi-Wan’s Ep3-4 saber is probably my favorite, so I completely sympathize. If I ever made one it’d probably be a lot like that–everybody else can have their double sabers or their crossguards or their weird colors–a standard blue single blade is more than enough for me.
Yeah, I figured. Mine likes to pull the model paint bottles off my desk when he’s hungry–I don’t leave the open ones down where he can get them. :lol:
