First off, Bradester, thank you. You’re equipment has been a massive influence to me. I no longer have to dream about GB equipment that I’ll never afford.
I took your idea of using a plastic holder box and a screwdriver for a handle. I used 2 cheapo ballpoint pens from my hotel as the antennae. I’ll tape off the "screen soon as the glue dries and paint it flat black. I have a red knob to add (it is a painted Ocean Spray bottle top lol) and a black knob to add. I may cut up some playing cards to make the screen guard, but I dunno yet.
You could easily fit some LED lights in there and a AA or AAA battery pack!
Someone else in another forum took apart a cheap dollar store lightsaber for the lights on their pack… I bet you could use a couple of thoes. Maybe use slightly bigger… ummm “antennas” also to put lights on that?
Adding lights to the pens/antennas is a good idea - however you shouldn’t need anything bigger than the pens you’re using to do this. I ran individual LED’s up through two mechanical pencils in an old PKE I made, and they fit just fine.
So… I haven’t advanced this thing any further than what you see here. Why? There is no glue that wil f***ing hold the screwdriver to the back of this thing!!! I may drill a hole in the bottom and just glue the thing inside it. Maybe easier to hold it together.
I’m not going to go all out for lights. If I do any at all. a lot of effort I don’t want to go through…
I agree. My screwdriver has the same problem except I painted mine already. I’m gonna re-do a new type of glue to do it. and if all else falls, i will hot glue like bradester.
