Have you ever left a movie theater after
watching one of your new favorite movie and thought about one prop in particular,
may it be a weapon or tool or even a car and said I want that item. However in
our time if you want such a thing you’re going to have to drop a lot and I mean
a lot of money on something that may not be personalized to how you want it. So
I propose the idea if you want something done its best to do it yourself.
Now as you might have noticed I built
the well know light saber from the Star wars Franchise. Also you would think
the light saber being super well known and the weapon of choice by and wise
force wielder would be the one thing that they did right, wrong. Though it may
satisfy the young-lings it does not satisfy the die-hard fans out there who want
the real thing or the closest thing to it. However though these things are the closest
thing they aren’t that affordable even the cheapest ranks in at over $150 and
that is without the sound and clash effects.
Now my saber I built was built under $75
but that does not mean it is perfect first of all the battery case is something
I would have liked to spend more time on.
The battery case I am currently using is not efficient as this Walmart
one but however mine is much brighter and more weight realistic and more evenly
balanced over all.
Now what you see in front of you was not
the original idea I went through about 3 different prototypes before stopping
on this design. As you can see here prototype 1 is very different than the
final. It was around the time when I had finished the final concept when I was
hit by a freight train level surprise, turns out my Dremel tool which was my go
to tool suffered from a short of some
kind and would not turn on no matter what. So in the end I ended up having to
use hand tools to finish the whole thing which took an eternity. But when it
was all said and done I was really happy with the way it came out because I was
Able to build it to my specifications and to my liking.
Some time in the future I would like to acquire
new tools to build and create amazing new creations and such, and one day go
back and try to build a new saber with newly learnedtechniques and try again. Also
if there is an option in the future to make this into a career I would do it
100% all the way not once question my decision because this is what I love
doing
And
I wouldn’t just build the sabers for money, I would do it to build and enjoy my
craft because it is one that is very special and amazing.
