My 20% time Project speech

        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.