Great Lakes Garrison & Base

We also need to remember that right now, this is the only forum we have for the GLB...our old one has been changed over to the Apollo Base forum for the new Ohio base.

I have heard some good things about Twin Roses, but outside of them there's not much out there that would be approved by the Legion without modifications or alterations. I can also think of three people in the Garrison/Base that make them as well.

Hey, Andrea, you have a message in your inbox over on Starwarsmichigan that's been there for a week or so now.

This one took some time to get done since we both a lot of personal issues to deal with over the last year, but I think it was worth the wait! I have a long line of sabers I've built that I refer to as the "Brass Saber series" with each one being sequentially numbered and this is the 28th ...

Okay, so here it is, all finished and polished up: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Romes%20Kai%20Justice%20Saber/100_0290.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Romes%20Kai%20Justice%20Saber/100_0291.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Rom...

So the last post was posted just before this one, but that work actually happened on Saturday before going to work. Here's what I got accomplished on Sunday. I laid out and measured the grip pieces, then cut them all by hand: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Romes%20Kai%20Justic...

After completing the wiring, and getting all of the parts that needed sanding and polishing finished, I moved to the final stages of construction. I slid all of the electronics through the saber, and fished out the wires for the activation switch, soldered them onto the mini-tactile, then back-fill...

Here's the button I plan to use: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Romes%20Kai%20Justice%20Saber/100_0256.jpg This is a mini-tactile, and has a nice click action to it, even though it's momentary. I marked it off for the hole: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/...

The next step is to make the carriage that will hold the soundboard in place. The Custom Saber Shop has parts for making what we call "chassis" inside the saber, and I'll use one of the chassis discs to make the carriage: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Romes%20Kai%20...

As I'm sure you all know, Rome is in the process of putting together a Kai Justice costume, and he asked me to build the saber for the costume. Here's the render of the saber we came up with using parts from The Custom Saber Shop: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Romes%20Kai%20J...

Lightsabers can be very easy to build yourself, if you know where to go to get parts: http://www.thecustomsabershop.com
you can make the handle and blade any length you want, depending on what you plan to use for electronics, if any.

The way I read that, it says that you only need to have one of those items to be considered formal. You actually have: 2. Blue blade for lightsaber 3. Red or Red/Gold hair (either natural or a wig) 4. shoulder armor shaped differently on right shoulder than on left. 5. Wraps for both boots; going fr...

Jay, I'm back from my travels. WOW!!! I'm in amazement at the attention to detail. What special gifts and talents you have been given. I am so excited and can hardly wait to hold my own lightsaber...JNU will be in all her Master Jedi glorious celebration. :P Thank you so much. KSL you are most welc...

Well, I think I'm going to call this one done, even though it still has a couple things to work out, like the belt hanging technique....I'll have to do that in person at the next event we're both at. Anyway, here's the FINAL PICS!! http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Karens%20Saber%...

To post them from PB, just use the [ img ] [ /img ]tags without the spaces, of course.

I found a "crumb cup" in my pile of parts from the hardware store, and it looks like it'll fit, so I'll cut that up and use it for the speaker grille: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Karens%20Saber%20Build/100_8455.jpg This was hard to cut....used up a whole reinforced...

I started assembly by wiring up the switch box: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Karens%20Saber%20Build/100_8432.jpg This included wiring the green 3mm accent led to the recharge port....the reason? It now serves as an idle stand-by led that comes on when the kill plug is pulled:...

I got some work done to it today, here's what I got done! The hilt came back from powder coating after being coated in Translucent Gold, so I put it together to see how it'll look: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/Jay-gon_Jinn/Karens%20Saber%20Build/100_8403.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/al...

Mira_Darkstar wrote:So many wires!

Oh, that's only what, 6 or 7? My personal brass saber has about 20 wires in it.

I got the main hilt tube back from powder coating, and it is once again a nice golden color! Pictures to come tomorrow.

Okay....been a few days since I posted here, but I do have a bit of an update....the main body tube for the saber will be getting powder coated tomorrow (Thursday, 9-9-10) and i should have it back by the following Monday....Tuesday at the latest. In the meantime, I prepped an MR "Jedi" so...