My first custom Hilt and full saber collection

[Dettam]

I lost a catalyst hilt in an experiment gone horribly awry. So I machined this aluminum hilt and used the Catalyst electronics (old-school Jedi sound board) and put in my "Force activated" ignition, which is cool. A first effort.

Despite its obviously flaws (screws to hold the pommel). It is well balanced and excellent for dueling. weighs 1 pound 2 ox, 1.5 inches in diameter and is just under 12 inches tall.

Also my full collection, including 3 solid hilts at the bottom. All the non-UlraSabers hilts were made manually, no computer.

[Master Nero Attoru]

Whoa that is quite a collection!  Very nice man, I especially like your custom green saber.

[pianite]

I like the bronze one on the right! Nice collection 

[Kham-Ryn Kurios]

As stated before, Nice collection.

What did you use to build them, The CSS?

[imperialknight23]

wow thats a lot of sabers, thats probably what kham's is gonna look like.

i get this roman-esque feel from seeing a few sabers in your collection. or greek

[Dettam]

Yah I went a little crazy on the sabers. It all started with 2 Hasboro pieces of junk, which were stripped after I got my hands on an UltraSaber. The rest is history. I really want enough to get a group together and have a staged battle in the park. That would blow people away (I'm in the Grand Rapids, MI area). I love taking my sabers with me and showing them to people, they are usually amazed. Kids just love them. What a great hobby.

Learning to fix your saber is important I think. If you use your saber(s) as hard as I do, you will need to make minor repairs. A kid I let play with my war glaive broke the switch, so I have to put on a new one. One of the best things about UltraSabers is that they are fixable. Besides the soundboard and hilt, all the other components are pretty cheap.

I do not know what CSS is, maybe I'm stupid, but could someone enlighten me?

Thanks for the compliments, I like my brass one too, it is the results of 100's of hours learning to solder and work a lathe, so the hard work paid off.

And yes, you can definitely see the influence of the Roman short sword, good eye imperialknight. I freehanded those hilts, so I guess it is subconscious.

Next up, a botched try at a curved saber, and my CNC machined blaster pistol!

[Ghost]

I like them, they're simple, simplicity is a good thing.

[Kham-Ryn Kurios]

CSS

is

The Custom Saber Shop.

[imperialknight23]

CSS

is

The Custom Saber Shop.

sometimes it's abbreviated TCSS like on the catalyst product page

[darth tratus]

very nice saber. i like your collection 

[Dettam]

Thanks. So CSS is kinda the standard? I screwed around on their site but their prices seemed way high.
So in response to your question, Kham-Ryn Kurios, everything pictured is from ultraSabers or made by me on a manual lathe like the one below:



I am just finishing a class to get my CNC certificate, so I made these at school. The blaster I'm working on is my final project for the CNC, the brass lightsaber was my final project on the manual lathe. So, it is a fun class.

[darth tratus]

thats very cool.

[Master Artorius Vidnyl]

I must admit some curiosity at your "Force Activated" ignition.  Any chance you'd explain this?  It intrigues me 

[Qui-Tom Helms]

Did you take the classes just to make the sabers, or was making the sabers secondary to getting the CNC certificate?

[grave13]

Yes. Need blasters for future bounty hunters ;p