Wow Rev! I can't believe you drilled that big hole out of a blank chassis disk with a Dremmel. That wasn't easy. How did you clamp that sucker down? And why didn't you use a drill press?
Did you cut out that handle for the reveal with a mill?
haha! you're totally right dude that took a hella long time lol! It's just a thing i have- i hate drilling the chassis discs out with the larger bits... it's INSANELY difficult. and it just scares the crap out of me lol! I've seen bits snap, i've seen pieces come violently out of their rigging on the deck of the press, etc... he he, CVB can vouch for that i almost ended up with a drill bit and fragments from one of his extension in my face lol. but god willing i'll never see a large bit, like 1/2" or up, break that way lol, i'd probably have a hard time building up the courage to ever use a drill press again.
the discs are just super hard to drill out large unless you have a more pro set up. it's totally doable I've done it, and actually i pretty much always start my dremel holes with the drill to give me a good shape, like i'll get that size bit started at least just so i can use that as a guide while i go, and i'll keep hitting it with the drill as i progress as need be. it's just cause the larger holes take up almost all of the space on the disc, leaving only a ring, it's a nightmare all around. securing it is hard cause usually the vice alone won't cut it for this. and theres not a lot of room for clamping. and those big bits drill a lot differently than the small ones, like the feel, action i mean. way more extreme forces involved, i mean considering the size of the piece, it's more like milling the majority of the piece away lol...
i dunno, sorry for the ramble man- just kinda thinking out loud in response to the question- it's a tough one to answer, i'm kinda still working on that- i'm still learning ways of working all the holes into things and stuff- atm i haven't quite mastered the huge hole little piece thing yet lol!
THANKS EVERYONE!! shoot, i didn't think anyone would really even notice/ care about this haha! that's awesome, i'm glad you guys like this stuff too!! this stuff is probably my fav part of saber craft, i dunno why but i just find it fascinating and amazing all the way along, from the discovering/ making parts to the mechanics of it and everything- i wanna start putting stuff like this in my ultrasabers, i can't wait
. that's been my goal for a long time now, i think i'm almost ready to give it a shot. and i see you guys mostly all knew about these little gems already eh?! haha! maybe you did before i did even lol? what other things are you holding out on?!
haha, no but seriously, i'm always looking for great bits and bobs- if anybody knows of/ finds any please feel free to drop them here! that would be sweet, i love discovering new things to try and collect for saber guts.
And . . . . . I'll just add my WOW's to everyone else's wow's, lol . . . +1
i'm glad you like it buddy lol... cause this is yours
. this is part of that little 'thing' i'm sending with the scorp. it's not actually gonna be in a full on saber- more like a saber'ish sort of chunk, like a stray section of a saber type thing. think like my holocron boxes type thing, only, well, this instead haha! there will be a bobble involved as well. we'll see how this goes, but in a perfect world the crystal rgb's will be on micro slider switches... almost reminiscent of your famous dip switch colour changers you might say
... so you can set the colour mix that way, plus i'm hoping to get some other cool lighting fx in this thing, and have those and the motor on their own switch too. wanna make a cutout or otherwise expose the gear box on the motor as well- that'll depend where it ends up sitting exactly but that's the idea.
