blade plug customizations show them off ( pic heavy)

[Obese Wan Kenobese]

Pipe coupler. Cheap toy crystal. Glue. PVC to reach LED module for holding it in place when in use. 7 dollars all together.

[RevanReborn]

Very cool!  Love economy/ found parts builds- it's amazing what can be created, case in point .  Point.

[Bulvoy]

Thats a cool idea, Looks great

[Bulvoy]

another easy  spare parts laying around plug,  a wheel from a dremel polishing kit, it came with a few, and a simple pen tip from my jar ,  i kept thinking turbine from a jet plane lol.  all i did was epoxy the pen tip to the center and then twist the wheel into the plug, hot glued it down from the other end
Like i did before i dripped glue from a glue gun into the plug and swirled it around, sort of a Melted effect, very hard to catch a good angle to see on camera, so i pulled away from the emitter so you could see better. it looks cool in i think, anyways thought id share,  If you are curious which saber this is in,  it is  my Menace custom i did here on page 2.
http://www.saberforum.com/index.php?topic=30027.0
 Menace Plug, group by bulvoy, on Flickr
                          Melted Effect
melted effect by bulvoy, on Flickr
                          PARTS
dremmel wheel, pen tip by bulvoy, on Flickr

[Giglamesh]

Bulvoy- this is why I'm still giving you points! Prob goona totally steal this idea because ilthis was one of the details that stuck out most to me. (After leather and etched emmiter end) never messed with epoxy what kid you use to glue pen cap to the dremmeled wheel? Could you fill the blade tip with epoxy instead of melted glue gun? (Saw others using epoxy to fill plug and I'm curious)

[RevanReborn]

Aweome plug Bulvoy!  Reminds me of the razor head plugs I so love, but yet with a diff twist- very nice .

[Ginsu117]

Holy extreme crystal plug, Luminousbeing!!  Point . 

I hadn't seen this thread until now, oops, lol if I had know I woulda just thrown mine here instead of posting them on their own.  My first attempt- looking fo

What parts did you use for this?

[RevanReborn]

Hey Ginsu

Ready for a laugh lol?  I Used one of three electric razor heads that I ripped from my only electric razor, which I miss dearly lol, never found another one that does the job as well- used the actual brass blade part that spins around inside the guard/ cage, and also that cage itself- plus a little watch battery, and a tiny bit of black wire.  Used the dremel with cutting heads, stones, and a file to seat the parts down inside flush (took longer than I thought), used dremel to recess the centre of the razor guard/ cage so the battery would sit nicely (upside down) in the center, then epoxied it in place.  Fit some wire to around it all to give nice edge and almost like a coil type look or something... I dunno but it just kinda seemed right lol. 



Before I knew about this thread I actually made a post for those plugs that shows way more pics and I think I described process better too (didn't wanna spam up this thread too much when posted originally).  But this post would be WAY back there lol and I can't even remember exactly what it's called- My first custom blade plug I think.  The 'Aluminum Black Detailing!' post is around page 19 ATM I believe, prob back near that one, and actually there might be other pics there too.

[Giglamesh]

I was starring at that copper piece for lime 2 hours trying to figure out what it was cause I'm looking to make three custom saber plug (my first plug period) for my Renegade yours and bulvoy's seemed beautiful as well as doable, just couldn't figure out what copper piece was on yours. xD

[RevanReborn]

Nice!

Haha, yeah that'd be tough to figure out!  Not all newer razors have that style blade- but a lot of older ones do.  I bet if you could find somebody who had an older one kick'n around, or checked a second hand shop maybe? 

[Bulvoy]

Always like yours Raven looks killer in C green.
     Giglamesh it's spring going into summer perhaps hit some yard sales etc by some cheap power tools take them apart  prolly even find older electric razors. I have some parts from an old blender for my next one LOL. There is all kinds of parts, capacitors stuff like that ya can use, Which are low cost. Limits are only set by your own imagination.

[Giglamesh]

I'm still new to this so I might have to try some stuff like that, why I been asking g adojnd and takin so much advice to help me with stuff. Been doing good so far, but haven't messed with doing electronics either.

[RevanReborn]

Thanks Gilgamesh and Bulvoy!

Yeah that's totally a good call- didn't think of yard sales!  Think I better make the rounds this year for parts.  got a scratch build I wanna get moving on, but missing one or two bits lol so can nail that bird while I'm at it... Plus something tells me this is the year my ac dies, so here's hoping I can make it a hat trick .

[Maldracai]

What would you guys recommend as a good replacement for a blade plug tube?

[Obese Wan Kenobese]

Acrylic tubes might be ok. PVC pipe. Brass or aluminum pipe. Anything that can hold the LED module in place safely.