Eirene

Eirene was the goddess of peace (eirênê) and of the season of spring (eiar, eiarinos). Late spring was the usual campaign season in Greece when peace was most at risk. Eirene was one of three Horai, goddesses of the seasons and the keepers of the gates of heaven.

Eirene was part of contest on the FX-Sabers forum, known as the Alliance saber. The winning design was voted on and was to to brought to life by Acerocket of Orbital Machining.

It was sold as a bare metal hilt to be assembled by a sabersmith of your choice. I chose to do it my self. I powdercoated the main shroud in a glossy Black as well as the accent rings. The crystal is a color treated quartz crystal illuminated by a 5mm white led. The accent strip was done by a member of the FX-Sabers Forum and is back lit by a 5mm white led as well. Eirene is powered by the Novasound 3.0. It's an ok board. There are a couple things I'd like to see fixed on it. It overheats when using a Luxeon 3 led with 7.2 volts and there is a click in the hum cycle. For the price it's not bad but these issues need to be addressed. I do like the fact that it doesn't require an auxiliary switch for the blaster blocks. The main led is an RGB P5 mixed to a shade of Blurple. Here are some pics. Enjoy:

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Nāga

Nāga is the Sanskrit and Pāli word for a deity or class of entity or being, taking the form of a very great snake, specifically the King Cobra.

This saber started off as an empty hilt I bought from Saberforge. I've always thought he had a great eye for design but his execution and insides left more to be desired. But, with a little TLC and turd polish I thought I could make this into a great stunt hilt.

Nāga features 3 AAA batteries, a Lux III Green LED, and a momentary Green AV switch with a Pololu board to convert it to a latching switch. I powdercoated it in Black Chrome and Glossy Black. I custom machined the pommel and milled the windows into the blade holder. It also features a "Bone" style grip, which was made by my wife Aurora. The saber is a stunt saber with no sound.

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New Stuffs

So, I lost my job recently. Sucks. The upside is I have a bunch of projects and plenty of time now. I got on a couple of saber runs last year that I haven't really had the time or the energy to complete. Now that I have the time, I'm trying to light a fire under my ass to be productive and finally sit down and knock some shit out.

The Alliance saber:

This saber was designed by a member of the lightsaber forums I belong to and machined by AceRocket.
It came bare. So far it's been powdercoated and prepped for electronics. It'll soon rock a purple blade and crystal and be powered by the Asajj Ventress MR soundboard.

The "Bling Strip" was designed by me and made by Hon Rev of the FX-Saber Forums

The Viper:
This saber was made by Saberforge. He's got a great eye for design. I ordered this saber as an empty. I powdercoated in in chrome, milled the slots in the blade holder, and lathed the pommel. I also bored out the switch hole to house a lighted av switch. I plan on simulating a bone type grip for the body of the saber. It'll have no sound.

Hopefully they'll both be finished with lights and sound soon.

Orthrus

In Greek mythology, Orthrus was a two-headed dog and a doublet ("brother") of Cerberus.

Orthrus, is a double bladed saber in the fashion of Darth Maul and Savage Opress. It features a Lemon quartz crystal illuminated by 2 white leds. The blades are 3W RGB LEDS,which have been color mixed to Yellow and both powerd by a 3.7v li-ion battery. It is made from standard MHS parts from TCSS which I slightly altered on my lathe. The shrouds were designed by Aurora and are powdercoated in Black Chrome. The main bodies, crystal chamber and blade holders are powdercoated in a flat black. It is also rechargeable so you don't have to take it apart to swap out the batteries. The whole saber is about 20 inches long. It's a big ass saber! But, enough jibba' jabba'! You wanna see the pictures. Here ya go:

Thanks for lookin'!

Akhlys

Akhlys was the female spirit of the death-mist, the clouding over of the eyes preceding death. She was the personification of misery and sadness and may also have been the goddess of poisons.

Akhlys is the first saber I tried out my new lathe on. I knurled the grip and cut the accents into the hilt. The emitter was purchased from a dude on ebay. It was polished and powdercoated with a Low Gloss Black. There is a Crystal Chassis set up with Halon Chassis Disks, and a Citrine Crystal illuminated by a 5 mmRed led. Akhlys is powered by the Petit Crouton 1.2 with Novastar's EP. V sound font and 7.4v Li-ion batteries with a Red Lux III LED. It also features an illuminated Blue Ring AV switch and a recharge port in the control box.

First Cut on the New Lathe

Three day weekends rule! Finally had a chance to fire up the lathe and take my first step into a bigger world. After spending some time on some scrap pieces of metal, I finally got my lathe dialed in to making some decent cuts. It's made from parts from The Custom Saber Shop that I modified. The emitter is MHS compatible and was purchased from ebay. I put the grooves into the body of the saber and knurled the grip. I also powder coated it with a low gloss black, re-grooved it and polished it. All that's left is to wire it up and give it a name.

Custom emitter from ebay:

Control Box:

Knurled grips:

Happy New Gear II

Happy New Year!!
Yea, I know I haven't posted in a long time. I have my reasons and yes laziness is one of them. Good news is I got a job, which hasn't given me a lot of free time to go out into the shop and be creative. But, it has put some money in my pocket to get some new additions to the tool arsenal.....well, Christmas helped too. My family bought me a lathe and a mill! I've also been taking machining classes so I can make even more badass sabers.
I spent a good part of today cleaning off the grease and aligning the lathe and mill, assembling tool boxes, tool stands and an overall shop cleanup. I can't wait to actually start using this stuff!
Stay Tuned......

The Shop:

The Lathe:

The Mill:

The Bench: