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Best DIY hilt?

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Best DIY hilt? 1 year 4 months ago #6530

Xabvosx Offline New Member Posts: 9	I've decided to make my own saber, and Saberforge seens to have the best looking, most durable hilts around. Right now I'm leaning towards the Acolyte. Is this a good choice or are there easier hilts to get into and install stuff, and that have more room inside? Does anybody have suggestions?
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Best DIY hilt? 1 year 4 months ago #6533

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SF hilts have slight smaller inner diameters than one from the Custom Saber Shop (where most people buy their DIY saber parts), but their Apprentice hilts (like the acolyte) are much smaller, making them a bit more difficult to fit stuff in. A lot of people have bought acolytes lately, so maybe one of them can give you some exact measurements.
If you just want an empty hilt, I'd see if you could get one off of etsy, so you only have to wait a week or two instead of 8 to 10, although the only hilts with that option are the new preorder ones.

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Best DIY hilt? 1 year 4 months ago #6543

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I would not recommend apprentice hilts for your first DIY project. Those hilts are 2 pieces: the pommel and the rest of the hilt.

You'll be better off with a hilt that is more accessible. Also, I dunno what features you're looking to have but if you just want a stunt, it's probably going to cost you less to buy a warrior than to buy internals and install it yourself.

But yeah, apprentice sabers are very thin and not as easy to access. Just about anything will be easier to get into and have more room inside.

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Best DIY hilt? 1 year 4 months ago #6546

MystByte Offline User is blocked There is no Dark Side, nor a Light Side, There Is Only The Force Posts: 442 Thank you received: 62	Yea apprentice hilts don't have much room on the inside! I would agree with Miraluka on getting a bigger hilt, or make your own with parts from TCSS! http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/mhsbuilder/mhsbuilder.php
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Best DIY hilt? 1 year 4 months ago #6551

Darth Revan Offline User is blocked I am Revan Reborn, and before me you are nothing! Posts: 420 Thank you received: 99	OH MA GOD! That tool is amazing! I mean, I could create my own saber! I'm just not sure I'd be ok with doing all the electronics by myself and all but hey, that's amazing! I'm saving that link! I might be the one asking 20000+ questions soon!
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Best DIY hilt? 1 year 4 months ago #6554

Darth Revan Offline User is blocked I am Revan Reborn, and before me you are nothing! Posts: 420 Thank you received: 99	With SOUND!!!
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Best DIY hilt? 1 year 4 months ago #6556

Xabvosx Offline New Member Posts: 9	I really shouldve put what parts im using lol. I plan on putting in a Prizm sound module V3.5 and Luxeon tri-rebel RGB LED for 6 sound fonts and color mixing (so basically im making a hero tier saber)
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Best DIY hilt? 1 year 4 months ago #6558

Xabvosx Offline New Member Posts: 9	evilpancreas wrote: That sounds very much do-able. If you want really nice color mixing I'd highly recommend using a color extender as well, but that'll require a bit more effort to get it to work. Also use a Royal Blue/Red/Green LED for color mixing to get the best results. I'll definitley try that, thanks for the info!
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Best DIY hilt? 10 months 3 weeks ago #18962

Cghinds Offline Junior Member Posts: 23 Thank you received: 1	I just rewired a Venomous Fury it wasn't to bad
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Best DIY hilt? 10 months 3 weeks ago #18979

ThylacineWings Offline New Member Posts: 17 Thank you received: 3	Cghinds wrote: I just rewired a Venomous Fury it wasn't to bad Did you take pics of the process?
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