Greetings everyone!
It's been a while since I posted a large build here, so I thought I'd pop in and post where I am at with my Russrep V2 conversion. This one isn't finished yet, but I usually don't have them complete when I post here anyway. This will be a springloaded chamber reveal based on the recent Russrep V2 run.
This one is being done concurrently with my 2013/2014 commission, so it might get put on hold here and there while I work on that, and vice versa.
So here are the specs:
Slothfurnace Epic Revealâ„¢ ROTJ Luke V2
Plecter Labs Crystal Focus for LED Strings
Seriallel LED String
Russrep V2 Blank
Springloaded crystal chamber featuring green quartz
2x 18350 Li-Ion Pack
Custom machined locking tailcap
TCSS Bladed and Non-Bladed display emitter heads
Here's the crystal I will probably use. A green Quartz,, one I picked out of a stack I got in the other day.
Here I am drilling out the pommel in preparation for boring it out to fit the CFLS.
Note that there was enough room to still retain the threads, though I might ditch those soon anyway in favor of more customized internal frame.
Here I am milling the bolt recesses in my chamber retainer plate. This plate will keep the grip and emitter from flying off the chamber under spring pressure.
The angle matches the internal angle I machined into the stock clamp section after I did away with that set of threads. I also bored out the grip section a lot, and polished it so the reveal would be smooth.
The chamber will be machined and milled out from this solid rod, there's a step at the end of the rod that stops at the retainer plate.
So yeah, imagine some kind of milled chamber there where the rod is.
Will have some time today to machine on this, but I wanted to get some ideas down first.
More to come shortly!