Spark-gap reveal saber?

[profezzorn]

Has anybody tried putting in one of these inside or instead of a crystal chamber?

(Just one of them, not seven...)

[profezzorn]

Maybe hooked up to one of these:
Vintage WWII Collectible Sylvania Radar TR Spark Gap Tube CHS-721A NEW OLD STOCK

[Whosle]

Soooo a tesla coil saber?

  How (im)perfect of a vacuum can a  blade tube take?

 I thought piezo-electric would be cool if it could be constant/regular.

 Those things are scary, I had seen them online for real cheap. Since most quartz isn't a great conductor, the bolts would probably dance across its surface if it was between the electrodes.

Are you familiar with Laserhacker.com? Another mad scientist with some novel stuff.

[profezzorn]

Maybe a pod coupling saber? :)

[profezzorn]

It occurs to me that with one of these things in the hilt, you don't really need a sound card anymore.
(You wouldn't hear it anyways...)

However, you could put two electrodes in a glass tube and have the sparks happen inside the glass tube.
The bottom electrode could be attached to a spring which makes the distance between the electrodes change as you swing the saber, varying the sound....

[EXAR KUN]

Wow that's so cool. Very interesting... especially how loud he says it is... crazy.

[KingOfDathomir]

Or a Tesla-blade with UNLIMITED POWWWAAAA!!! Or just a few hundred electrical synapses lining the inside of said blade... Probably dangerous (but grabs soldering kit anyways)...