Making a 3D-Printed Sith Lightsaber Kit!
We’re thrilled to unveil a new 3D printed project from Sean Charlesworth! Sean was inspired to design and print his own Star Wars-inspired lightsaber, but with his own twist: this Sith model is a cutaway design that shows the internal construction of the hilt. Sean discusses how he came up with this design and how he used the Formlabs Form 2 printer fabricate it. Plus, the design files are free for anyone to download!
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Good God, Sean. Your work is so meticulous. Such tiny little details, and so well polished… Truly gorgeous stuff.
Only the top “fins” made me a little concerned because it looks like they could break off rather easily. I’d make them a bit thicker at the base, like a long pyramid or however that form is called.
Still, super duper neat.
No need, they’re actually really strong. Glad you like it!
How long have you spent working on this ? I have just about finished my own 3d printed respberry pi handheld device and I have worked on it for almost two months. It is my first big 3d printed project on a new flashforge dreamer so a lot of time was working out the best way to print parts, but it is simple compared to this.
I think I work slow, but I was really proud of myself for finishing this in about a month and a half. The Ghost Trap took me about 3 months, the Ocotopod took 8 months. You’ll get faster the more you do!
I hear you can make a pretty penny printing out rugged sex toys from these…. just saying 😉
Yes I am understanding how things work more every day.
as you can see
http://imgur.com/a/9Rvfd
and this was from today.
http://i.imgur.com/xEHlAdi.jpg
Nice! Also, designing things that must fit other parts and together can be much harder and time-consuming than prints that are more ‘sculptural’ – not that insanely detailed sculpts aren’t awesome AND time consuming.
My print it and see what does not work method is not good on filament, but is how I have got this far.
Ha! Someone actually did it. Thanks Trym!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCwJCeTfxjY
awesome work. Had a 3d printer for about 5 years now and after seeing this I think its time for an upgrade.
How much resin was used on this project.
Excellent job, designing something cool is one thing but designing something that’s also functional takes a good bit of time and know how
Such a beautiful thing! you push 3D working that far!
gorgeous piece, makes me want to switch to a Formslabs. I’m sure this would have come out 100x better with resin https://www.instagram.com/p/BJOtvB7jLDr/
Norman mentioned that you’ll be making the files available, where can I find them?
Thanks!
Anyone interested in how the original Star Wars lightsaber came to be should check out the prop maker Roger Christian’s new book ‘Cinema Alchemist: Designing Star Wars and Alien’. A fascinating read!
that is genuinely wonderful! Thanks for making and sharing!
silly me, I found the link to the files.
Awesome!!! I printed the first one. I will try this one some day
( I tried to upload a picture, but there was an error…
Fantastic Work Sean !
Can you post a new link to the files, I finally got a printer and i am dying to built this amazing kit.
anyone have the files or know a new location? really would like to try it.