Real hovering Star Wars Jedi Lightsaber training remote

www.hovercollections.com I Made this out of a floating globe and various parts around the house as a prototype.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Star
• Wars
• Floating
• Hovering
• Jedi
• Lightsaber
• Training
• Remote.

[werknummer01]

Trent what did you use for the caps inside the larger holes. I'm not a saber swinger so I'm not sure on the terms. Looks like a plastic cap of some sort. Im gonna bash one. thanks!!

[troopertrent]

@werknummer01

LOL, they were actually the caps from the little bottles of bubbles you give away at weddings. had a couple around the house when I was trying to find something the right size. You can pick them up at walmart in the wedding section. 24 of them for $3.00 You need 8. Just pull the cap off, pull the stem/loop off the cap, snip off the tab on the side with an exacto knife, and punch through the center with a dremel cone sander until the hole is the right size.

[troopertrent]

there is a small lip on the cap so if you trace around the cap on the sphere and dremel just on the inside of your trace line, the cap will snap in perfectly and you don't have to worry about it falling in.

[luigginacho]

Congratulations for discovering magents, NOT.

[troopertrent]

@luigginacho

...uh...thanks?

what are magents?

[rennarda]

a Death Star one would be very cool….

[troopertrent]

@rennarda Wink Wink! Nudge Nudge! In the Works!

[troopertrent]

@lamtsite Bland? you actually took the energy to post a comment with the sole purpose of complaining that the music was NOT BLAND enough for you?

Oh my God, I think my brain just blue-screened.

[42gamemaster]

if u lived in england and whent to the science museum and brought the floating globe the stand that makes it float looks realy futuristic

[Sethski]

@troopertrent Nicely done! The idea occurred to me when I saw uber-expensive kits/replicas of the training remote. You've made a really decent comparable replica with talent, work and imagination that doesn't cost silly money and floats like the 'real' thing (c;

Would love to see it with a lightweight led and button battery set up with occasionally blinking lights or the Death Star version mentioned with some fibre-optic cables and LED inside, which (I guess) would also be lightweight enough.

[taylorjaymz]

Will u sell it?

[jona181504]

what is the name of the song? >.<

[taylorjaymz]

Holy crap that is beast! Dude u need to make a whole bunch of differentt ones and sell them on eBay! I would buy 1 of every single one! Death star droid starfighter tiefifhter all!

[nicoleeashlee]

dude i would pay a generous sum of money for one of these bad boys, i'd prefer a death star but hey i'm not picky

[sharkeyj07]

@troopertrent willing to pay $30-$40 + shipment to the UK :) prefer death star though :D

[AceKylar]

Ball to you!

[andrewds98]

@troopertrent nice, beasty boys kick ass

[chiuchiutrain78]

I love the craftmanship on that design. How long did it take you? Are they both going to be on sale? I would love that for an office display.