Securing blade

[bitter idol]

I just ordered a sabertrio korvus, I noticed that the blade doesn't go down very far. Should I worry about it not securing tightly? Is there any tricka to make sure it sits super tight?

[half glacier]

As long as it has about an inch of depth and a screw to hold it in place it should be fine.

With that said I wouldn't go ham hitting things if it's shallow blade depth

[next star]

This^^^

+look to make sure you are tighening all retention screws. Then, something I had to learn is that there are "thin" and "thick" walled blades of the same 1" or 7/8" variety...so there could be a fraction of a difference in fit.

So make sure you are using the correct size blade first, and if it's not the right fit, you can lightly sand the base to make it a tad smaller or add some very thin tape to make it a little larger. Haven't had to do wither yet, so cross fingers you should be fine with the right size blade.

[jolly hinge]

btw, thin and thick wall doesn't have anything to do with the fit. it's just about how thick the wall of the blade is for durability, flexibility, and weight

[next star]

My thick walled 7/8 is just slightly too big to fit in my 89, and the thin walled slides right in, so I had to sand the thick walled just a hair....so just saying it does matter some times.

[jolly hinge]

korvus has 1.1" of blade depth, much more if you remove the crystal chamber. if you want to heavy duel, then make sure you remove the chamber portion

[jolly hinge]

same manufacturer?

[next star]

yeah

[half glacier]

I think what he's saying is sometimes in the manufacturing process, thin wall vs thick wall can have slightly differing OD measurements

[next star]

yeah, just slightly...enough to lightly sand

[jolly hinge]

interesting. certainly not supposed to be like that but i can see how that might happen

[next star]

it's not, and I could have just said "all blades" might need that same little TLC lol

[half glacier]

You also have to consider that not all 1" emitters are the same. My 1" blade fits perfectly in most sf emitters, but is super tight in my KR Leia

[jolly hinge]

of course. but if OP just ordered it from S3, he's probably got a blade from them too, and it wouldn't make much sense to sell a blade that doesn't fit well in the saber you manufacture.

my comment was just directed at the impression of thin vs thick wall might have different fits

i vaguely remember a number like 4-5" of blade depth in the Korvus with the chamber removed @bitter idol

you will be just fine.

[half glacier]

I don't think that was the OPs main concern. Their concern was that the insert depth wasn't very deep.

[jolly hinge]

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[jolly hinge]

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[jolly hinge]

mate, i wasn't the one who brought the fit up lol

i was bringing the topic back to his concern

[bitter idol]

Thank you all, very excited for it to arrive. As for the blade I actually didn't get the sabertrio one, I got a v4 quantum thick wall blade 1in from the custom saber shop.

[next star]

Thanks. Sorry if we kinda went into water cooler mode! I take the blame.

[bitter idol]

Haha it's ok, actually learned alot and need all the help I can get lol

My next thing to figure out is proffie. Want to find a soundfont with cool start up affect and some minor blade blur but with more normal lightsaber sounds.