by Tomaskom_cz

A collapsing lightsaber, model Darth Maul, based on 3DPRINTINGWORLD's original idea. The hilt is designed from scratch, but the blade can be re-used. Designed using FreeCAD, the project file as well as my own FreeCAD template are included.

There are two variants of the hilt - with buttons separated and one complete (in case you want to eg. colour it yourself).
Either way, you will need 2x body, 2x latch, 1x the two-sided cap, [if you print separated - 2x the back button, 4x the grated one] and 2x full blade .

You will need to bridge the bottom of the cap and print some 70° overhangs in the model, but with any half-decent cooling it should be no problem.
Even for the variant with buttons separated, I suggest not printing the body using material change but simply colour the appropriate bands using a permanent black marker (with a sticky tape delimiting the edges of the black part), or any other method you deem fit.

Due to it's two-sided nature, I had to implement a latch mechanism to keep the blades from extending unless desired. Otherwise it's quite impossible to just carry it without extending. I suggest to print the latch from PETG (transparent looks good) to get better layer adhesion, it has a bit higher risk of breaking with PLA (but still works).