Oh, yes. Scratch is a crowd favorite. Have you met Dash and Dot yet? They are my favorite programming game/toys… So far. 
Those are cool. Hes a bit advanced for those, hes 12, but they look fun to get the coding bug going in kids!!
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The kids who come in the lab don’t use them much, either, but I think they’re a blast. 
(Most of our students want to disassemble them and see what else they could make…)
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I thought of doing the exact same thing - I actually took my fiance last Friday while it was slow so we could stroll around leisurely. Thought it would be a great idea. would have to laser print and design a mysterious box to enhance the magical effects lol
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Wow!
Love the custom crafting there! A themed gift - unique, one of a kind.
The satisfaction of watching your project manifest is food for the soul.
Not in the same class, or nearly as elaborate but I was almost as giddy as she was when I hung this on my wall.
Not a sword, at least not on this planet. Surprised the Romans didn’t come up with a double ended, over-under weapon…
Even adults shouldn’t play with this, I bled three times just making it.
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Yeah, beer, power tools and a 48" shiny sharp pointed thing.
Had it in the vise to wrap the handles and had to put a bucket over each end so as not to impale myself moving around.
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Awesome,
Very nice work, Worf would be proud
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Beat me to it.
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majQa’
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Wow! That is really, and literally…fantastic…and quite beautiful
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So good!
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Holy wow!
I’ve been telling the teachers whichever kid shows up for weaponry and declares they MUST create a bat’leth will immediately win my undying love.
I’m totally showing them these pics.
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Stunning!
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Do you know what the cool thing is about these pictures? especially the first one? it looks like there’s room on that sheet for you to make another one! HOW MUCH!?
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By design. 
My Son, a metallurgical and materials engineer immediately laid claim to the next iteration!
The problem is it’s all freehand, and my lightweight plasma cutter is painfully slow, operating at the top end of it’s duty cycle on material thicker than it is designed for. (1/4")
Funny thing is, he owns a CNC GoTorch coupled to a Hypertherm Powermax 45 Plasma that will easily cut 1/2".
My avitar, a lifesize likeness of Frank Zappa in 16 guage he cut in about 15 seconds. With his rig (I’m in Denver, he is in Nashville) I could do them at a good price. Took the better part of a day for me to cut that thing out. Grinding the edge took even longer. That was an education.
I learned the cut marks left by the grinding disc have to be contiguous to show an unbroken sheen. (remember freehand) No matter how hard I tried to achieve the same alignment, whenever the grinder was lifted off the edge, beginning again presented a misalignment that was glaringly obvious in the way light reflected off of it leaving a distinct light/dark line. That’s 48 inches of edge per side where the grind must register perfectly.
It was the first time I ever had to grind with 10x magnification and have my face two inches from the interface of the tool and material! Slow going but I finally nailed it. As you tip it, he reflection from the edge slides unbroken from end to end. Perfect. Now the other side…
The next issue is shipping. It will require a sturdy plywood crate so it doesn’t kill anyone as it’s thrown around in transit.
Hacking it out by hand is cost prohibitive.
To offer a reasonable price, I would need to buy a 4’x8’ sheet and have their production shop blow out the blanks for me to finish - OR spend the $1600 for a real plasma cutter and $2500 for the GoTorch… which is next.
I’m flattered, but unless you are set with about $600 of disposable income, you would want to wait for my shop upgrades. 
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#BarnstormersLament #FistBump
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Story of my life… 
How can I manage to do that, with this?
Very slowly 
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Really Kahless worthy.
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