Lightsaber

The other extraordinary thing that Jordan did in the second week of Jedi Academy was to build his own lightsaber. Is this the coolest camp you have ever heard of in your life, or what? Jordan's is an amazing piece of work. Only the light tube is prefabricated; he built the handle, the switch, and the circuitry inside it from scratch, right down to soldering the electrical connections. They used saws, a soldering iron, a heat gun, and various other serious equipment. He is extremely proud.

He uses it to give lightsaber lessons to Aaron. One of them has to use a pool noodle instead of the real thing. (They had decided to dress identically that day.)

Of course, because Jordan built the lightsaber himself, he knows exactly how it all goes together. Aaron wanted to know too so Jordan sat down to explain it to him.

Here is a closeup of his diagram:

Overall we think this was a heck of a way to spend two weeks of summer!