Lightsaber update

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Well I finally got most of the parts to begin building my first LED lightsaber.  I got the basic hilt pretty much done.  I still have some more cutting and some drilling/tapping of some screws.  I also have to customize the hilt with some parts and craft foam.

After an hour of soldering I got all the electronics done.  I did buy the wrong switch, but it still works with my design.

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2281/lightsaber0019ca.jpg

I put a 3W luxeon LED in the hilt.  It's very powerful and is very bright at night.  I still have some more work to do so I will keep the updates coming.

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/1433/lightsaber0026ie.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3899/lightsaber0038mq.jpg

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Dude........thats freekin wicked!!
i saw the link you had posted to the site telling you how to build one yer self (at least i think it was you)
awesome freekin job.....

my friend got one (demo model) for $130 at FutureShop it was the last Anakin one and they let him buy it but he took it back cause it was scratched up and figured for $30 more bucks he could get a new one...took the old back and they had no others left!! (LOL)
now he wants me to order one from LucasArts.....
i told him about what yer doin but he didnt seem interested??

we went to the mall on the weekend and you can still get em at Toys R Us for like $159.99 cdn......which is so freekin expensive.....but even um tempted to get one!!

will the one yer makin have the audio noises as well? or is that possible? if it is.....i hope it all werks out man cause what you have so far is retardedly awesome!!

peas
cityboy
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great job, man. I've got one of the Master Replicas Darth Vader sabers. I see in your shots you have some Star Wars figs on the desk. You a full blown collector? I just got some pics of my collection up on Rebelscum.com. Again, great work. Looking forward to seeing the completed job!

Check out my collection! Link
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
WHOLLY FREEKIN CRAP DUDE!!!

have you seen RPGFX's collection.....its big enough to make ol george himself jealous....
wow man you got a mad collection...have you just started (probably a stoopid question) or have you had some of these since yer childhood?

i still cant believe you have that much Starwars stuff.....the shelving is wicked too, comics and all...

i dont have one single piece of of Starwars stuff.....plus i would have no place for it anyway
i have a recording studio in my second bedroom....and somethin tells me asking the wife to get a new house with 3 bedrooms so i can start a Starwars collection is probably goin to get me killed (LOL)


anyway awesome job on the collection!!

peas
cityboy
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks dj. I started collecting in '95 when Kenner/Hasbro started releasing figures again. I have just about everything they've made since then... the only line I don't collect entirely is the 12" figures. I have about 40 of them in the bin under my fooseball table, but that's not even half of what they've made. As far as the 4" scale stuff, I'm only missing a few things. I don't have any of the original stuff (1977-1985), but they've remade everything from that line, and many, many more as you can see. I love Star Wars.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You a full blown collector? I just got some pics of my collection up on Rebelscum.com. Again, great work. Looking forward to seeing the completed job!

Awesome collection.  I don't collect a lot of things just because I don't have the room for it.  However I do like to "decorate" with some Star Wars things.

I was going to buy a MR lightsaber like you guys are talking about, but they are not good for dueling.  Also, those MR's are EL blades and LED is much brighter.  However, mine does not have the sound like those, but I can add it if I wanted.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OMG...Geek-Central....
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Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey Jafo...I'm a geek, and I'm proud of it.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You got that right. 

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a Jedi

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2 of the crew on Survivor are Jedi Knights...they were in Attack of the Crones....
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have a bad feeling about this...
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
..me too
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Im stuck. In one hand I want one, on the other hand I keep thinking of the 40 Year Old Virgin.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Come on NT.  Feel the force.

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
THANX TO WIZOP FOR MAKIN MY DAY!!!

oh my god that video was nutso.....
um speechless..holy friggin crap!!
those dudes are cool!
lol lol

peas
cityboy
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
heh...... I'm thinkin' you should have spent your money on some new furniture.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

heh...... I'm thinkin' you should have spent your money on some new furniture.

That chair sucks.  I won't spend another dime on one of those chairs again.  It stays where it is until it competely falls apart.

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah, I've seen that video. That is incredible.

Im stuck. In one hand I want one, on the other hand I keep thinking of the 40 Year Old Virgin.


Well, as long as you've already... heh em.. done it... heh em. Then you don't need to worry about having a little old lightsaber. I've got a wife and a son, so I have proof. Plus, I'm only 32.
Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm pretty much done with it.  I will post pictures when I can.