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ryanlb
05-31-2006, 09:35 PM
I have a newly acquired Darth Sidious hilt, I bought it from someone on fx-sabers.com, who I believe said it was a sithplanet saber.
Anyway, when offering it, he said it was EL ready, and looking at it now it has a 3/4" ID. I'm wondering if it would be possible to use a Luxeon kit with it. I notice that the PC tubes sold here for LEDs sabers are 1" OD, vs the 3/4" of the El tubes. Can I use the smaller tube with the LED? And if not, why?

Thanks,
Ryan

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ryanlb
05-31-2006, 09:43 PM
I promise I looked through the forums and did not find something that looked like what I was looking for...untill I submited my post. I found a thread that answers the blade question, but the inner dia. of the entire hilt is only 3/4" - will the LED electronics still fit?

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xwingband
05-31-2006, 09:55 PM
Is the hole for the electronics only 3/4"? That's enough for an LED but you'd have to work something out for the batteries if that's all. I suspect there is more room though because a 9V is larger than that.

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ryanlb
06-01-2006, 03:20 PM
Batteries! I forgot about batteries. It really looks to me like the hilt was built around a 3/4" copper pipe, so there doesn't look to be room for a 9V inside. I haven't figured out if the hilt can be disassembled, I'll have to look into it more. I also realized that there's nothing that could be used to hold the LED in the hilt either. I think for now due to laziness and buget constraints I'll probably just get a stunt blade from randomsabers.com, until such time as I have more time to spend on this.
Thanks!

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987654321a
06-01-2006, 04:38 PM
can u show us a pic?

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the_steve
06-01-2006, 04:46 PM
I've managed to get everything into a 1" tube, but 3/4..... Maybe if you used a 1 watt LED in emitter form, with just a tiny little heatsink on the back of it, and use a single Li-ion 3.6v battery to power it?

phat lewt=kash munni

xwingband
06-01-2006, 04:52 PM
Yeah a li-ion would probably be a good bet. You could also use one of those camera batteries that are above 3V assuming you're doing red. For a heatsink you'd be using the tube itself. Get a 3/4" disk and that will be your mount and it will tranfer the heat to the tube.

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the_steve
06-01-2006, 04:57 PM
Yay, another space problem solved. I should try that sometime.

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ryanlb
06-03-2006, 01:39 PM
Thanks for the ideas. I was bidding on a 1W LED blade on ebay and the seller indicated it could be upgraded to a 3W and that gave me the idea to use the 1W in the Sidious hilt. But I lost it.

As for using the tube for a heat sink - how much heat does a 1W generate? The hilt is a plastic one built around a copper pipe, which I'm not even certain extents the length of the hilt. Should I be worried about the pipe getting hot enough to soften the plastic?

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http://ryanlb.com/images/starwars/images/sidious-hilt-2.jpg
http://ryanlb.com/images/starwars/images/sidious-hilt-3.jpg

Deminsions:
Emitter ID - 3/4"
It looks like there is a seam of some kind inside the hilt, it appears to me that the copper tubing is only 3 1/2" long inside the hilt.
Hilt total inner length - 8"

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ryanlb
12-07-2006, 05:42 PM
For sale.

xwingband
12-07-2006, 05:51 PM
That hilt? for sale???

If it is I call dibs! :D

EDIT: Not sure why that post escaped comment though. Beautiful hilt. A 1W barely put out any heat. An aluminum disk is almost enough.

ryanlb
12-07-2006, 06:22 PM
Yes, the hilt was for sale, but Xwing snapped it up before the ink was dry on the post.
That about ends the useful life of this thread.

james3
12-07-2006, 06:44 PM
Son of a.....
Why the HECK didn't we see these pics before and why the HECK didn't I see this hilt before xwing! Dang lucky DAWG! :P

xwingband
12-07-2006, 06:48 PM
Merry Christmas to me!!!! :D

I've been looking at resin versions too. I'd been monitoring an ebay auction for another saber, but this is more to my liking and cheaper.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO! Sorry James, but it's mine. :P

ryanlb
12-07-2006, 10:11 PM
Wait, cheaper? In that case, I'm going to need a little extra from you, Xwing.

And if I'd have know there would be this much demand I would have run it as an auction. Darn.

xwingband
12-07-2006, 10:15 PM
Cheaper than what I was looking at. I was monitoring the Larbel Maul on ebay. Last I checked it was up to about $110 with plenty of time. I was going to go for it if it stayed in the $200-250 range.

Resin versions are cheaper than what you are having me pay, but not painted or the possiblity of blade/light up. Good deal though. I'll make use of it.

Ryma Mara
12-20-2006, 02:48 PM
I know the topic is old and all but I was wandering where one can get a palp hilt that is "blade usable".

xwingband
12-20-2006, 03:34 PM
I know the topic is old and all but I was wandering where one can get a palp hilt that is "blade usable".

Beats me... that's why I bought that sucker off ryanlb.

Someone was making them at some point because I've seen some sithplanet EL's. He never made the hilts though...