Anakin Conversion? [Archive] - The Custom Saber Shop Forums

xwingband

06-04-2006, 01:05 PM

Follow the Anakin tutorial for disassembly and the Vader one for the electronics... The electronics are the same. The only problem is that without Tim's kit (which got delayed because of a mistake) you'll need to put a heatsink in it and modify the holder. There is a thread about that in this forum somewhere. I know I indexed it so you can find it through there.

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Gov. Tarkin

06-04-2006, 01:06 PM

So Tim IS making a kit for it then?

xwingband

06-04-2006, 01:09 PM

Yes, they were sent back. There was a mistake in the final drawings for the holder. A screw was drilled and tapped too big.[xx(]

He has already designed it, it's just in the process of getting made and stuff.

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Gov. Tarkin

06-04-2006, 01:14 PM

Great! I can't wait, I already have 5 that I need to convert.

xwingband

06-04-2006, 01:19 PM

Whoo... 5 is a quite a few there. At least you can mess up once with out being out of luck... not that it's all that difficult though.[:D]

Good luck at it when the kits are on sale.[:)]

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jhansen2000

06-11-2006, 12:38 PM

I am attempting my first conversion and I cannot seem to get the small "posts" near the emitter off without damaging them. The tutorial does not give instructions on how to get these off without damaging them. Does anyone have a good way of getting them off with out messing them up?

Thanks,
jhansen2000

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ryanlb

06-28-2006, 10:37 AM

Is there any estimation for when the Anakin kits will arrive?

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Do-Clo

06-28-2006, 10:52 AM

The anakin kits came in but they were not done right so they are being redone

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ryanlb

06-28-2006, 11:01 AM

Right, I was asking if there was any idea when they would be finished being redone.

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Strydur

06-28-2006, 02:04 PM

Should be up for sale around the time we reopen.

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Drewbacca

07-15-2006, 01:27 AM

When do you re-open?

Do-Clo

07-15-2006, 05:56 AM

Tim is open now just not everything has been updated yet.

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Drewbacca

07-15-2006, 11:37 AM

Yea I noticed that after some more reading, just forgot to edit this post. I'm totally impressed with what I've seen so far. This is top quality stuff.

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07-15-2006, 01:25 PM

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Darth Poo Head

07-15-2006, 03:08 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jhansen2000

I am attempting my first conversion and I cannot seem to get the small "posts" near the emitter off without damaging them. The tutorial does not give instructions on how to get these off without damaging them. Does anyone have a good way of getting them off with out messing them up?

Thanks,
jhansen2000

Do or do not! There is no try!
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If you mean the 4 little brass colored pins, a gentle pull with a pair of needle nose pliers will get them out and not damage them unless you just clamp down on them too hard.

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Lord Maul

07-16-2006, 10:32 PM

i'm just curious, are the pairs of the pins connected by the black base or do they come out seperatly

Do-Clo

07-17-2006, 05:42 AM

The pins are individual pieces and come out one at a time, the black section just holds the pins.

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Lord Maul

07-17-2006, 09:17 AM

so its not like the vader with the wires?

ti-el_terall

08-04-2006, 01:47 PM

Hi everyone Im new to posting on the forum and same with saber building. Iv been waiting for the anakin conversion kit to convert my Ani and in the mean time Iv been beating the heck out of the saber. I picked it up today and swung it and hit it against anouther saber when it suddenly stoped. It just turned off and wont work. Any help? I thought this would be the best place to post this.

xwingband

08-04-2006, 02:19 PM

Most likely you'll have to open it up. Something got loose be it the batteries or switch.

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Do-Clo

08-04-2006, 02:25 PM

Most likely a broken wire.

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Firebird21

08-04-2006, 04:33 PM

I have a topic on this, I'll try to dig it up and post it here for you. It may help, it may not...

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ti-el_terall

08-04-2006, 05:37 PM

I found the issue. The activation switchs wire came off so now I have to soder it back on, but thanks for the help.

Lord Maul

08-12-2006, 11:10 PM

Does anyone know when the tutorials will be up for the anakin conversion?

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Do-Clo

08-13-2006, 05:31 AM

When Tim has time to complete it[;)]

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Ambo

08-13-2006, 06:33 AM

I am sure Tim knows when they will be posted Maul.

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jedi1789

08-14-2006, 10:50 AM

Hi
My dad has got a MR Anakin 05 lightsaber (Well it is mostly mine but anyway) is it easy to convert it and do I need to buy a bunch of stuff? also do you think that a twevle year old can do it?
Thanks

Do-Clo

08-14-2006, 10:56 AM

Check out the tutorial for taking the MR Anakin apart, it is in the tutorial section, Tim is working on a new tutorial for the luxeon conversion. To canvert it you would need the conversion kit, luxeon led, optics and optic holder, and a blade, that is all you need to convert it to a Luxeon saber.

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jedi1789

08-14-2006, 01:13 PM

how much do you think that would cost?

xwingband

08-14-2006, 01:36 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jedi1789

how much do you think that would cost?
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Easy add it up in the store. It'd be around $60 for the electronics and $30 more if you buy a complete blade.

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