Arsies
08-27-2013, 06:42 AM
Hello, i'm a new user from Spain.
I really wanted to have a lightsaber since I was a child, but alwais I looked for there were so expensive. recently a friend told us he is going to marry so we thought it would be great to do him the hallway with lightsabers (we are a little bit freaks), So thought an afordable way to do could be using led flashlights with a color disc and some kind of tube.
That's how I get to TCSS, looking for transparent tube and I was annoyed that I REALLY can do a real lightsaber with not so much money as in the past!
So I startad from here reading reading and reading a lot. So please don't tell me "you have to read read and read"... I did!
My biggest problem is that I need to do 6 sabers at a very reasonable cost, my intention is to keep each one UNDER 25 € (around 33 $), so ordering from TCSS was not an option as USPS shipping is more or less 48 $, so that's more or less 25% of each saber's budget! (for sure in the future I WILL order pieces for one more saber for me).
So my search was were to find optional materials in Europe at reasoanble shipping cost. It was a hard job that took me more or less one month. Now I have the setup clear and I'm starting to assemble them, except that I need to change the wire I used as it's too big (ahm a little bit mistake choosing it) so it's so dificult to handle.
My setup is as following:
- PVC HILT 32mm (about 1,25 inch) (I worked as plumberer so this part was easy)
- HUEY 5W LED (1500 mah, 4,5v, 3x120 lumens blue + 3x160 lumens green)
- 3xAAA ALKALINES (4,5 V, yeah I know they can only suppor my sabers for about 40 minutes, I'll look forr another solution in the next ones)
- NO RESISTOR (as formula told R = (Vdd-Vf)/if so R = (4,5-4,5)/1500 = 0 ohms )
- POLICARBONATE TUBE 25mm (about 1 inch) (that was REALLY difficult to find in Europe)
- CELLOPHANE DIFFUSOR (wow I readed a lot and searched lot of materials, but this is easy, cheap and works great man!)
- 1 NANO BISCOTE (that was a whim, I'm still waiting for it from plecter labs)
- 1 SPEAKER (I removed it from a toy...)
So that's all, I think only left is to show you some pictures. As the sabers are NOT finished yet (neither painting job) there are some things that are not final ones. Tube in the advanced picture is 20mm (about 0,78 inch) and hasn't the cellophane diffusor yet.
Oh one last thing, please forgive my english, it's not the best at all.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y9RhPvF4RJk/UhylRyCjBuI/AAAAAAAAC2I/BFq-0w_Pf6I/w529-h397-no/sable1.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1lBzsNRIdwY/UhylSVXdRzI/AAAAAAAAC2M/DaTS313SgZM/w529-h397-no/sable2.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WEpRuJxqdLI/UhylSgJ3z3I/AAAAAAAAC2U/mjlnoG3X1cw/w529-h397-no/sable3.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-18wSo3-AveI/UhylTFtJajI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/b4VJ39hcLFs/w529-h397-no/sable4.jpg
I really wanted to have a lightsaber since I was a child, but alwais I looked for there were so expensive. recently a friend told us he is going to marry so we thought it would be great to do him the hallway with lightsabers (we are a little bit freaks), So thought an afordable way to do could be using led flashlights with a color disc and some kind of tube.
That's how I get to TCSS, looking for transparent tube and I was annoyed that I REALLY can do a real lightsaber with not so much money as in the past!
So I startad from here reading reading and reading a lot. So please don't tell me "you have to read read and read"... I did!
My biggest problem is that I need to do 6 sabers at a very reasonable cost, my intention is to keep each one UNDER 25 € (around 33 $), so ordering from TCSS was not an option as USPS shipping is more or less 48 $, so that's more or less 25% of each saber's budget! (for sure in the future I WILL order pieces for one more saber for me).
So my search was were to find optional materials in Europe at reasoanble shipping cost. It was a hard job that took me more or less one month. Now I have the setup clear and I'm starting to assemble them, except that I need to change the wire I used as it's too big (ahm a little bit mistake choosing it) so it's so dificult to handle.
My setup is as following:
- PVC HILT 32mm (about 1,25 inch) (I worked as plumberer so this part was easy)
- HUEY 5W LED (1500 mah, 4,5v, 3x120 lumens blue + 3x160 lumens green)
- 3xAAA ALKALINES (4,5 V, yeah I know they can only suppor my sabers for about 40 minutes, I'll look forr another solution in the next ones)
- NO RESISTOR (as formula told R = (Vdd-Vf)/if so R = (4,5-4,5)/1500 = 0 ohms )
- POLICARBONATE TUBE 25mm (about 1 inch) (that was REALLY difficult to find in Europe)
- CELLOPHANE DIFFUSOR (wow I readed a lot and searched lot of materials, but this is easy, cheap and works great man!)
- 1 NANO BISCOTE (that was a whim, I'm still waiting for it from plecter labs)
- 1 SPEAKER (I removed it from a toy...)
So that's all, I think only left is to show you some pictures. As the sabers are NOT finished yet (neither painting job) there are some things that are not final ones. Tube in the advanced picture is 20mm (about 0,78 inch) and hasn't the cellophane diffusor yet.
Oh one last thing, please forgive my english, it's not the best at all.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y9RhPvF4RJk/UhylRyCjBuI/AAAAAAAAC2I/BFq-0w_Pf6I/w529-h397-no/sable1.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1lBzsNRIdwY/UhylSVXdRzI/AAAAAAAAC2M/DaTS313SgZM/w529-h397-no/sable2.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WEpRuJxqdLI/UhylSgJ3z3I/AAAAAAAAC2U/mjlnoG3X1cw/w529-h397-no/sable3.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-18wSo3-AveI/UhylTFtJajI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/b4VJ39hcLFs/w529-h397-no/sable4.jpg