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cyberjedi
11-02-2005, 07:43 AM
Is a convertion ever going to be availible for the Mace Windu saber[?]

Strydur
11-02-2005, 08:44 AM
Yes, I will do a mace as soon as I get time.

Tim
The Custom Saber Shop

Bobby Zero
11-03-2005, 03:12 PM
With so little blade recessed into the hilt, the Mace Windu saber would benefit the most from a custom blade holder by our patron, Strydur. Otherwise, a removeable blade would be too likely to come flying apart during a duel. They are such a pain in the neck to convert, I would definitely buy a custom saber shop kit for the Mace.

ishtob
11-07-2005, 09:52 PM
i hav emodded a mace, there wasnt enough room to make a removable assembly unless i take otu the sound and clash board, but i didnt, mine is now modded with non-removable blade.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/icbob/compare.jpg
its the one on the bottem, the vadar fx is there for comparisons
im working ont eh color filter

ishtob
11-09-2005, 05:43 PM
if you dont want to make a removable blade, the easiest thing to do is cut off some of the defuser (about 2 in) and then stick you luxeon with it's optics into the balde it sef, you will have to remove part of the supporting plastic column that runs through the tube.

what i did was just twisted all the wires from the LED blade except for 1 (the grounding) and just soldered each one to it's appropriate place, if i rember correctly, the groun ding should either be the purple or the brown wire. just play around with it and find the right one.

the inside of the hilt, like i said earlier, is extremely cramped, it would be hard to jsut fin the blade holder the shop sells, if it is to use it, it would need to have 2 flat surfaces for the front of the inside holder, and also needs to be gutted and refitted with a smaller sound and clash board.

Mechamaniac
11-14-2005, 10:27 AM
Can someone tell me how to remove the power switch on the MR Windu Saber?.

I have managed to take mine completely apart, except for the power switch which seems to be the lynch pin that keeps the final outer piece covering the electronics housing.

Thanks!

ishtob
11-15-2005, 12:42 AM
use a small screw driver (the flat kind) and carefully, but firmly ply it out, be careful not to detach the metal cap from the plstic thing that is glued to the switch, because if you do, it would not reattach firmly (that happened to me) it would take some time to take it out wihtout damaging anything.

Mechamaniac
11-15-2005, 07:44 AM
Thanks!. I actually got it off last night, and was able to take the saber down completely.

There is tons of space in there, and the blade is recessed into the hilt a good 4-6 inches. More than enough to anchor a removeable blade IMHO. The guy at Ultrasabers mentioned that the Windu could be converted to Luxeon, but not removeable blade. I think that is wrong. To me, the only reason not to do removeable blade on the Windu is that there is no external thumbscrew etc like there is on the Vader and the Anakin to hold the base of the blade in.

I'm willing to modify my Windu saber if it means adding a simple set screw.

ishtob
11-15-2005, 08:58 AM
hm... mine is only ike 2-3 inches into the hilt, and the electronics kinda gets in the way of the luxeon + optics

can you take some pics of its inside after u modify it? so that we can see how to make it removable

Mechamaniac
11-15-2005, 09:45 AM
I could be wrong, I didn't use a ruler, I just eyeballed it. Still 3 inches should be sufficient with an anchor screw.

I don't think I could modify it without one of Strydur's kits. I'm not sure if I could do it using an existing Vader kit. I'm planning to order one to mod my Vader saber so I will experiment with it.

Mechamaniac
11-15-2005, 04:43 PM
OK, I measured the blade on the Windu saber and it descends 2 1/4 inches into the pommel.

Strydur, what do you think?. Can this one be made to be removeable?.

Strydur
11-15-2005, 04:52 PM
I will do a mace as soon as I get time. I am sure I can do it..but it will probably be like the luke and I will have to machine part of the hilt also making it a conversion service only.

Tim
The Custom Saber Shop

Jedi Ranger
12-03-2005, 03:30 PM
I am working on getting two Mace sabers. One for keeping stock, and one for modding to LED.

These things are so slow to show up here in Canada. [:(]

http://www.members.shaw.ca/Dahak/

Wolverine
01-05-2006, 04:09 PM
Ishtob, -What color LUX are you using for your mace in the picture? And is that a LUX III?

Does anyone know how bright the LXHL-LH3C Red-Orange III Star - Lambertian is, compared, lets say to the MR Luke ROTJ? and which is the brightest LUX?

And Does anyone know whose diffuser works best, Tim's or Corbin's "film"?

Thanks!![8D]

dbraxton9
01-05-2006, 05:45 PM
yes i would also like to know the LED and its wattage in your mace saber mod. it's very bright!

xwingband
01-05-2006, 05:46 PM
Whoa, quite the loaded post... Check around before trying to ask everything.[:p]

The converted mace would be a white LED. Probably a 3W (can't tell for sure with a pic), but ishtob can tell you for sure.

LED brightness:
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/sabers/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=60
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/sabers/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=174
Any 3W is brighter than any MR if you run it at full amperage. Comparing across colors is very hard though.

Diffuser:
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/sabers/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18
All about Tim's development in finding the diffuser he now stocks. Tim's vs. Corbin's is basically preferance. The tip is the weak spot in Tim's diffuser but when the reflection is finally worked out it will be great. In effect though the choice is even EL type look vs. tapered look with a white core.

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tetmatek
01-05-2006, 08:27 PM
Ishtob are u utilizing the 6 AA or did you change it all out to the 3 AA style?

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Jonitus
01-06-2006, 06:13 AM
I'd like to know how you did this, Ishtob...I recently bought a Mace on clearance for $45 and I would love to convert it...

...how will you know the light unless you have seen the dark? How will you know the good unless you have flirted with the evil?