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DACOTA
03-25-2008, 04:23 PM
Ok here she is, I know its probably a sad excuse for a first mhs saber but its good enough to sell on ebay I think. All it needs is a speaker and she's good to go. Just so you all know the grey powdercoating is much lighter, but I couldnt get an accurate pic with my camera. To start us off I'll show my custom machined mps insert. This has maul fx board [courtesy of Vortextwist][Thank you], lux lll green led, thick walled tcss blade, blue and white led + chrome holders from radioshack, and a 4 AAA batt pack modded to be a 3-cell.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/DACOTA007/P1010010.jpg


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/DACOTA007/P1010009-1.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/DACOTA007/P1010008-3.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/DACOTA007/P1010007-2.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/DACOTA007/P1010005-5.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/DACOTA007/P1010004-4.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/DACOTA007/P1010002-2.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/DACOTA007/P1010001-3.jpg

Atomic
03-25-2008, 05:28 PM
I love the pommel insert. How did you do that? Also, the indicator leds as switch guards is a great idea!

B5813
03-25-2008, 05:54 PM
The blue and gray go together well. I was wondering what color you were going to make the rest of the body when you first showed the blue piece.

LeMoel
03-25-2008, 07:10 PM
Looks friggen awesome dude but if your going to sell it you might want to upgrade to a k2 or rebel led

DACOTA
03-25-2008, 08:08 PM
As for the pommel my nieghbor works for westlands water district and he can make just about anything, he made it on a milling machine. I cant upgade to a k2 or a rebel becuase the mr board doesnt pump out enough current. But as a side note the pics were with mostly drained batterys.

Hasid Lafre
03-25-2008, 08:37 PM
the mr board can power a rebel just fine.

Er Dan Gill
03-25-2008, 08:56 PM
The powder coating looks good Dacota. Love the speaker insert. Question though, weren't you doing a sink tube overlay for this saber, or was that a different one?

Hasid Lafre
03-25-2008, 09:00 PM
Yeah thats what I thought you were gonna do?

You should do it.

jpbeck
03-25-2008, 09:08 PM
I like it-- I would have gone with a blue LUX to match the hilt. Green looks good too though.

DACOTA
03-26-2008, 01:58 PM
I was but I couldnt work with the brass tube[its hard to dremel], but I got an idea from someone here to use a 1.50 aluminum tube from onlinemetals, then if I just bulk it up with some o-rings then I can fasten it down with screws. Too late now though, but I will on a future saber.

Oh and the maul board wil power a rebel just fine? I thought those things required alot of power?
The two leds on the hilt both suck up 30 ma or less, so the lux lll does lose some power, but not much. I might order a green p4 for it though.

xwingband
03-26-2008, 02:28 PM
Oh and the maul board wil power a rebel just fine? I thought those things required alot of power?
The two leds on the hilt both suck up 30 ma or less, so the lux lll does lose some power, but not much. I might order a green p4 for it though.

"Fine"? That's vague...

Will it power it? Yes.
Will it power it fully? Probably not. I haven't checked any of mine as I really haven't done too many off an MR.

"A lot of power"... Huh? I'm constantly baffled at where people get these ideas. It is slightly lower on voltage and the same amps as a III, but gives so much more output. So amps x volts is "power", the watt, that makes the Rebel less power! But with more lumens it's EFFICIENT!

Also DO NOT GET THE GREEN SEOUL! It sucks. Take my word for it. I almost wanted to send a nasty letter to them asking how they got 180 lumens out of that LED.

DACOTA
03-26-2008, 02:44 PM
Thanks for the enlightment and the warning on the p4. I looked at the rebel specs and I now understand that I can use a rebel and it will be fairly powered.
Not to be rude but did you even read this?
the mr board can power a rebel just fine.
Thats where my "just fine" came from.

37H4N
03-26-2008, 05:14 PM
Just have to comment on the awesome pommel insert. This is a much better pic of it than the last one I saw.


Ok here she is, I know its probably a sad excuse for a first mhs saber but its good enough to sell on ebay I think.

Don't bash yourself like that, it's an awesome saber that will sell very quick.

LeMoel
03-26-2008, 05:56 PM
Hey x wing im just wondering if anyone has used a seoul blue ? and if it held up withwhat ever lumens they said it was

ill try to find the picture ... im not huge on the seoul but the white 200 lumen isnt too bad

found it! heres the seoul p4 blue for you dacota, i know you want green but i thought this should be shown just incase you change your mind(personally I would go with the rebel tho)

TCSS battle blade was used i think

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w302/JAWeinberg/Light%20Saber/P1070710.jpg lights on

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w302/JAWeinberg/Light%20Saber/P1070712.jpg lights off

it looks like it matches up with the blue rebel, wat do you think xwing?

DACOTA
03-27-2008, 02:34 PM
Oh yeah, thanks for that. I saw that pic yesterday and I was like, OOH......pretty. I'm really torn between what led to get but i'm totally not satisfied with this lux lll, its just, blah. I might go for the p4 blue, or I was thinking of going with the white p4 and then I could throw in filters for the buyer.

Eandori
03-27-2008, 02:42 PM
I love the color of the blue powder coating. Great saber man :)

DACOTA
03-28-2008, 07:50 AM
Thanks alot man.

DACOTA
03-28-2008, 11:24 AM
Ok I just ordered a white p4 u-bin from dealextreme.[$5.82] So I'll put that in the hilt with lee and tcss filters.

BlackDOG
03-30-2008, 09:25 PM
Ok I just ordered a white p4 u-bin from dealextreme.[$5.82] So I'll put that in the hilt with lee and tcss filters.

Keep us posted .....I love Mars's yellow and I am thining thats the way I am going with my next saber.

Love the powder coating dacota.
BD

DACOTA
04-02-2008, 08:49 AM
Thank you very much, and I will.

DACOTA
04-12-2008, 01:16 PM
Ok I got my p4 and my speaker yesterday. The p4 is butt bright! I just got to get the speaker in and this is done!:p

DARTH KALEL
04-12-2008, 11:20 PM
yeah looks great man. I think i'm going with a white p4 as well.

DACOTA
04-15-2008, 10:35 PM
Okay, I got my speaker in,its done! Now I just need to make a vid and ebay it. Yay!