Some advice required for new project
Hello everyone :)
As my main project is kinda stalled for now (need to redesign some parts), I needed something to keep my mind into hilt building... I came across some old tube, and after a little work it looks like this:
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/511/189yn0.png
I like how both of them look, specially the one on the right... But the problem is the ID of the tube, an also its shape. Let me explain myself with a quick drawing:
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/2631/tubesectjv6.png
As you can see, the tube is not perfectly round on the inside. Whereas this could be easily solved for the right one (the "emitter" is wider than the rest of the tube, and has no "obstacles" affecting its inner roundness, the left one has almost no inner space to work with. Hence my question: As this hilt is being built for a person with small hands (at least smaller than mine xD), could I use a blade with an OD less than 25,4mm? Would a Luxeon III fit in there? A 4AA battery pack fits into the tube without problem, so a direct drive configuration with a resistor should work...
... What do you think? Should I go on with the one on the left, or the other one? Should I leave all this for later and focus only on my main project? Should I go see the doc? :lol:
Thank you for your time reading this, and again thanks in advance for any advice you should come up with :)
EDIT: Corrected some typos :P