This will be a place holder thread sort of. I will show how to convert a MR Luke ESB.
Disassembly Instructions:
1) The obvious stuff needs to come off. The screw at the top. Use a flathead screw driver or something similar to pop out the brass pins. The oval switch on the side can be pried off too.
2) Switches. GENTLY PRY them off. You have to break these essentially. The key is gentle though. Just wiggle them off.
3) The rivets on the grips. I took my dremel and just shaved the back off of them and pried them from the outside. The grips may become loose if you don't do this gently.
4) Now with a few good knocks everything will slide out. First the threading, then the battery sleeve, and finally the whole electronics blade assembly. Set them aside.
5) Lastly you can pull out the rivet for the "bunny ears".
The clamp can stay. It doesn't need to be removed.
I need to order parts, but the luxeon conversion will be rather straight forward. I have some heatsinks I stole from botched Ultra conversions (not mine) that I will mate with 1 1/8" aluminum pipe. If I take out the black rubber on the bunny ears I can make the blade holder extend out. This will provide more stability in a saber that will normally have a shallow blade depth.
