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Alright, that seems simple enough as far as the ESD pecautions go. I was afraid it was something more complicated. The second switch is going to be a slightly harder problem and will delay my build a...

So I finally went ahead and got myself a Petit Crouton board to install in my second saber, but I have a couple of questions. First, the instructions say to take precautions against static discharge...

That's a nice first saber! I'm also kind of partial to the Luke/Obi-Wan style of sabers. I did something similar for my second one, except I used the BH #18 (the Qui-Gon style) and put the...

This is a nice looking saber, and a very good first design! The only change I would make would be to use the gold plated switch rather than the silver one, but that's just me. Good work!

So, I should wire the dice that are going to be used for the main blade light source in series with the FoC LED(s) in parallel with that? And could I use 4 of the 14500's or does it have to be 2...

Yes, with a new add-on board that a member here (I won't say who here because of the rules about discussing other sellers) has developed.

Thanks for the quick reply. I was thinking of having 2 or 3 of the dies wired together for the main blade light and the other(s) wouold be used for the FoC effect.

First, let me say that I hope it is ok to post this here since Tim doesn't sell LEDengin LEDs in the store. Now to the questions. I am thinking of using a solid color 10W LED in my next build, and...

Az: I try not to leave the iron on the board for more than a couple of seconds, but I may have gone over that on the Obi-wan board.

Sunrider: Which board do you mean?

I have a radio shack soldering iron which has variable settings from 20 to 50 watts. I usually use it on the 40 W setting.

Sorry for the double post, but I just wanted to let those who asked know that the pics are up now.

Thanks for the offer Az, but I'm not ready to give up quite yet although the thought of having a more experienced sabersmith wire this thing up has crossed my mind!



I am sure the wires are...

Yeah, someone gave me that bit of info in the shoutbox, and I tried it. Still nothing. I am forced to assume that, unlikely as it sounds, I have somehow damaged all three of these soundboards. I...

Ok, so I just got my brand new premium speaker in the mail yesterday. I ordered it because I was sure that the old speaker was bad and that was why I couldn't get any sound out of my hasbro 2010...

Thanks for the compliments! For anyone who is interested I added some pics with the green P4 to the album that is linked in the first post of this thread.

To me the P4 Green looks more "lime" than "minty" although I suppose it depends somewhat on the batch number. The blade is slightly more yellow than the SPST illuminated switch, but it is a very...

I did change out the blue P4 for the green and even though I haven't got fresh batteries in my other saber, I remember how bright it was when they were fresh and I have to say that I don't see much...

Sounds a bit like the voodoo god, Baron Samedi to me...

Right now I have this saber running one 3.7V with a 1000ma Buckpuck, and I have my first saber, which is also a stunt and is running 4 AAs with the same buckpuck. The first saber has a green P4, and...

Thanks Salochin. I wanted the ribbed/grooved choke section to look like the one on Obi-Wan's saber and the rest of the color scheme just flowed from there. The gold squares on the pommel were fun to...

I didn't really have a problem with the switch there except for one little thing. That was cosmetic because the SPST switch isn't supposed to be used with the bezel, so a little of the threading on...

This build has taken a while to finish since I wanted to do the painting myself, and originally was planning on adding sound. For now I have it wired as a stunt until I get replacement parts. I used...

So, what I'm hearing is that the new board at least might be salvagable? That would be great since I don't really want to spend another $20 for another one. That would be $60 total just to get a...

Alright, I wasn't gonna post here til after the holiday, but I got a bug up my butt and decided to try wiring my newly bought anakin board into my setup to see if it would work. the problem I'm...

Just a quick update. The wiring pics will come after Christmas since my parents' camera has dead batteries right now and I won't have a new one of my own until then. I went out and bought another of...