Ventress FX Saber

[Do-Clo]

I just completed a luxeon conversion on a Ventress FX saber, what a pain it the behind. They use an abnormal amount of epoxy on the screws and other things, if you plan on taking one apart be prepared to drill out some of the screws because of the epoxy on the threads. Plus there is a metal plug in the middle of the hilt that has to be drilled out as it is epoxied in also. I made a blade holder for the saber and had to drill out the emitter piece as it is too small for a standard 1 inch blade. I used a red lux 3 led and made a custom heat sink.

[Caine Drathul]

Wow, it sounds like it was a lot of trouble...do you forsee many people wanting this conversion in the future?

I hadn't seen one of these done until now...very cool to see it, Don.

[Jedi-Loreen]

It's nice and bright. Were you able, or did you try, to make the sound any louder?

[Do-Clo]

The way the saber is built not much can be done to improve the sound, I have one more to do in a luxeon conversion and then two with a makoto setup and on those I will rework the pommel to channel the sound out better, maybe even put a bigger speaker in them too.

[sekrogue1985]

finally nice to see one converted. Great job.

[Sidd]

I am interested to see what your custom blade holder looks like.

if its not to much trouble might you be able to snap a few shots of the guns next time?

[jedimastergarcia87]

Nice Ventress conversion. The way the blade turned out in the pics it looks like from the show/games.

[ARKM]

Sounds like it was a pain Don. I do not envy you that task.

[Count Malik]

not a big fan of ventress my self... but this saber looks really nice!

[Do-Clo]

Thanks all, the blade holder basically is a tube that fits inside the emitter of the saber, you have to spend a lot time grinding 4 raised ridges off the inside of the emitter to make every thing fit. This is not a task for the faint hearted