LOLZ! Thank you, Loachri, I needed that.
LOLZ! Thank you, Loachri, I needed that.
Knowledge must be balanced by Practice.
Practice must be balanced by Experience.
Through Knowledge, Practice, and Experience
we gain Wisdom.
-Boj-Vaati Mau
Jedi Sentinel, Jar'Kai practitioner,
and Instctor at Strafe Plains Temple
Saber Guild: Strafe Plains Temple
The Rebel Legion
For Your Viewing Pleasure & (hopefully) Your Edification!
First off, as mentioned earlier, a shot of the accent LED & Recharge Port from the side.
Then I played a little bit with the grill to help obscure the Side Ports. I'm going to modify the Speaker Holder for some Back-face Venting to keep the sound up. These will let the lower frequencies out & help to obscure the innards. (the Sharpie line is there for alignment of the Textured Mylar Tape)
I then drilled & tapped the Emitter Shroud holes only to discover two problems; 1) The bottom hole doesn't line up enough to keep the blade parallel with the hilt and 2) No retention from the Blade Retention Screw!
Well, I know Dremel-Fu! Scribe around the screw...
get out with the calipers then the 3/4" bit...
and HA! Huston, we have retention (tested by performing several high speed figure 8s)!
One of the cool things about conversion is finding ways of using the original structure to advantage. I found the retaining holes for the original Battery Connectors fit my old 6-32 Button Head screws nicely & I can use those to hold the Voltage Regulator & Power Transistor in place...
so as I work back to front I need to install the Activation Switch, Accent LED, Voltage Regulator & Power Transistor, Recharge Port...
then the Swing Sensor. This is using the mount from the 2010 Hasbro, chopped down &, soon to be, shaped to fit the ID. On another serendipitous note, it butts nicely against the Voltage Regulator & Power Transistor with the Blade Holder butting against the Swing Sensor.
Last edited by Boj-Vaati Mau; 03-14-2011 at 05:08 AM.
Knowledge must be balanced by Practice.
Practice must be balanced by Experience.
Through Knowledge, Practice, and Experience
we gain Wisdom.
-Boj-Vaati Mau
Jedi Sentinel, Jar'Kai practitioner,
and Instctor at Strafe Plains Temple
Saber Guild: Strafe Plains Temple
The Rebel Legion
Coming together, the octopus is!
Last edited by Boj-Vaati Mau; 03-16-2011 at 05:59 AM.
Knowledge must be balanced by Practice.
Practice must be balanced by Experience.
Through Knowledge, Practice, and Experience
we gain Wisdom.
-Boj-Vaati Mau
Jedi Sentinel, Jar'Kai practitioner,
and Instctor at Strafe Plains Temple
Saber Guild: Strafe Plains Temple
The Rebel Legion
lookin good, been waiting for an update on this one!
"Yes Lord Vader, and I too have a gift... for you.."Originally Posted by Gin Malinko
"There is no good or evil, no black or white.. There is only.. Perspective"
*sigh* So, in the process of Cram-Fu, I broke a solder joint (bad joint to begin with) on the PNP. I learned of this when I was trying to power up off one of my camera batteries (7.4V @ 1300 mAh). It's more than likely not coming on do to that & I'll just have to wait till the Li-Ions get in. Here it is all wired and ready to cram. I'm going to use the chasis bits on my full saber now...
Knowledge must be balanced by Practice.
Practice must be balanced by Experience.
Through Knowledge, Practice, and Experience
we gain Wisdom.
-Boj-Vaati Mau
Jedi Sentinel, Jar'Kai practitioner,
and Instctor at Strafe Plains Temple
Saber Guild: Strafe Plains Temple
The Rebel Legion
Damn that Murphy! Well that you've had your hich-up, it should go together with no problems.*sigh* So, in the process of Cram-Fu, I broke a solder joint (bad joint to begin with) on the PNP. I learned of this when I was trying to power up off one of my camera batteries (7.4V @ 1300 mAh). It's more than likely not coming on do to that & I'll just have to wait till the Li-Ions get in. Here it is all wired and ready to cram. I'm going to use the chasis bits on my full saber now...
Aww.... that sucks.
But at least you got it now, not after you had it installed.
Question: What are you using to hold your LED module in place?
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"You didn't buy a toy saber just to break it. You bought an economy sound card with a really complicated wrapping scheme." ~ Silver Serpent
yeah, where's your heatsink?
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Duel - to fight someone 1 on 1. Dual - 2 of something in line with each other.
The Heat Sink is on the desk below the LED.Before I called it quits last night I'd put the spare Blade Stock in the Holder then scribed to the ID. This will give the dimension for cutting out the center of the Phenolic Base (smelly stuff to deal with it is), I've ground the Lens Holder to fit inside the Blade and intend to Dremel-Fu the backside of the base to settle the Heat Sink into. I'll then epoxy the Heat Sink & Lens Holder to the Base.
Knowledge must be balanced by Practice.
Practice must be balanced by Experience.
Through Knowledge, Practice, and Experience
we gain Wisdom.
-Boj-Vaati Mau
Jedi Sentinel, Jar'Kai practitioner,
and Instctor at Strafe Plains Temple
Saber Guild: Strafe Plains Temple
The Rebel Legion
Oy vey! I got the batteries today and....I'd ordered 18650s. Not just one set but two (I'm good for the next few sabers at least) because of a hiccup on the website. Too much talking about those got into the brain while I was ordering. *le sigh* Bloody things are HUGE too. So I guess I'll have to get to ordering a set of 14500s....
Knowledge must be balanced by Practice.
Practice must be balanced by Experience.
Through Knowledge, Practice, and Experience
we gain Wisdom.
-Boj-Vaati Mau
Jedi Sentinel, Jar'Kai practitioner,
and Instctor at Strafe Plains Temple
Saber Guild: Strafe Plains Temple
The Rebel Legion
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