First Build

[Silver Serpent]

Indeed! Congrats on your first build!

Watch your wallet closely. This hobby is addicting

[Battle_1]

Had to change the design up a bit, but this is what I got:
Hilt style 4
pommel style 6
MHS choke style 1 (2.5in)
blade holder style 6
36" TCSS battle blade 1"OD
MPS insert style 8
Machined button for Covertec clip

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THe electronics are;
Seoul P4 LED color white (with the 12 color disks)
white AV latching switch
150ohm 1/4w resistor (for AV switch)

Instead of using the resistor for the main LED I would like to use the 1000mA buckpuck.If I use the buckpuck, can I still do a quick change to a Seoul P4 Red LED?

Welcome to the forums, man, but did anybody realize something? Unless this is the fluted 7" extension with an AV switch hole drilled in, it wont work. (To my understanding(Isnt it for main bodies section for guarded and standard only?))

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Welcome to the forums, man, but did anybody realize something? Unless this is the fluted 7" extension with an AV switch hole drilled in, it wont work. (To my understanding(Isnt it for main bodies section for guarded and standard only?))

While you are generally correct... you do realize that the build in question was already finished (pics are 2 posts after what you quoted).... right???

[Silver Serpent]

Enlarging a switch hole is not a particularly difficult process. Drill press, dremel, hand files, all work just fine. Some methods are faster and give cleaner results than others.

[Battle_1]

While you are generally correct... you do realize that the build in question was already finished (pics are 2 posts after what you quoted).... right???

Hahahaha wow. Im so smart. Didnt realize that lol

[JediEngineer]

Enlarging a switch hole is not a particularly difficult process. Drill press, dremel, hand files, all work just fine. Some methods are faster and give cleaner results than others.

Silver Serpent is right, wasn't that hard to enlarge the hole for the av switch. Only difference is that i used a milling machine that i have access at work.... Also with the same concept i ended up drilling and tapping a new hole for the newly added recharge port (right in the covertech knob!) :

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[Barefacedpuma48]

Sup guys, my first saber is looking to be pretty similar to JediEngineers. Any idea what caused the LED in the switch to blow out? Wrong resistor? Wiring error? Bad switch?

[Silver Serpent]

Hard to say without more information. Need to know voltage of your power supply, which specific switch you used, and the resistor you wired in. Bad switch is possible, but unlikely. Either photos of your wiring, or a wiring diagram would be helpful as well.

My gut instinct suggests that you have the wrong resistor for your switch LED, but I can't be certain until you tell us more.

[Barefacedpuma48]

I havent finished mine yet, I just wanted to try to prevent whatever it was that caused JediEngineers LED to blow out.

With a 4AA pack at 6v and an Anti Vandal latching red I need a 220ohm 1/4 watt resistor. All straight forward and easy to find out, however it looks like he also used the correct resistor for his switch but it still blew. I guess I just wanted to know if there was something else I needed to watch out for.

[Silver Serpent]

I don't recall the exact issue. It may have been a problem with the wiring diagram. I vaguely recall it getting sorted out in the chatbox.