Hey Everyone, I am extremely new to this and need some general and specific advice. I know that these are very beginner-level questions, so please point me in the right direction if this is the wrong place to post.
I'm working on my first build, these are the parts I bought:
Luxeon Rebel Star (White)
Shouldered 1" thin walled blade tip with reflective disc
BuckPuck 1000mA 6-wire
12 Colored Discs 1
Luxeon Rebel Lens Holder
Push on/push off switch with black button
Collimator Lens 8.7 deg viewing angle
Thin walled Polycarbonate 40" long
I'm also making a hilt out of PVC, its very basic. Following this tutorial: http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...st-page/page23
I have it connected to a Duracell MN21 Alkaline Battery.
I was doing a proof-of-concept by wiring everything up with a breadboard earlier, and here's what the LED looks like inside the tube (with and without filter):
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/s8obodh04...lm-wblwbe6Pqia
I've ordered cellophane and am waiting on that to come in, so I should be able to use it to diffuse some of the light and keep it in the blade.
Here are my questions:
- With the cellophane wrap, will the saber be lit enough, or are there any other big problems? I don't need crazy brightness, just some degree of purple light throughout the blade. Right now it's really bad (in the pictures, the light exits the blade immediately)
- Is this LED okay? I realized that there may have been a better choice LED for color filters, but can I work with this or not?
- I read that it was okay to use a range of voltage batteries with the buckpuck (so that 12V would be okay). Is this true? How many hours will this battery last (Duracell MN21 Alkaline), or is there a better one I can buy (that will still fit in the narrow 1'' PVC hilt). I basically need a battery that can hold out for ~2-5 hours of usage ideally. (This saber will be used a lot for 2 days as a prop in pictures, but not much after that.)
TLDR; Building cheap lightsaber to last ~2 days of use as a prop. Not picky, but worried about the amount of light I'm getting (is it just a cellophane wrap issue, or did I make bigger mistakes?) See pictures. Running out of time to work on this, so if I need to order anything else it has to be within the next few days
Thanks!
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