First build log

[Thorgal Pain]

Hello all!
I figured i would start this and get pics, logs and questions i have all in the same post.

Here goes,

I will be building my own parts; hilt sleeve, emiter sleeve, chassis and so on.

Now these are the parts i will be buying:

- Tri Cree G/G/W (heatsink ...)
- CF7.5
- Li-Ion 18650 recharge panasonic cell pack
- Recharge port
- Green accent 5mm LED
- Switches
- 28mm speaker (Premium or base)
- Resistors (obviously)
- Blade (with all the dressings)
- Quick connectors
- ...

Now, the not so fun part (for you guys), i have questions.

1- Tri Cree or Tri Luxeon? I tried reading on the subject to learn all i could but there is no comparisson chart or anything. Does the blade influence the LED we choose? Color?
2- Do the Tri Cree and Luxeon come fully assembled with a casing? What is the size of the assembled LED? OD and height.
3- For the CF7.5, do i need a clash and swing sensor or it is integrated in the board? What about the FoC? Integrated too?
4- How many switches are required, 1 for on/off, 1 for font selection, 1 for programed sounds (blaster block sounds and such) anymore required? Which need to be momentary, latching?
5- On the store section i saw a Canadian battery section, what gives? Are they the same? Some specs are missing, i need size to plan out my chassis. Also, on the CF description it says to use 2 Li-Ion 18650, those are double cells so do i need 2 packs or just the 1?
6- How long must the blade holder be? 1.5 inch enough?
7- Last question, for now, im thinking of doing a reverse speaker set up, now im wondering about the holes needed in order to vent (?) out the sound, size, quantity? Could not find any info on the subject.
8- I lied, got one more question! Anyone ever tried puting in a rumble pack?

That is pretty much it for now. Im still working on my design at the moment, trying to figure out the chassis and how it will all fit togeter.

This is what i have so far, i will be working on a 3D rendering this week-end, i will post an update and pics of it once it is done.
2015-12-09 12.09.29.jpg

I must say that so far i am loving this project, im learning so much from reading all the posts and different tuts, this community is awesome!

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Got to work on my full reveal chassis's design today, i tried respecting the dimensions but i came to the conclusion that the hilt needs to be 2 inches longer so i will adjust it to work.
So there it is, my full reveal chassis version 1.0.
What do you think?

2015-12-15 22.21.16.jpg

Laterz