Hello everyone from Germany!
I am planning to build my first own lightsaber and have been reading, watching Madcow‘s videos and collecting ideas for some months now. I still have some questions I couldn’t find answers for, so I'll just show you my parts and ask them here.
Hilt:
LED Blade Hole Style 12 with Heat Sink V4
MHS Choke Style 2
MHS Ribbed Section
MHS 4 inch Deep fluted double female connector
MPS Pommel Style 4
MPS Clip
MPS Insert Style 7
Electronics:
Prizm Sound Module V4
28 mm Bass Speaker
Li-Ion 18650 Battery
TriCree XP-E2 RrBG with Star thermal pad(s), 18 deg Lens and Lens Holder
Recharge port / 2,1mm Power Jack
16mm AV Short Momentary Switch (Red Ring)
SPST Momentary tactile switch
Resistors: 0.47 Ohms 0.5W (Green and Royal Blue), 1.2 Ohms 3W (Red)
20mA DynaOhm for the AV switch
Wires, Heatshrinks
Chassis:
Stainless 4-40 all thread
½“ OD Spacers
1“ OD Spacers
¾“ OD Spacers
Acryl Discs for the recharge port and the pc/18650 (they are suddenly gone from the store…?)
Stainless Steel 4-40 Hex nuts
Misc:
Battery recharger
Prizm V4 SD Card
34 inch TCSS show blade
Retention Screw: 8-32x3“ black thumb screw (and drilling service)
Machine recessed 16mm AV Switch Hole service
Switch 22 mounting hole service (for the SPST switch)
Drilling service for the recharge port
Powder Coating
Kill Key
Blade Plug
Grease for the threads
The biggest Problem is that I can’t order the Li-Ion batteries since I live in Germany. I have found a few shops where I could order some, but I’m not sure they have the correct protection. Since it‘s my first build, I would like to have that included in the battery already. Is PCB the same as PMC or is it something different?
I have also asked Jqsabers, since they were recommended here before, and they will look into that problem, so no answer on that right now.
Now my design question: Since I’m not sure if the Prizm would fit into the speaker mount v6, I’m going to build a chassis (I saw Madcow’s video with the Nano Biscotte, and the bigger Prizm doesn’t look like it will have enough space).
Again, I‘m not sure about the space available in the deep fluted section. Will it be enough space to fit everything, since a single 18650 battery already takes up about 2.7 inches?
If not, I could also use a MHS Extension v3 with 1.5 inches for more space. I tried to visualize the chassis with the Extension via paint (the speaker holder and the 18650 have the correct lengths), and that seems like it will be just enough, so I don’t think it will work without it… I find it hard to decide without ever having used one of the parts, so I wanted to make sure and ask you guys.
The length of the saber would go up with the extension, but I could compensate that a bit by changing to the ribbed/choke combo, which is about one inch shorter than the separate parts I think. Although I would prefer it without the extension, if it can’t be done that way, so be it.
Next is the wiring for the RGrB Tri Cree: Since I am going to mix the colors and use only one 3.7V battery, it should be wired in parallel, right? (I did actually find many answers to this, but I want to make sure I understand it correctly.)
I think that’s it for now, I hope I haven’t forgotten anything.
I’m really excited and look forward to your answers! Thanks!
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