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Thread: LarryJ's First Saber (Nano Biscotte V4 and Cree Star LED)

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    Default LarryJ's First Saber (Nano Biscotte V4 and Cree Star LED)

    Happy B-Day to me!!

    all these goodies and only about $50 of it came out of my pocket - it's good when a plan comes together.

    BWA-HA-HA!!!!

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    Last edited by LarryJ; 11-19-2018 at 12:05 AM.

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    Started painting:

    Pieces were first soaked in metal etch.
    Primered and baked at 250F for an hour.
    Three coats of paint and two coats of clear - again baked at 250F for an hour after each coat.

    Because of the pieces used, I could feel a bit of play in the blade, so I printed up a spacer to fix that.

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    Put the pieces together and wired it up for a test:



    No smoke and we have sound / lights - I'll call that a pass!
    Last edited by LarryJ; 11-19-2018 at 12:07 AM.

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    Default Painting done

    Finished with the paint. A little more gloss than I would like, but it will work.

    Used one clocking washer and did maybe 10 minutes of sanding to get everything all lined up.

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    Now that it's together, the grip feels a bit small, would probably work better for a kids saber. I think I'll order another main body, moving the cut-outs for the grips down .25" and moving the switch up .25". Then I'll use this one to make a new, smaller saber for my daughter to play with - I already have a plan on which pieces to get.

    Next up is chassis assembly and installing the electronics.
    Last edited by LarryJ; 11-19-2018 at 12:10 AM.

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    Default All wired up

    Though I purchased everything pre-wired, I wanted to shorten the wires to make assembly a bit cleaner/easier. I didn't have enough JST pins to redo all the connectors and I was too lazy to de-solder/cut/solder all the pre-wired connections, so I just cut and spliced the existing wiring.

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    I had made a chassis out of 3mm rod and 3D printed chassis parts, but the V4 Nano didn't fit very well, since I was modifying parts anyways, I decided to make a single piece chassis that holds a 18650 battery, the Nano board and a 28mm speaker. The new piece fits perfectly inside the hilt, held in place by the pommel, yet sized so that the pommel can be installed/removed without spinning the chassis inside the hilt (and twisting the wires).

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    Here is the chassis installed in the hilt and wires pulled and ready for connecting.

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    and here it is, all wired up and assembled. I opted to not use the crystal chamber as it made the hilt too long, it was ok for two handed use, but too bulky when using one hand.

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    I also printed up a wall mount for display:

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    Last edited by LarryJ; 11-23-2018 at 11:31 PM.

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    I really like the hilt's color and design, looks sithy. Is it finished?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seth Skywalker View Post
    I really like the hilt's color and design, looks sithy. Is it finished?
    Thx - I thought it came out pretty well for the first one.

    For now it is done, though I may change the main body for the hilt. Along with the grip feeling too small (because of where I had the switch holes drilled), I'm not sure I like the rubber strips. They actually give a bit too much grip when twirling - and I foresee issues with them coming off when I don't want them to.

    I may also keep this one the way it is and use it for display only - then build a new one for sparring.

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    The rubber grips look awesome in my opinion.

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