Tutorial writers...

[Lord Maul]

true in most cases, but it is the "official" tutorial for the store, so you want it to look perfect

[tobu]

Hi all

the tim's Obi kit arrived today,
and I installed it in my lightsaber.
It was very easy ( I followed the xwing's tutorial ).



now I have some question (perhaps because I'm a newbie):

1) Do I have to keep the plastic ring in the emitter, or must I remove it?
2) To put the blade retection screw, must I make a hole both in the emitter and in the aluminium blade holder (the last one is a part of tim's kit)?
3) I glued the MR shock sensor in the back of the heatsink , but it seems to gather the movement but not the contact. Where have I to put the sensor?

thank you

[xwingband]

That plastic ring should be shaved to fit. The holder doesn't fit in the emitter all the way so cutting that ring to fit stops it from moving at the top.

On #2... Yes, put the blade holding screw through the holder and emitter. The higher the better is best for holding the blade.

I am not sure on clash sensor placement... I too noticed that after it was done that the clash sensor didn't detect very well. I used some heavy duty double sided tape and attached it to the left overs of the cone shaped plastic...

The guts are a little more free floating than the other sabers so that just may be it.

[Novastar]

Clash sensors (of any kind, whether in an FX or in Erv's board, etc.) are best placed in a "non-central" place in the hilt... either very high or very low (if possible).

Torque!

Think about it. Makes sense.