Jay Gon's RLSA EL saber conversion (CF V4)

**Hasid Lafre** · 09-02-2007, 04:50 PM

What exactly makes it a "g style"

**Jedi-Loreen** · 09-02-2007, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Hasid Lafre

What exactly makes it a "g style"

I think maybe because it kinda looks like a Graflex?

**Barmic Rin** · 09-03-2007, 09:27 AM

I thught it was coz dey is from da 'hood!

(I'l leave this evil lack of grammar here for J-lo & Nightwing to trip over.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!)

**Jedi-Loreen** · 09-03-2007, 11:16 PM

**Jay-gon Jinn** · 09-04-2007, 07:51 AM

I don't know why it's called a "G-Style," it's what they were called on the old RLSA Sabers site. I'd have to agree with J-Lo, that it may be because it looks like a Graflex.

Thanks, JediTom! Glad to see you made it here, too! For those who don't know, JediTom is a pal of mine from the SaberKnights website.

**Jay-gon Jinn** · 12-27-2008, 04:28 PM

Okay, time to resurrect an old thread with some new information!

This saber has again gone to the workbench for an upgrade! No, it's not going to get an Ultrasound 2.0, although it did cross my mind! This is getting upgraded to a Crystal Focus Saber Core v4.1 from Plecter Labs!

I started by getting everything disassembled, and began planning:

I will be attempting to re-use the 4-AA battery holder that was installed when I upgraded the wiring on this one a while back. this saber was also for a time sporting an Ultrasound 1.0, but that board quit working properly, so I replaced it with the original Anakin ROTS board that I had installed during this thread. since it had a US 1.0 in it previously, it already had the premium speaker required, so, I started by mounting the speaker and a resonator to the battery holder:

I also used a couple of pieces of double-sided foam mounting tape to mount the CF. Accessing the MicroSD card isn't the easiest thing with this set-up, but it is doable. I only plan on setting it up once, anyway.

Just for comparison's sake, I took a pic of the CF and US 2.0's together:

Waht a difference! Size-wise, they are about the same, with the CF being just a bit longer and a hair wider....

With the CF board mounted, I started on the wiring:

I have something in mind for the recharge port that is a little different from how they have been done before....I have it mounted to a piece of 1 1/4" pvc that was a bit too big to fit in the saber....so I cut small section of it out so that it springs open....after I drill the hole, the recharge port should "snap" into place and be held by the force of the pvc pressing against the inside of the hilt, along with the plug being in the hole. The result will hopefully be a recessed recharge port without the need for a nut:

More to come as work progresses.....