So...I was at work with my 3C cell maglite that had been retro fitted with their new 3W LED bulb. I was thinking it was about the size of a lightsaber handle. Has anyone ever gutted a maglite and put a LED saber into it? So that got me thinking of the best way to do it.
I own a 4D cell maglite and altho it would be huge, at 6'5" 270lbs, I believe it could be considered "proportional". I started thinking that I could probably get 3AA packs inside a maglite, and if I used a 4D cell I might be able to fit 4 sets in without sound, prolly 3 sets if I put a sound mod in it and drilled out the bottom.
3 sets X 3AA's a piece would give me 13.5V if I went Alkaline, or 10.8 using NIMH rechargables. (or up to 18v if I could get 4 sets and used alkalines).
Highest Green (because green sabers rule) Led I could find is a 192 lumen 5W LED. Anyone know of a better/more powerful LED out there?
Also, I'd like to keep the emitter of the maglite. After unscrewing one, I think it might be possible to drill out the emitter and secure a blade to it. If I could set the LED where the current LED is, and have the blade attached to the emitter; then I reckon I could switch out the emitter+blade with a regular maglite emitter and hang it on my belt without the blade. If everything went right, I could also have an ubermaglite.
Any suggestions?
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