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4 D-cell Maglite
Hi everyone....new here. I had a question.
I bought a 4 D-cell maglite the other day and was wondering how difficult it would be to use the handle for an LED saber?
I was going to gut the switch out of it and light parts and try to adapt the LED kit to it.
Anyone done this?
Also...I looked at the LED tutorial and was wondering how is the actual polyc blade held on to make it duel capable?
Thanks
John
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Thanks for the info guys....
I practice MJER Iaido myself. Did a bit of Kendo with the son until I got a stress fracture on my left foot from all the pushing of for a men cut. Now I stick with Aikido, Iaido and Jyodo.
Thanks again
John
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Welcome Melek. I am currently working on a flashlight based hilt, but not a MagLite. I am havving trouble fitting the emitter, so i'm sanding, and sanding, and sanding.....[B)]
Anyway, I'll post pictures once(and IF) i'm done.
Mur-Pa,
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mur-Pa DiLos
oh and I just remembered something... some of the hasbro lightsabers hook up with the two C cell combo and such, could we wire up a lightsaber with Tim's led's to do the same? <font color="red"> I saw a sweet lightsaber for sale on Ebay </font id="red"> that did.[]
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Thanks for the compliment! That was my baby. There is one limitation to using C cells. You can do red or amber, but if you want any other color , you need to go with 3 cells. Red/Amber have a forward voltage of 2.95, so the 3 volts from 2 C cells barely cut it. Blue/Aqua/Green/Royal Blue/White have a forward voltage of 3.9 Volts, so you need the 4.5 volts from 3 C cells
Born of Sith, seduced by the light.
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The copper is 1 1/4, the steel on the outside(electrical conduit) is 1 1/2. You may recognize the electrical conduit couplings too. Cutting that stuff was a bitch though. I went through 6 reinforced wheels - the toughest kind they make for the Dremmel. As they were cutting I could see the wheels shrink in diameter.
For those wondering what the heck we're talking about:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MESO%3AIT&rd=1
Born of Sith, seduced by the light.
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I have a 4-D cell mag light and am currently in the middle of converting it to an LED. They're actually pretty easy to convert.
Those who live by the sword, will die by the sword
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