Jay Gon's "Agony" (conversion from EL to luxeon)

[Hasid Lafre]

Cant drill it to 1" can you?

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Not unless I want to have the emitter fall off, unfortunately! The neck section under the "lens" is only 1" o.d.


I have no problem using thin-wall 3/4" blades, and have had pretty good luck getting them to light up evenly, and brightly.

[Enolmano]

This sure seems to be turning out nice!

And, I do like you methos Jay-Gon...^^

[Vazan Maceu]

Really like that hilt, you´re doing a very good job with it. It´s going to be really beautiful when it gets luxed up

[987654321a]

How are you planning on putting in a luxeon? Are you going for a Star LED? or just the Emmiter? Because the star wont fit in a 3/4" space.

edit- oh and btw that looks awesome haha.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

I'll probably be boring a 7/8" hole the base of the forward grip. That should give me just about enough room for a lens holder and a star led.

[Lord Maul]

Or you could use a Rebel. That's what I'd probably do. They are brighter than a 3 watt and K2

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Or you could use a Rebel. That's what I'd probably do. They are brighter than a 3 watt and K2

If I could find one already mounted to a standard star base, not a moon-style base, I would...I can't work with something that small to try and attach one to a star myself....my fingers won't allow me to handle something that tiny.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

I have a little thing made for working on circuit boards that would make that easier, it has two little alligator clamps and a magnifying glass on a movable framework mounted to a stable metal base. I'll try to find one online for pics, it works wonders for small jobs.

[xwingband]

They're called helping hands... I find the clips helpful but not the magnifier all the time.

Jay-gon, if you want blue I could spare a Rebel. Optics are easily gotten... part 180/120 at future electronics. Here's a pic of the PCB'ed one:



Epoxy works and the nylon screws I imagine are still possible also. IMO the Rebel in blue is worth it, 48 lumens at 700mA and 3 or so volts. Matches a V at half the voltage.

I need to order more greens if anyone wants to pitch in.