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[xwingband]

Again, I'm sorry if you were hurt by what I said. There are good people here and to cut yourself off would be a mistake. Don't take my words the wrong way, I don't mean any harm by them. Don't ever let my actions reflect on Tim and the shop either. I may be a mod of one forum but that doesn't make me the god of sabers and a right to be a complete jerk (and I hope it doesn't seem that way).

Perhaps you can start by telling how to make this more apparent. I've been working on a FAQ and Index in addition to all the tutorials. What more would make these "n00b" questions more apparent? I suspect we will always have to whip some people for not even bothering to look, but my main goal is to facilitate the sharing of ideas and keeping these types of questions to a minimum would help.

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[racerxfactor]

In the kit description it's very precise about the extra parts you need to buy, but has no hint to where it would be found on the site. I mean, hilt supplies > electronics/led would take some guess work. If your shopping isn't generated by a script and you can add links to the description a link to the actual product might take a lot of confusion out of this. Those are my two cents; speaking as a web designer.

[xwingband]

Cool, that's Tim's realm (the store design) but it'll get passed along. We were talking about a hilt designer at one point and he said he could have the options reload on the same page so maybe the same could be tested and implemented here.

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[Strydur]

I added the led, lens, and holder as a option when ordering the kit.

Tim
The Custom Saber Shop

[SaberGirl]

I've also tried to pass some info onto Tim about how "confusing" some things can be. Speaking as someone who wouldnt know the first thing about sabers unless I was married to him. I'm trying to explain that there are people out there like me, who might have a kid who says " I want that " but wouldnt know the first way to approach it.

We've been working on trying to get things easily accessible to the average Joe or Jill just out to attempt something completely new, with no experience with tools or electronics.

Keep giving us your feedback on what seems confusing, Tim is doing his best to get it all straight, and user friendly. He tends to have a bit of a mechanical brain and thinks everyone "gets it" ... I've been trying to correct this genius complex !!!! []

Feedback is important, but please, pass along the word gently to the noobs like me, that xwings FAQ is our best resource at this point.

[NooB1Kenobi]

Sabergirl is going to learn and grow in the ways of the sabersmith and then overpower her husband and cut him down to size then she will be the Master. []

Female Twi'leks are so Hot! I want one. =0)~

[LAN-ED-TUL]

yes, xwing has worked his tail off creating those FAQ's for tims site. he has done a tremendous job so far. theres a lot more that can be done, and it will get done too. but it does take some time to get it done. so we gotta be just a lil easy on the new folk. we all know theres some who dont know anything about buliding these things until they happen upon tims site and see whats what here, and say, cool i wanna try this. untill the FAQ's get done, we will have to all remain patient, dont get so upset, trust me, it aint worth it, i've had a couple of close calls on here myself lately. its just not worth getting all bent out of shape over. and this point also goes out to the so called."NEWBS" you need to have some patience with the folks here as well. discussions, idea sharing, and helping others to construct sabers is what we are all here for in the first place.

so peace, goodwill, and may the force be with all of us!!

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

[Do-Clo]

When I first found this site I read everything that I could before asking questions so it made it easier to ask the right questions to get the information I needed. With the index that Xwing is doing and the FAQ section this makes it a lot easier to sort through the forum and find the information that you need. There is wealth of information here on building sabers and it will continue to grow as we all learn and contribute.

Do-Clo
Don't make me destroy you...

[LAN-ED-TUL]

well said, do-clo, well said.

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...