First step into a larger world...

[Zook]

great job

[Vazan Maceu]

Thanks to you all for the compliments, you rock

So neat! Can you share some pictures of the inside?

Haven´t had the time for that yet... Don´t have the hilt with me right now, but I will post pics of the innards soon. It was really cramped there, with only 1" ID to work with, but eventually I got everything suffed int the hilt. It was very fun to build this one and I´ve learned a lot... Now I have even more hilt ideas orbiting my brain

[strengthofrage]

That's how it goes... I can't finish one without thinking of another before I'm finished

...And so the addiction begins.

[Vazan Maceu]

Update: As requested, pics of the hilt´s inner configuration, showing the battery pack, the puck, and some n00b wiring job

[Jedi-Loreen]

Boo for butt splices.

[grayven]

Did someone say butt.

[Jedi-Loreen]

lol, I knew that would bring you here, Gravy!

[Vazan Maceu]

Boo for butt splices.

Hmm... Not quite following you on that one Loreen (as this is not my native tongue). I hope it´s some kind of creative criticism

[Jedi-Loreen]

Is that yellow heat shrink you used? If it is, I was mistaking that for a type of solderless connection terminal called a butt splice.

They looks like this:



You place a stripped wire into each and crimp it down on each wire.

As I look more closely though, It looks like you did solder the wires and used yellow heat shrink.


Sorry if I confused you.

[Vazan Maceu]

Is that yellow heat shrink you used? If it is, I was mistaking that for a type of solderless connection terminal called a butt splice.

They looks like this:



You place a stripped wire into each and crimp it down on each wire.

As I look more closely though, It looks like you did solder the wires and used yellow heat shrink.


Sorry if I confused you.

Ahh, perfectly clear now, Loreen, didn´t even know what butt splices were! I do prefer to secure the connections as much as possible, so I soldered the wires and then applied the heatshrink. And no need for apologies, I´ve learned what a butt splice is thanks to your reply