Purple Blade Color?

[FenderBender]

Yes, purple was something that was extremely important to us that we get it right, (partly cause its Allaerra's favorite color) and we spent countless hours developing 2 great methods for acheiving it. We use one method for our stunts and one for sabers driven by soundboards. I wont divulge too much secrets here, gotta make a living after all but I will say that be careful which "pot" you try, as a lot of the easy to get ones are crap and wont hold the settings cause they get hot.

You may want to look around *coughdeal extremecough* excuse me, and you might find a cheaper RGB to play with..............


I will probably bleed for that one............

[xl97]

p.s. ...dont forget to use the coupon code of BULKRATE if ordering 3 or more..

[Shadar Al'Niende]

Man you guys are the best!

So my hunger got the best of me. (payday is a couple weeks off and gotta wait for shipping on my first order after that...thank goodness things stay in your cart...) My brother-in-law and I went out to Lowes and bought some stuff (he wanted to lathe a hilt, i opted for PVC) and set to taking about 45 minutes and throwing together some trial hilts to get the feel for designing etc... I tried some sandpaper just goofing around with weathering so I could get the feel for how it looks before you repaint. Some parts I was happy with others not so much.

Well...Here is how my PVC turned out:

First a Flash shot...



Next the flash is off...



And a closeup of the Grips...



Thanks guys for all the inspiration and fantastic info...my wife is now officially concerned that I will have to undergo treatment at a local LA (Lightsabers Anonymous) meeting

[Shadar Al'Niende]

As an aside, I was looking around for good Potentiometers (did i spell that right ) and came across something...

Problem is I do not know what I am looking at...

Linkage!

On top of this I know that Radio shack isn't always the best place to get quality parts from and in light of Fender's comment I wondered if i'm barking up the wrong tree here. Any suggestions?

[xl97]

"I" personally have never done an RGB saber.. (although its on the 'list' of things to play with)...

but I believe most people use this style of 'pot':



which one? (1K, 10K, 100K version....no clue)

Im sure its been posted around here before though... do some more digging/searching on color changing and RGB (use search term RGB*)

[Shadar Al'Niende]

I saw that one on the site and was looking at it, I would assume (i could be WAY off base here so please don't flog me haha) that you would use 100k version since I think i saw a 1m version that handled 3 watts?

[FenderBender]

Nope, not that one

[xl97]

FB-

was that to me? or Shadar Al'Niende?

As in thats NOT the style of POT people use? (or you have been using)

or his comment on using a "100k version"

[FenderBender]

To Shadar, though I have used the one you pic'd and it worked for about 5 sec. and then it heated up and wouldn't hold the setting.

[xl97]

ahh got ya.. so have you moved to a new "STYLE" of POT?...or was it just because it was a crappy brand? cheaply made version?

(you dont have to answer..I dont wanna get ya in any trouble)