My first saber! (Sink tube)

[DarthSerious]

Hello all,

I have been wandering around for some time now and finally got all the pieces together to build a first lightsaber, thanks to the help of everyone's postings in this forum.

Here are pics from the saber:



Specs:
LUX III Green
4x AA batteries + resistor
1.25inch sink tube + blade holder from TCSS

-DS

[Shadar Al'Niende]

Simple yet elegant! Huzzah!

Congrats on making your fist saber, what do you have planned next?

[Jedi-Loreen]

Pretty basic, but it's a good start.



Now build something with more character.

[DarthSerious]

My next 2-3 sabers should be still based on sink tubes. For the next, I'd like to use accent LEDs, trim the holder end with a dremmel (curve style) to give him a better saber look. Maybe a charge port in the pommel, a covertec knob and probably a Seoul P4 White + purple filter... Something like that...
For the first one, I found out too late that I did not have the better 3W LED for green. I should have used a K2 instead, so I plan of redoing this one but with a shorter blade, the current one being too long for my taste (36 inch, 35 visible).

This stuff is really fun!

-DS

[Pullo]

Congrats on the first saber. I'm a big fan of sink tube sabers, well done.

[astromech_kuhns]

i like sink tube as well, but i planned on a actual emitter and pommel with the 1.5 sink tube to mhs converter.

nice.

[DJMoonbass]

dont go with a K2. go with a seoul or a LEDengin green 5 watt. K2s arent as bright as P4s and plus they suck battery life. they take a whopping 1500 mah whereas the P4s only take a 1000. and the LEDengine 5 watts are just plain awesome. there a direct swap for any lux 3.