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Jay,
I understand you didn't use heatsink at all. But I still don't understand on how you get the Lux to be held inside the hilt?
Last edited by Matakin; 05-02-2009 at 11:48 AM.
This was on page four....
As stated there, the led assembly fits in the hilt between the blade and the switch. it's simply held in place by the blae. These weren't built to be used as a regular saber that you would be removing the blade from to hang on a belt, they were built for kids to use in the charity photobooth with my local 501st, so the blades ween't meant to be removed, except for storage and transport. If you want to secrure the led somehow, it's up to you figure out how to do it.
Last edited by Jay-gon Jinn; 05-02-2009 at 03:31 PM.
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Here is my saber so far. I don't know which battery holder to get for it though. Can I get a 1 AA battery holder since I'm just using a 1 watt LED like you Jay-gon? The second is an idea of what the OD is. Its 1" OD. I took the pics from my new phone because it has a camera. So atleast you know I'm actually making the sabers. XD
You can't run a Lux I off of only 1.5V, which is the output of a single AA battery. You need 2 batteries for 3V.
So you're going to need a battery holder that holds 2 AAA batteries to fit inside your hilt.
Last edited by Jedi-Loreen; 05-09-2009 at 12:56 PM.
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Or he could use a single trustfire which is rated for 3.7 volts.
Jay
Thanks for all the info, It answered alot of Questions about building PVC sabers, One more question, How did you score the PVC to give it a grip???
If it was in any of the posts I must have missed it..
It looks like he did that the same way he does it on his sink tube shrouds and overlays. With a tubing cutter.
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Yep found it, I just had to slow down on reading the posts Thanks, Now how to build the blades, Should I use a diffuser or bladefilm?
Is there a tutorial on building blades for LED Sabers????
Yes there is. In fact, Jay-gon did one.
It's the second Stickied post in the appropriate forum.
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