Not sure if I've posted this in the right place.
After reading through many posts on here (massive wealth of information here btw - thanks ) I decided I felt brave enough to attempt a DIY luxeon conversion. I bought this saber on the 19th August as it was in a clearance sale and was an aboslute steal at £20 brand new. Even though it didn't cost me a lot I still didn't want to wreck it by messing up a conversion on it so at first I was apprehensive about doing it myself but by the time I'd ordered the parts (vader DIY kit, red Luxeon III and thick walled blade) I was eager to get started on it.
The parts arrived yesterday (Saturday) while I was at work, but as soon as my wife phoned to tell me I knew what I was going to be doing today (Sunday). The whole process took me about 2 hours but it would've been quicker if it was for the pesky rubber t-grip parts inside the hilt that were being awkward and trying to stop me putting the assembly back inside the hilt. It would've also been quicker if I'd actually noticed what was stopping the bits going back inside instead of me assuming it was the new metal blade holder I was putting in! doh!
Once I got it all back together, tested all working fine I cut a small section of the old blade off and hot glued in a 1 pence coin to make a DIY emmiter cap which looks okay, although I'll replace that 1 pence coin with a smooth silver piece aluminium piece some point in the future.
While carrying out the conversion I got some weird emotions ranging from "This is easy" while taking bits apart following the guide to "omg, I think I've broken it" when I got the assembly jammed in the hilt half-way in and I thought I couldn't get it back out. Now it's complete I'm very happy with the results.
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