I built this saber using the leftover parts from Jedi Exile's original CS-31 build, and have been working on it off and on in between other sabers for a friend of mine in the Rebel Legion, that also owns BS-10 and the Qui-gon Jinn replica hilt that I converted a year or so ago. This is pretty straight-forward as far as the build goes, so no real pictures of the process were really taken. This one runs a Master Replicas Sith FX sound board, modified with light hound keychain flashlight pcb for use with the Orange ring momentary AV switch, a blinking green 3mm led to indicate battery power is active, a second yellow accent led on the side to indicate the saber is on. Main blade led is a Luxeon bin 4 Amber. Without further ado, here is
Now, power for this was originally supplied by 4-AAA batteries in a standard holder with a speaker mount v2. I knew it probably wouldn't work out like my friend hoped, but it was what he wanted since AAA's are fairly cheap, and he knew he'd use a lot of them but was okay with that. Well, after trooping with it at a hockey team's Star Wars night on the 3rd of December, he realized that saving money by not going with a better quality battery source wasn't worth it. The AAA's only lasted about 20 minutes with all of the current being pulled out of them by the Luxeon III, the crystal led, the switch, and the two 3mm accent led's. So, I took it home with me from there and immediately took it apart and began replacing parts:
Okay so, round two:Not only does it now look better with the fully lit crystal chamber, this baby is LOUD. I think my buddy Scott will be happy with it, even though the blade color is still a little on the orange side.
I changed the orange crystal out for a pale yellow one, and with the ultrabright yellow led that is now lighting it up, it matches the blade color almost exactly, and not only that, it actually lights up enough to see it's lit.
The 4-AAA battery pack is no more, replaced by a single LG 18650 Li-Ion with a protection PCB, as is the original Kobitone 1watt, 8ohm speaker. It now sports a mega bass instead:
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