Hello and Order#45316

[Daisan]

Been getting a lot of inspiration from this thread.

As for the hilt, this speaks to me.

Mind you, I'll be happy to have my LEDs light up with sound!

[SilverFoxKnows]

How did the build go? I got mine to light up on the first go (glad I didn't do sound the first time out, though). I wish I had watched the video tutorial one more time. I ended up cutting the red wire to the puck too short, missed the washer with one red wire after I got the shrink tube on and had to cut and graft a longer wire. But it did light up after all that. How hard is it to wire the sound board?

[Daisan]

Got the parts just waiting on my battery pack. Apparently, it's coming from the UK according to the helpdesk when I rang. I can't imagine what is so special with an 18650 pack that Australia has to import it. In the meantime, I bought a bunch of wires and been practicing my solder-fu.

Btw, never mind the sound board, how small is the footprint of the LED!? I'm actually in a training course for this week so will start the electronics this weekend.

PS. Good job on lighting up your LED.

[SilverFoxKnows]

The LED module takes up a fair amount of room. Not a lot of space in between the LED and the switch. I do have a few inches of wire stuffed in the front, in case I decide to put an extender on. I soldered the blue and white wires from the puck to a quick disconnect.

[Daisan]

Welp, got it to work now (wiring-wise) - just got the sound working last night. I struggled a bit with the momentary switch; over-complicating what is essentially a broken connection.

So, everything is okay as far as the wiring connection is concerned but my next challenge is making them all fit inside the hilt! My cram-fu is not very strong but we shall see.

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And, no. I am not compensating...