I built Adjudicator back in 2010, my first lightsaber.
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It had 6 AAA NimH batteries, an Obi Wan 2010 toy Hasbro lightsaber sound board with clash and swing sensors driven by a 5V regulator. The output to drive the LED was through a relay and a 1000mAh buck puck. Originally it had a cyan LED, but I didn't like that colour so it has alternately been either Green or Blue.
I have been diagnosed with incurable but treatable Multiple Myeloma and over the past 5-6 years have been undergoing treatment and I am now in remission. Due to the damage done by the disease and treatment, I now need to walk with a walking stick, so I figured if I am going to have to use a stick, I may as well have a really cool one, hence the re-build of Adjudicator.
The new build removes the 6 AAA batteries and replaces them with a single 3.7V Li-ion 18650 battery. As was this is going to be a walking stick, I figured that I needed to be able to use the light for night walking without the sound board being active. I used one of the speaker chassis holders v5 and had to 3D print my own chassis discs to hold the battery and sound board. This made the internal set up so much neater and far smaller.
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Old setup on the left, new on the right
I also printed a chassis ring for an illuminated tactile switch for the sound board, and a chassis ring for the recharge port.
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The original saber was pretty boring with plain brass overlays, so I decided to do some salt etching on the brass to give it some character. Also I don't like the way the 16mm anti vandal switch stick up so high from the hilt, so I am trying a plastic addition to try and make it look not so bad... I hope.
More to follow.
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