Hey Everybody,
New into building sabers, although I have been obsessed with movie props and memorabilia since I was a small kid. I have bought plenty of replicas throughout the years, but nothing really impressive or screen accurate. My father was a huge SciFi fan, so I grew up with Star Trek and Star Wars burned into my entire youth, along with movies like E.T. and Close Encounters, etc. I have now taken on the challenge of building an ANH style Graflex. I am semi-confidant on most of the tasks that go into this, but running into a few confusing roadblocks. I am definitely not an electronics expert, I have come to realize. I would greatly appreciate any help I can get!
These are the parts I have acquired -
The Graflex Shop
Graflex Gen2
Solo's Hold
NWL Master BladeHolder
Goth 3designs
Knight Var1 Chassis
NWL BladeHolder Greeblies
WannaWanga
Handle Rivets
Grip Guide
ANH grip/D ring/bubble card Set
The Custom Saber Shop
TriCree LED RGrB
TriCree Lens
Thermal Tape Pad
Panasonic 18650 Battery
Smart Charger w/ 2.1 Charger Adapter
CFX Soundboard
Flat Tactile Switch
Stealth Bass Speaker
OLED Screen
CFX Mat
KR Sabers
4-40 Threaded Rod
Brass Rod
Blade Plug
Bluetooth Module
3mm RGB slow flash & RGB fast flash LEDs
5mm Blue LED - 1ea
3mm Green LED - 1ea
3mm Lime LED - 1ea
2.1 Charge Port
Slider Aux Switch
Amazon
Electronics Soldering Iron
Solder Tips
Solder
Wire 28awg PTFE
Shrink Tube
Brass Hex Nuts
3W 0.3-10ohm Resistors
I am running into confusion in two places... Resistors, and whether or not I need an LED housing in the Solo's Hold NWL Master BladeHolder. Or maybe I am missing something that is completely obvious.. I got resistors but am now feeling like they are massive and will not fit.. What wattage could I get away with in order to save space? I used the calculator on TCSS and came up with the following -
Battery - 3.7v Panasonic 18650
RGrB Tri Cree CopperNova XP-E2
Red Cree - Forward Voltage / Current: 3.7V | 1000mA … 1.05R/1.05W
Green Cree - Forward Voltage / Current: 2.65V | 1000mA … 0R/0W
Royal Blue Cree - Forward Voltage / Current: 3.4V | 1000mA … 0.3R/0.3W
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Accent LEDs
5mm Blue LED - Forward Voltage / Current: 3.2V - 3.8V | 20mA … -5R/0.002W
3mm Slow Flash RGB - Forward Voltage / Current: 3V - 3.2V | 20mA … 25R/0.01W
3mm Fast Flash RGB - Forward Voltage / Current: 3V - 3.2V | 20mA … 25R/0.01W
3mm Green LED - Forward Voltage / Current: 3.2V - 3.8V | 20mA … -5R/0.002W
3mm Lime LED - Forward Voltage / Current: 2V - 2.2V | 20mA … 75R/0.03W
(Does anything else need resistors?)
Also, nowhere I have found has shown or mentioned an LED housing for the NWL BladeHolder..
I know this was long winded, but any light someone could shed would help a ton. Or tell me I am overthinking everything, would also be helpful.