Updating this thread finally. I wasn't pleased with how the t8 light tube protector and my double battery pack worked at all.
So... I decided to do a new chassis like MH did. I pretty much copied what he did, so he gets the credit for the design, but I beefed it up from what he did. I used my special 1.25" pvc (a cut up 1.25" pvc slip joint) instead of a t8 light tube protector.
So, on with the show.
Specs:
Crystal Focus Saber core v5 (5.3 board, 5.09 firmware)
2x 18500 AW pack at 7.4V and 1500mAh
LEDengin RGGB with G//G @2A and R for a yellow FoC
1.5W kobitone speaker (new premium speaker at TCSS)
Touchplate Activation
Red and Green arrow leds on the control box
Custom pvc chassis by me
High polish finish (anything more would require special equipment)
Soundfonts:
Bespin II
Hero
Rainsizzle
TFU Starkiller
Resblade
ROTJ Legends
Boots and menu sounds all by me.
Glams:
Illuminated
FoC
Blade lit with every light I could find in the room on
FoC same conditions
Blade lit total darkness
FoC same conditions
My sanjuro stand
A few wiring pics (not much to it on this one, so not many wiring and chassis pics)
Thanks for looking guys. Hopefully you enjoy it. Updated vid is coming shortly, but for now you can see part of the journey.
Original build
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb0vJ5dn5mMupdate #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59R5LnlHtPMupdate #2
coming soon.
Original build thread first post:
So I just finished, but I wanted to start this thread so I could link pictures as they upload. As posted above this has a cf5 with FoC( of course), 18500 AW brand batteries, freshly polished (and will be polished again in the morning for the vid... blade is on it's way, ldm didn't have a box big enough so he was kind enough to give me the hilt first so I could have a head start on installing it). I feel this is my best work to date with the chassis I made (not crystal chamber, but oh well), soldering, and tight space I had to work with. as I said, pics are uploading and will be linked as they finish. No, I don't have any from before I took out the petit crouton because I wanted to get right to it. The install took me about 6 hours with a dinner break and a couple of 5 minute stretch breaks.
This was the mockup of how everything should fit.
Before my special polish...
After my special polish.
I've got a long way to go...
My way of holding the power xtender and keeping the led/heatsink assembly in place while still being able to easily pass wires throug.
all of the wires on the pex.
lots of wires. and I only have 2 accent leds!
just the control box and speaker now.
dun.
and dunner.
I'd like to thank LDM and Acerocket for the awesome hilt and LDM again for giving me the chance to do this. The only complaint I have is the killkey that came with the saber was too narrow and didn't kill the power. Imagine my surprise when the saber beeped when I put the sd card it. other than that, I am 100% satisfied with the hilt and I will be tough pressed to find a nicer one. video coming in the morning, I have to polish the hilt again after assembly and I don't want to do it tonight. I just wanna enjoy the saber right now. Didn't do any pommel blinkies yet. I wanna get the sd card squared away with my fonts and boots before I do that.
VIDEO:
http://s1099.photobucket.com/albums/g384/agordon117/?action=view¤t=090511104321.mp4youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb0vJ5dn5mMUPDATE VID:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59R5LnlHtPM