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Offline CHEWBACCA

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I love the design of the Qui-gon saber but always wanted a deep groove version.  I got one (MR LE) from a customer of mine a while back and took it to the machine shop to bore it out with a 1" hole down the neck.  I got it back (its in several pieces after you take it apart) and put it in a drawer until I felt like messing with it.  Recently I decided to make the inner neck piece and install electronics.  It was much simpler than I thought it would be to be honest.  I used a 7/8 and 1" tube to make the inner neck piece to connect the upper part to the body of the saber, cut away some of the bottom bar to accept the electronics and wired it all up.

I am very pleased with the way it turned out though it is quite heavy (they used cast AL for the body).  I will say that PCing in the deep grooves was a challenge but I eventually got it to work.

It has a CF 5
LEDengin 10W RGGB
GG in parallel for main LED
RB in series for FoC
flush mount tactile switches
Powder coated in hotrod flat texture black
lightly polished shroud and emitter (didn't go crazy on the polish since this one is meant to be played with)
2x16340 LiMN batteries (not sure why I didn't go with 18350s but I may change that later since they will fit)

Again this thing is heavy and would not work very well for a belt hanger I don't think but I built it to use as my personal saber (I never get to keep CF sabers so hopefully I can keep this one lol).

Here is a video



On with the pics...sorry they are not great quality.  My lighting was bad and I used software auto correct and they didn't turn out great but they should show what needs to be shown.


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on with the pics.  THey are not very good because my lighting was bad and I used software auto fix but it shows what needs to be shown.

« Last Edit: October 20, 2011, 09:58:20 PM by MH »


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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 01:15:42 PM »
Deep grooves indeed.  That is some phenomenal crafting there.  It looks like it's ready to hew Maul in 2 right now.  The only ticky thing would be to powder coat the recharge port so it blends in more with the pommel (if that could be done).
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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 01:36:05 PM »
Beautiful work, MH! I don't think I have heard of a MR being bored out like that, just the Larbels.  I have a Goodman converted Larbel, could'nt agree more on loving the deep grooves which add to a more screen accurate and beautiful Qui hilt, imo.  Well done!

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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2011, 01:45:39 PM »
Everytime i see a deep grooved qui i always think to myself 'where did they fit everything?'.  Great saber MH and i'm glad you are keeping it for yourself, I really love it when the clash flash is another color besides white.  Yours looks like a bluish violet.  It goes great with the green.


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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2011, 01:53:58 PM »
OK I will share the electronics pics.  I just had to trim the bar a little for the electronics to fit but had to bore out the top and bottom of the body for the speaker and neck piece.

The batteries are in the neck piece.





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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2011, 01:59:05 PM »
Wow, amazing job man :)
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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2011, 02:05:29 PM »
dang man the internals look just as nice as the external saber, love the pic of the wiring :)


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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2011, 02:12:49 PM »
That thing is totally awesome!
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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2011, 02:15:26 PM »
Looks fantastic! What's the difference with wiring the two green dies from the RGGB in parallel as opposed to having them in series? Some if your older builds have them in series with older CF versions pre V5.

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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2011, 02:46:47 PM »
MH you surpise every time you show up something new  ;)

I thought also a few times , if its possible to do that on that LE versions , and you shown it perfect again that it is ^^

Congrats ! and of course you installed an CF 5 ..... what else   :D



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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2011, 02:56:36 PM »
Wow dude......    :o :o :o :o :o   All I have to say.....

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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2011, 03:23:39 PM »
Beautiful work, as we've come to expect MH
I really like the time you've put in to have it so neat.
I'd really like to do a MR Mace, but it's not going to have a 1". Not to worry.
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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2011, 03:28:31 PM »
I've done a few deep grooved Qui's, so I know from experience how difficult getting everything in there is.  MH, this is beautiful!  Batteries in the neck ftw!
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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2011, 04:24:53 PM »
Great Work  ;D I am Stoked this Conversion is here  8) This Goes to Show All Things are Possible  ;D

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Re: MR Qui-Gon LE converted with CF 5
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2011, 04:27:20 PM »
Looks fantastic! What's the difference with wiring the two green dies from the RGGB in parallel as opposed to having them in series? Some if your older builds have them in series with older CF versions pre V5.

Wondering if it's b/c the CF5 puts out 2A and in parallel those current-thirsty LEDengin dice can take it?? :-)  MH is it set for 2A?  This is an incredible saber, moreso b/c it's an officially license saber...at least it used to be ;D  Amazing work.  The inside electronics install looks incredibly clean.

 

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