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Offline CHEWBACCA

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Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« on: January 23, 2011, 08:01:25 PM »
I got the Korbanth MWIII in the mail the other day and in a couple of minutes I had it completely stripped and started figuring out how I was going to fit a sound board in it.  I first did some measuring and figured I could get a Yoda in there pretty easily.  Then I did a little more testing and found a way to put a PC in it.  Then I figure what the heck.  If I can put a PC in there I can put a CF in there.

I hacked away, ordered a tiny speaker, small batteries and a 10W RGBW LED.  

Here is the result.

This is the board and batteries (AW IMR16340 550 mAh IMR LiMN batteries)  with the wires run across it.  Also the picture shows the size of the speaker compared to the standard TCSS speaker.



I made a heatsink out of a 3/4 copper slug and filed down a 10* lens so it would fit in the 3/4 opening.

The saber is not done...although its fully functioning and put back together it is not epoxied or glued down.  I am taking it all apart and sending it to a plating company to plate the gold pieces in gold chrome and seeing if he can smooth out the part around the buttons and re-chrome it.  The saber is fine for the price paid but I want to see if I can make it an elite saber.

Here are pics click for larger images (again its not finished and cleaned up, I didn't notice the wrap on the bottom was loose).



















Now for the good part...the video.





I will update the thread after I get the parts back from the plating company and put it back together.


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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 09:03:01 PM »
Gasp. Awesome this is. This is cramtastic!! Tell me, is that 3/4 tube still in there through out the rest of the saber or is the bottom portion gone? and I am copying you but with a 2010 Eco obi board. Also where did you buy those speakers? Thanks.

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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2011, 09:10:37 PM »
Beautiful saber, awesome install etc.


Nice work  ;)
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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2011, 09:21:04 PM »
Gasp. Awesome this is. This is cramtastic!! Tell me, is that 3/4 tube still in there through out the rest of the saber or is the bottom portion gone? and I am copying you but with a 2010 Eco obi board. Also where did you buy those speakers? Thanks.

Thanks,

the tube is still there and only 1/4" or so shorter (to allow the speaker to set up in the gold part).  I had to slot it toward the bottom in order for the board to go in there.  You have to use a protective casing to prevent the board from shorting.

With conversions its not really copying someone if you do the same conversion.  I will freely share what I did to help anyone that wants to attempt this conversion.  If you run into any problems just ask for help.


I got the speaker from Mouser.

http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=253-CE221-ROvirtualkey12800000virtualkey253-CE221-RO


« Last Edit: January 23, 2011, 09:22:51 PM by MH »


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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2011, 11:34:47 PM »
Very cool.

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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2011, 01:44:54 AM »
Congrats for an really tight build  ;)

You always take the challenge when someone says its not possible to build in electronics :D and then you build in an CF v5  8) awesome




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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2011, 02:18:13 AM »
This is awesome. Can't wait to see it finished.

And please LMK the cost of the gold chroming (ballpark). I have 1 or 2 projects I'd like to use it on. ;)

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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2011, 03:37:37 AM »
Very Nice!!! Ur da Man.. as always MH!!!  ;D
« Last Edit: January 24, 2011, 03:39:22 AM by enaswede »

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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2011, 05:14:27 AM »
Awesome work ... As usual!!!


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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2011, 07:37:25 AM »
This looks fantastic. When I get mine, I want to put up some pics side by side compared to the MR Mace.

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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2011, 07:50:31 AM »
This is amazing!! Now, all my favorite sabers can have sound  ;D

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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2011, 10:13:02 AM »
Another beautiful conversion, MH!  Based on the MW3's id, do you think an Ultrasound 2.5 can fit in it?

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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2011, 10:16:20 AM »
Excellent as always my friend! Give me hope for my Korbanth QG for CF in the future.

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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2011, 11:25:38 AM »
Awesome build ! The cram-fu is unusually strong with you ! ;)


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Re: Korbanth MWIII (Mace Windu) with CF5, 10W purple, FoC
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2011, 12:36:41 AM »
 Bravo , Bravo !!! :o Well done MH... ;D

 

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