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Jedi-Loreen  2749 posts
Title: OCSWS Secretary
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 Registered: Dec '02
43743_Mara Jade
Date Posted: 5/10/05 12:38pm Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
Ok, thanks, I already know about that site. I'm hoping to find it cheaper than $2.12/ft.

A local plastic company has left over tubing from larger orders, periodically. A couple friends bought some for only $10 for an 8' piece. That's only $.80/foot! Unless I heard them wrong. tongue

That's weird that that site puts the wrong size tubing in your cart. It's the same price as the other, so something is screwed up. I tried it myself.

 

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Strydur  259 posts
Registered: May '05
39869_Aragon
Date Posted: 5/10/05 1:01pm Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
After looking at the sites closer..they all go to the same order page the reason price is shown cheaper on the one is they have the wrong product id# tagged to that line. But if anyone finds another place to order it cheaper please let me know.

 

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sporty  146 posts
Registered: May '05
6537_Green Lightsaber
Date Posted: 5/10/05 1:54pm Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
Greetings,

I ordered some EL, from - http://xoxide.com/ultra-brite-line-el-wire-blue.html.
It's 60 inches for $9.99, comes with a inverter but will not work for it is AC inverter.

I looked at one of the other links, cheap el wire. time shipping was added in, wow.

Plus I ordered a inverter from coolight.com (CL-ISC-9V-10-20FT)

I went to menards and picked up some polyethyelene, 1/2 od, 3/8 ID. for $2.47.

I/m only doing a 24 inch El lightsaber. But If I think the El is not enough, I'll pay more and get some from the other website. They were just wanting to much for shipping.

I'm hoping this weekend to order polycarbonate and get to radio shack for parts.

sporty

 

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Strydur  259 posts
Registered: May '05
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Date Posted: 5/10/05 6:42pm Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
Sporty, I might be wrong but i believe the power supply of a computer changes ac to dc, so the EL kits for computers would actually be ran off dc? /shrug just a thought. It probably isnt very good qality at that price anyways. Try www.coolneon.com they have treated me good so far.

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sporty  146 posts
Registered: May '05
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Date Posted: 5/10/05 8:19pm Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
Right, thats why I ordered a inverter from coolight.com (CL-ISC-9V-10-20FT) The one you all have recommended.

Does anyone have pics of the end pieces, for the tube or how the mounted it ?

sporty

 

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Jedi-Loreen  2749 posts
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Date Posted: 5/11/05 1:08am Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, sporty.

 

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sporty  146 posts
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Date Posted: 5/11/05 1:58am Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
Sorry for the confusion,

I was hoping to see some pictures of the male, female connecter end, a piture of them connected to lightsaber and to the El tube.

Sporty

 

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RedHeadKevin  313 posts
Registered: May '04
6982_Chewie<br>Galactic Heroes
Date Posted: 5/11/05 6:24am Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial - Date Edited: 5/11/05 6:33am (1 edits total) Edited By: RedHeadKevin
Do you think that 1 strand of 5mm hi-brightness EL wire would work inside a 1/4 inch thick tube? I'm talking about the 1/4"-walled stuff. If you frosted the inside (or the outside)of the polycarbonate, it would act as its own diffuser, and you'd have a really thick blade to whack stuff with. On the other hand, it might bend too much if you hit something with it.


( Oh yeah, and sorry to be a pest. I've just never made a "working" lightsaber before, and I want to do it right the first time)

 
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Strydur  259 posts
Registered: May '05
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Date Posted: 5/11/05 6:56am Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
Sporty, I made a 24" blade lastnight for my youngest sons saber. I'll post pics of it tonight maybe.

Strydur

 

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Jedi-Loreen  2749 posts
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Date Posted: 5/11/05 8:27am Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
Where the heck would you get 1/4" walled tubing? I've never heard of it.

If you are going by the dimensions of the tube, .750" OD and .500" ID you only have 1/8" walls. Divide that number by 2 and that's how much wall you have on each "side" of the tube, if you were looking at a cross section.

I don't even know it that makes any sense. I'm not usually up this early since I work nights, and I haven't had any coffee yet! tongue

 

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RedHeadKevin  313 posts
Registered: May '04
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Date Posted: 5/11/05 8:57am Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
http://polycarbonate-tubes-rods.com/polycarbonate-tubes.htm

KM-2100P...$4.20 a foot

.750" OD, .25" ID, 1/4" thick walls. It's a real product.

So... could it work?


oh, and could you keep us posted if you find cheap 1/8" wall tubing? thanks.

 
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Strydur  259 posts
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Date Posted: 5/11/05 10:23pm Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial - Date Edited: 5/11/05 10:28pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Strydur
Got the 2nd saber working today. Here is some pictures of it and blade design.The blue blade is 3 strands at 12volts the yellow is 4 strands at 9volts







Strydur

 

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sporty  146 posts
Registered: May '05
6537_Green Lightsaber
Date Posted: 5/11/05 10:49pm Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
awesome pictures, and kewl jedi lightsaber.

I cant wait for my stuff to show up in the mail. Still gotta order my polycarbante tho, but good pic's. The end of the lightsaber give me a clue as how to do the end.

thanks

sporty

 

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sporty  146 posts
Registered: May '05
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Date Posted: 5/12/05 1:16am Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
I got to thinking and had some questions and thoughts.

On making the lightsaber's with El.

If we or someone can find a good site on the polycarbonate in the size we all are using. I didnt know how easy this is 2 cut. But I cant imagine shipping be that much really. a couple of bucks a tube. meaning like for 24 inches or a 36 inches. typical male is done buy weight.

I wonder if we found a good site. we got together and did a bulk order or something. I know once i make my first one. Im gonna wanna make a few more.

also the end pieces, like where the female end goes into what are ya all using aluminum machined or plastic ? or some odd piece ya found to work.

It a thought of getting a machine shop to zip a few dozen pieces off and then use them for our swords. Bulk is cheaper. I mean most machines, they stick the piece in it cuts and turns it down and and can do alot of it fairly fast.

The rubber end strips, man if we could find some company that makes something like it. I was thinking about when i owned my harley and i had these hand grips that had rubber on them in strips. they would be perfect. Just cant recall who made them, I would try and contact them for where they got them.

I saw some guy selling $30 kits for lightsabers. I thought that was very high, cuz it really was not much more than the rubber, d ring and door bell piece with a led strip of 6 led's from a old calculater.

ill have maybe $40 into my whole el lightsaber.

In my town there is a builder discount store, tons of stuff. Not everything tho. But I get the 1 1/4 chrome sink pipe 12 inches long from 2 to 3 dollars and a d ring for 35 cents. I got my wipe blade pieces from big lots , they were celling wiper blades for $1.

I got 5 led's from radio shack, ouch they charge 2 much. but had chrome threaded holder incert. I got 4 green and 1 red one. mounted them and got from the dollar tree store for a dollar a $1 flaslight that takes 2 aa batteries in a little box. I mounted it on my tube to run a colored flashlight end and the led's.

I did this all for under $12.00, the most exspensive being 2 led's for $2.49 each.

Just saome thoughts anyhow.

I called a few of the El sells, that u mentioned or I found on line. Most didnt know anything about making a lightsaber with them. I quess i was thinking if we or someone could get some deal going with them to offer or cell a kit for what we need.

Intead of going here or there to gather parts.

when i get a chance ill take a pic of my lightsaber. its nothing fancy, but I think the led might interest some of you.

sporty

 

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Seanohue 
Registered: May '05
Date Posted: 5/12/05 7:27pm Subject: RE: Jedi-Loreen's EL Lightsaber Blade Tutorial
Ok, I am virgin to all electronic components. I get the soldering part, but I am baffled at: creating a switch to light the blade, creating an adapter in the blade, the inverter, and im also wondering how to connect the speaker and soundchip from a Hasbro saber into a custom one. Any info helps because I get a headache everytime i try to figure this out :P

 
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