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Evil-Henchman
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Jul '04
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Date Posted:
5/20 10:21pm
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RE: The Official Lightsaber Hilt Thread
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I forgot one thing... the lens. TCSS sells 5 degree lenses and 10 degree lenses. A 5 degree lens is better for blades over 35 inches (I mentioned this in an earlier post). You may be using a 10 degree lens. The primary way to tell the difference between the two is that on the top of the lenses, the 10 degree lens is flat and the 5 degree lens has a small recessed area in the center.
If you have a 10 degree lens, switching it to a 5 degree lens may help.
As I mentioned before, the lens holder needs to be modified to fit the 5 degree lenses properly (I tried modifying the lens itself once... bad idea). I'll post pics of said modification when I have time.
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madhorizons
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5/21 4:44am
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It's a 5 degree....i had to do some work to get it to fit properly too...but very little.
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Ende
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5/21 11:49am
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Hmmm... Have you checked the wires, one might have come undone or something.
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Joel_K
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5/21 8:59pm
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Question: What is the best way to secure a carbon fibre tube in the hilt?
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madhorizons
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Date Posted:
5/22 10:06am
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Ende posted:
Hmmm... Have you checked the wires, one might have come undone or something.
Ya...i checked...thought that *may* have been the issue, but no luck. I'm going to disconnect & reconnect everything over the weekend, including soldering the wires together in the joint.
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Evil-Henchman
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Date Posted:
5/31 12:58am
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Hey madhorizons, have you fixed your blade lighting issue yet?
Regardless I tried out a 40-1/2" long blade lit up using a 1 watt blue Luxeon LED (Luxeon I) and a Luxeon III red/orange LED (I haven't wired up the red LED yet). Both LEDs work fine with this long of a blade. I have a feeling that the red LED will work fine as well but who knows, it may just be too dark of a color to work with a 40" blade.
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ElectroFilms
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5/31 11:24am
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Those are soo Freakin awesome E_H!
Selling any of them?
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Evil-Henchman
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5/31 12:11pm
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ElectroFilms posted:
Those are soo Freakin awesome E_H!
Selling any of them?
Please check your PMs.
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madhorizons
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I really haven't checked. One thing I thought of too is different camera settings yielding different results. It could just be I had my shutter speed up too high or something...b/c it doesn't look like the photos in person. I'm trying to get the picture to reproduce what my eyes are seeing, but no luck.
But to officially answer your question...no, I haven't. I'd like to sand the inside of the blade and add some polyP to see if that helps or not.
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Evil-Henchman
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Date Posted:
7/19 5:46pm
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*dusts off the thread*
Hi all, below is my latest hilt. It's my first "solid" saber. By that I mean that the handle is completely filled with solid stock instead of being left hollow. As such, it is a bit heavy... but it's a nice heavy. 
The emitter hole is about 13/16" in dia. and 2" deep. This hilt was not designed to take a blade and was made "solid" (per the customer's request). Not counting the machined button, Covertec knob and the Covertec knob screw, the hilt is 4 pieces.
The hilt design is based off of one of my other sabers (Saber 1) but is definately different. All comments are welcome.
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elemental_fantasy
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7/20 12:24am
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Lovin it!!! Are you gonna add any color to it or keep it silver? Personally, adding some black or what not will make it more movie saber like, man that looks sweet!
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Evil-Henchman
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Date Posted:
7/20 12:41am
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Thanks. 
The customer wanted no color whatsoever and it's already been shipped off.
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erus_multus2
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Hey, Evil-Henchman, just wondering, how much does it normally cost to buy one of your sabers?
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Evil-Henchman
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Date Posted:
7/20 8:23pm
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Hi erus, PM sent.
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BenMcEwan
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Can you send me a PM too please?
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