My Wife's new Prophecy V3 Customization WIP pic Heavy

[DarthCooper88]

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[DarthCooper88]

Progress! I have most of the electronics install done (waiting on a resistor I had to order, yeah I know a buck puck would have worked, I still would have to wait for one) I just finished with the final machining of the led/holder/heatsink  and thought to get a shot of this saber next to my Proto


Starting with some 7/8" brass bar stock, and a piece of schedule 40 aluminum 1" pipe




I decided to run both Cyan and Royal blue chips in Parallel with the amber being for FOC, if you notice this one wires through a hole in the center of the heat-sink, the hole on the side lines up with one of the holes on the side that I tapped with an 8-32

[srams]

I MUST learn how you do this!!!

[RLYHYPERGUY]

That's pretty awesome! Can't wait to see the finished product! What color do you expect to get from mixing cyan and blue LEDs? Sounds very interesting.

[DarthCooper88]

That's pretty awesome! Can't wait to see the finished product! What color do you expect to get from mixing cyan and blue LEDs? Sounds very interesting.

Thanks guys, Actually I have no idea no idea of what the color will look like My Wife's description would be "Electric Blue", I'm getting jazzed to get that part done for testing (in that phase where one must meditate before soldering to keep from rushing it) waiting on parts sux

[digitalsithlord]

What is a going rate to get a nickle plated prophecy transformed into a glossy black like that...?

[RLYHYPERGUY]

Thanks guys, Actually I have no idea no idea of what the color will look like My Wife's description would be "Electric Blue", I'm getting jazzed to get that part done for testing (in that phase where one must meditate before soldering to keep from rushing it) waiting on parts sux

Oh man, that would be really awesome if it came out that way! Hope the parts get there soon!

[DarthCooper88]

What is a going rate to get a nickle plated prophecy transformed into a glossy black like that...?

My powder coater only charges me 20 dollars for a whole hilt, if it were going over nickel I would imagine it would look even nicer
Check your local auto parts stores, and the yellow pages. There are alot of guys that do it out of there garage (like my guy) and PC is actually less work than paint (my parts store 1/2 mile down the road has an oven big enough for car frames and engines) I have been considering getting a toaster oven, and a craftsman home powder kit, the stuff to do it really isnt that expensive, if you have a spare large oven (i mean spare, I dont think you want to cook a turkey after cooking lightsaber parts in it) and black chrome is getting popular, Ive seen a few cars sporting it over chrome rims

[DarthCooper88]

 Testing of all components complete outside of the hilt , I wanted to get a pic of this LED wiring in that I really like how simple and quick it was
in the pic youll notice 6 wires (28ga.) soldered to each led contact, from there I ran them to a 4 junction deans micro plug with the2 +'s and 2-'s from my main blade led's (blue and cyan) to set them in parallel (yes it is very bright and the color looks like electric blue. I'll get some pics up once it's finished

Some temporary green tape to keep things in place while wiring, you can pretty well see all of the components at the ready, the final install involves wiring up the switches and recharge port before installing the control box

[jmPlagueis]

Looks like another fine piece Darth! Always enjoy your build logs

[DarthCooper88]

 Thanks! Got my resistor and realized I have a blown power extnder, so had to find someone with a trade(found one,....waiting on the mail) other wise it's 98% done. While waiting, I have been working on something else totally different that you guys will be seeing soon

[jmPlagueis]

Thanks! Got my resistor and realized I have a blown power extnder, so had to find someone with a trade(found one,....waiting on the mail) other wise it's 98% done. While waiting, I have been working on something else totally different that you guys will be seeing soon

And the anticipation grows ....

Cant wait to see it all!

[digitalsithlord]

Thought I would chime in to see if there was any new progress on this saber.......What can I say, I love what you have done to this saber so far!!

Cheers

[swords4two]

It is a beautiful thing Cooper! Like Plagueis I can't wait to see the finish product!.

[DarthCooper88]

 It just so happens that I got a new PEX in the mail on trade today, spent some time after dinner soldering the final ciircuits, tested it and yay! it all works as it should!, I just got finished assembling the hilt and control box (again waiting for stuff sux)

I'll get some finished pix up soon and a vid.
 
in the meantime I have a super secret project that is about ready for powder-coat