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Post by vortextwist on Feb 8, 2007 21:44:43 GMT -5
did you get your "buttered toast" in an hilt yet? can't wait to hear your thoughts (review) on it.
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Post by Jeffrek on Feb 15, 2007 11:08:19 GMT -5
did you get your "buttered toast" in an hilt yet? can't wait to hear your thoughts (review) on it. As a matter of fact I have now yes The board is now in this - Heres a few technical spec's, the lightsource is a white K2, one of the high code ones with 130 lumens output. Its powered from 4xAA nimh rechargeables cells with 2400mah capacity. It also has a recharge port (which you cant see in the pic as its on the bottom of the silver activation area opposite the switch. The on/off switch is totally recessed and the 3mm green led in bezel mount you can see is wired to the Crytal Focus board as the low power indicator. Ive got mine set to run the led at 1.2 A and its very bright Internally the sabre is constructed from some thin walled 1.25" tube with machined emmitter, pommel and other parts. The board fits perfectly inside the tube and with a bit of persuasion so did the batteries. Unfortunately I dont have access to anything to record a video of it in action so all I can do is discribe it. The electronics are superb. When you first try the board out before putting it in a sabre the sound isnt that impressive in volume. If I didnt know how much difference properly housing the speaker makes I might have been disapointed. Luckily I do know and once it was actually installed its impressively loud. If I switch my Mace FX on I can barely hear it over the sound from the Crytal Focus. The syncronised sounds work great with the defaults, although I did have to tweak the setting to get the luxeon to light up a bit faster to match the startup noise (very easy to do). I think thats because Im using the K2 which has different operating characteristics to a normal 3w led. The sounds are very responsive on both swing and clash, in fact I turned the sensitivity to clashes down slightly on mine. One of the things I absolutely love about the crytal focus is the shimmering effect. Its very well implemented and really does look great. It feels just like Old Bens sabre in ANH. The clash flickering is also really cool too. I havent had time to test for operation time/battery consumption but I will get around to timing it from a full charge. While it isnt the cheapest option out there I think its the best and I will be picking up a second at some point.
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Post by vortextwist on Feb 15, 2007 13:50:17 GMT -5
awsome, I must get one.
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Post by Jay Tee Erricck on Feb 25, 2007 21:47:43 GMT -5
To Olos Nay & all other Jedi, About a week ago, I finally sat down to do a semi-decent drawing of my own (custom) lightsaber. It took me a few hours to draw it out but I finished the pencil version. I have since sent the drawing to Parks Sabers & asked them to create the saber for me. I was told that I *should* be getting it in time to take with me to Celebration 4. I can go into more details about my saber (& even post a link to the image) but, for now, I wanted to say this: Thank you to Olos Nay & everyone else who offered advice / opinions on saber hilts, etc.. Also, an apology. Olos Nay presented a convincing argument to "go luxeon". My choice in going the Parks Sabers route instead, however, was not because Olos's advice was not adequate. It was based mostly on the facts that 1) I have no saber-building experience and 2) I was running out of time before C4. When I built my Rebel Commando props / costume for C3 in 2005, I did most of my own work. Resin / fiberglass work, sculpting, airbrushing (the colors onto the "fatigues"), etc.. This time around, however, I have had less & less free time (due to my work schedule) to pursue experimenting with building things, etc. Also, my hilt design dictates the need to cut into the main hilt housing. That kind of stuff requires metal-machining equipment I don't have or have access to. So, I decided to go with Parks, a company I have heard a lot of good things about. After looking at all the sample photos of several saber-building companies, I felt the hilts at Parks were closest to the style I wanted. [Basically, I used the Force to guide my decision.] I'll post here again once I have the drawing up on the net & a url address link to share. I will also have pictures of the hilt & blade later in hopes of applying (petitioning?) for membership in The Jedi Assembly. May the [Good Side of the] Force be with us, .........always. Jay Tee www.rebellegionhawaii.com
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Post by vortextwist on Feb 25, 2007 22:50:31 GMT -5
I am glad you decided on a design. All that matters is you are happy with what you want. Hey who know maybe your next will be luxeon.
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Post by Olos Nay on Feb 26, 2007 12:50:04 GMT -5
Jay Tee Erricck - no need for apologizing. You ask questions, we offer what we believe is the best answer... it is still up to you to make the decisions. I too agree about lacking time for props and costumes, we have more stuff we'd like to do then time to do it. I myself start to have some props/costume parts being made by 3rd party instead of me, so I can very well understand the situation.
Parks offer good lightsabers and have been doing so for quite a while already, and I hope you will enjoy yours very well. Please do post pictures of it once you have it on hand.
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Post by Jay Tee Erricck on Feb 26, 2007 14:43:06 GMT -5
Greetings vortextwist, Olos & all Jedi. Thank you for your replies. Olos Nay wrote: I will! Thank you for the interest. I'm trying not to get too excited about my lightsaber. Such emotion is not fitting for a Jedi. I'll keep you all posted about the progress. May the Force be with us. Jay Tee www.rebellegionhawaii.com
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Post by Jay Tee Erricck on Mar 9, 2007 19:22:51 GMT -5
Greetings, Jedi. [bows] My friend & website coordinator, Pac-El, was kind enough to post my lightsaber hilt "schematic" (along with my early "color inspiration" Jedi Knight outfit drawing). www.rebellegionhawaii.com/jayteeerricck.htmlI may have mentioned this before but I nicknamed my saber the "pipe bomb" since its end cap makes it look like one. I couldn't figure out how to make my saber look distinguishable from others so I opted to go for simple, rather than ornate. Jeff Parks convinced me to go with (green) anodized metal instead of a rubber inlay since the rubber would take more time & money. Either way, I figure, it would be easy to identify my saber out of, say, a box full of sabers if I were to lose it at a Jedi symposium. I'll post real-life pix when I have received my saber. Jay Tee Erricck
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