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Post by Olos Nay on Oct 26, 2006 12:29:43 GMT -5
I was looking trough several stuff lately, and came across what could be an easy way out of making a custom lightsaber with luxeon-led technology.
there are pretty cheap luxeon flashlight (3W, 5W) available on ebay or elsewhere. Some you can even unscrew a "standard" luxeon Star from it, so you could change the white luxeon to a colored one.
Also, one could simply use a colored filter for coloration
the fact is that the flashlight offers an easy way for battery holder, power converter and led heatsink, plus it keeps size down.
therefore, with a relatively small hilt, you need to interface the power button to the hilt, and add a blade holder, and you're mainly set.
if you have any other "easy way out" for luxeon sabers, please post the idea too.
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Oct 26, 2006 17:05:13 GMT -5
SO I'm not the only one to think such heresy!?  There are some nice LUX flashlights that even look a bit "sabery" to begin with too... I can see it working....especially as a quick padawan or holdout saber. |
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Post by Olos Nay on Oct 27, 2006 14:58:21 GMT -5
One big point when making a luxeon saber is the led heatsink, and the battery holder. If you can get both professionally made in a flashlight... |
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Post by Kryy Jacobi on Oct 27, 2006 18:21:56 GMT -5
Maybe this is something ya'll could pursue and then post a sort of tutorial? (I know a lot would depend on the basic flashlight used.) I recently tried to make a pseudo-hilt out of a cool looking metal and rubber LED flashlight and some plumbing parts and other stuff added but was not at all pleased with the result. It was, as we say here in the South, "tacky".  (a/k/a "cheesy") And I wasn't even addressing the blade issue -- I finally just decided to let the experts handle this and go with a MR conversion instead. But if someone with more expertise would explore this option, I think it's a good idea with potential. I shall defer to the masters.... *Bows* |
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Post by Olos Nay on Oct 30, 2006 11:22:52 GMT -5
I fail to see most flashlight generating ennough luminosity to have a valid result... I tried the blade with a 5-led commercial flashlight, and it looks good but dim.
My green luxeon led was 30 lumens, and I'm a LOT more happy with my amber 45 lumens... I'd say if you're to use a white flashlight with colored filters, you'll want at least 60 lumens output - which is easily gotten with 3W white luxeon flashlight.
I think anyone going that route would want to search for "tactical" flashlight.
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Post by sidhalafre on Jan 23, 2007 20:12:40 GMT -5
Tim at TCSS has heatsinks for custom saber's and remember if your gonna go with lux 3 watt leds go with the color you like.
The reasion why green looks brighter is cause of the human eye. thats why red looks good with a 3 watt, anymore and it dosent look right.
Thats why the line is just go with the color you like.
good luck
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Post by vortextwist on Jan 23, 2007 22:47:45 GMT -5
I think alot of people know that already if they have a luxeon led.
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Post by Olos Nay on Jan 24, 2007 10:14:00 GMT -5
Sidha Lafre if you read my post carefully, you'll see that I am a LOT more happy with my amber 45 lumens then with my green 30 lumens...
The point is, you want to go with 40+ lumens output.
as Vortextwist said, alot of people know that already if they have a luxeon led.
Now, this thread isn't about going to TCSS but about having costless ways to make luxeon blades. Some people aren't about making sabers with commercial parts and prefer found parts, here's discussion about the faisability of using off-the-shelves flashlight in making a custom saber.
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Post by sidhalafre on Jan 24, 2007 18:31:21 GMT -5
Yes and I was saying that there are ways to get a proper heatsink for custom applications. Yes you can be happy with what color you want, that goes on teh same lines of go with the color that you like. 1watts are useless nowdays. 3watt/k2 and 5 watts are whats going on. luxeon.com/products/family.cfm?familyId=8 for 3 watts luxeon.com/products/family.cfm?familyId=10 for 5 watts luxeon.com/products/family.cfm?familyId=16 for 5 watt whites luxeon.com/products/line.cfm?lineId=18 for a K2 Thtas why the most lines told are forget brightness and go with the color you like. sence none deals with 1watts anymore. and if you were going with a custome saber I would strongly recamend using a proper heatsink. Yes there are ways to make costly working sabers but when it comes down to the eletronics and proper heatsinking you shoud never skinp on. Do you skinp on the coolent for your radiator on your car? how about your motor oil? yeah it maybe something as cheap as a saber but damages can still happen from the heat not propperly dispursed. Im not saying its about TCSS what iam saying is there way to make the proper setup for what ever your building. weather its a flashlight, sinktube, pvc, carboard tubing. whatever way you go you need a proper cooling setup and I was suggesting that tcss has a heatsink for custome off the shelf applications that your talking about. |
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Post by vortextwist on Jan 24, 2007 22:08:46 GMT -5
but sid you are still not reading, he is talking about using an of the shelf store bought led flashlight, which already has the proper heatsinking, or they couldn't sell them for very long,(well maybe depending on how long they last) You can make an heatsing out of just about anything.
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Post by Olos Nay on Jan 26, 2007 9:06:07 GMT -5
Sidha, again I urge you to read my post.
As Vortextwist mentionned, I am referring to off-the-shelve product such as a radioshack 3W luxeon flashlight. TCSS doesn't make heatsink for off-the-shelve flashlights, they are ALREADY MADE with built-in heatsinks.
The whole concept of this thread is for people who DOESN'T WANT to front the expanses of getting machined parts and electronics.
You are assuming everybody have the same setup in mind. There's all kind of people and some of them don't want to spend money on lightsaber. I have a collegue of mine that made a nice saber from dollar store parts. The most expansive had been the Ultrablade he put on it, and it looks great.
Also, don't assume 1W are no longer used. I for one use them. Remember that a 1W red-orange delivers more brightness then a 3W blue. With the luxeon III price dropping and the low-heat-K2s, its not the same as when I started this 2 years ago, but star-Os are greatly used even today - the 40$ apprentice sabers from Ultrasabers are 1W sabers and they are great.
Nevertheless, this thread is definately not here to talk about how to make a luxeon saber from a custom machine shop, there are thousands of threads about that. This thread is there to help those who want the easy way out.
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(a/k/a "cheesy")