Machinimax's Luke v2 Lightsaber

[Machinimax]

"Ahh yes...a Jedi's weapon. Much like your father's." - Emperor Palpatine

Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber - ROTJ v2

This hilt was made during the latest saber run from Solo's Hold. It truly is a work of art and a physical example of the hard work and culminated effort of all of those who brought it to life.


Specs

Plecter Labs Crystal Focus v7.5
Tri-Cree GGW
18500 Li-Ion battery pack
Premium speaker
Clamp card activation
3D printed chassis designed by Darth Ryo

The greens are in series with the white being used for FoC. This is my first experience with the Tri-Crees and they are spectacular! This was also probably the easiest saber install I have even done. Darth Ryo's chassis made sure of that. The "weathering" was done by me utilizing Madcow's tutorial on the TCSS YouTube page. The hilt accepts a 7/8" transwhite dual diffused blade from Vader's Vault, which really helps to bring out the color! Some of the soundfonts are as follows:


Mark VI by Juansith
Hero by Madcow
Grey Meat by Sekrouge
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces by Machinimax

Video


Solo's Hold Luke Skywalker ROTJ v2 - YouTube


A big thanks to all who made this run possible. A beautiful hilt if ever there was one!​

 

[ARKM]

Looks great.

 

[KyphoticJedi]

Hi. I noticed in the picture of your chassis that it looks like you used two resistors in parallel. I'm building my v2 with my first CF and have been looking for a space saving way to resistor the flash on clash led dye without using a power extender. Would you mind explaining your solution?

 

[Machinimax]

I needed a smaller resistor value than the resistors I had available. I did the trick where I hooked two like resistors in parallel to half the resistance value. What version CF are you using? If you have a version 6 or later, the Power Extender is already built in. It's required if you want Flash on Clash.

 

[KyphoticJedi]

Thanks for responding! I've got a cf 7.5 and I know that it has the onboard power extender. TCSS suggests using an off board power extender to wire the smd resistor, and use it really as a satellite heat sink board away from the CF (bypassing the actual power extension). The manual states that you shouldn't put the resistor on the board if you plan to use the foc more than 10 seconds at a time. I don't think I will but better safe than sorry. The 4.7 ohm 5 w resistor needed is too big for my SH v2 so I've been looking for other solutions. I saw that you used smaller resistors in parallel and I hoped you could help me solve the issue of using a huge resistor or small smd on a satellite board. Wiring multiple resistors is new to me and, I am a slow learner.