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TOPIC: Quick Connects?
Quick Connects? 1 day 1 hour ago #4591
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Since I order my saber with quick connects and a second color LED I would hope they would not glue the emitter. Do you think I need to say anything on the order?
Edited additional comment follows: Based on my research of other saber makers and DIY sites, the emitter normally screws down onto the hilt section where the LED is located. The emitter is removed to get access to the module for exchange. For some companies if the emitter is not removable then the module is not listed as user changeable. Based on DarthMaMario's comment (below) it sounds like SF uses a different method to resolve this. Thank you for the clarification. |
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Quick Connects? 1 day 56 minutes ago #4595
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As far as I know none of the sabers require you to unscrew any threaded sections to access the LED and quick connects. The exception to this is the thin necks, which is why the thin necks are not compatible with quick disconnects. The idea is to unscrew the LED module retention screw, same way you would with a blade retention screw, and then the LED module slides up right out of the emitter, allowing you to unclip it and connect another LED module, slide it back into place in the hilt, and retighten the LED module retention screw.
As for the threaded sections, Phil doesn't want his sabers randomly unscrewing in customer's hands while dueling, as you all can well understand. So he has his texts glue the threaded portions of the hilt together (excluding the pommels, of course). For DIY projects, having the threads unglued ion your empty hilt s probably the most important thing to request. But worst comes to worst, if you've already bought an empty saber for DIY and forgot to ask them to not glue the threads, you can always heat up the glued sections with a hair dryer to loosen the glue, and then grip the threaded sections with rubber gloves and twist them apart. I've done that before. |
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Quick Connects? 11 hours 27 minutes ago #4647
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I've never been inside a hilt, would installing a soundboard require me to take it apart enough to need the pieces unglued, or would I be able to work with just the pommel opening?
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Quick Connects? 1 hour 50 minutes ago #4704
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Depends on the hilt. It's always easier if the saber is designed to unthread in the middle, but some of the sabers like the Apprentice sabers or the Justicar, for example, are one piece and your only openings are the emitter, pommel, and the AV switch holes in the middle. I've done a soundboard install on a Justicar, and while it was a pain at times, it's definitely doable.
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