How To Make Custom 1/6 Scale Fluorescent Tube Lightsabers!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2020
- We upgrade our favorite Star Wars sixth-scale figures with custom light-up lightsabers using off the shelf CCFL fluorescent tubes. Follow along as we show you the step-by-step process to modifying a CCFL tube and sixth-scale lightsaber hilt to turn a typical Hot Toys or Sideshow Collectibles figure into a brilliant light-up scene. It really transforms the look of a figure!
Materials and tools for this project:
6-inch CCFL tubes: amzn.to/2YFHfXL
CCFL power inverter: amzn.to/2Qwg9hr
9V battery holder: amzn.to/2D8uzkQ
USB Soldering Iron: amzn.to/2QtbaOv
Dremel kit: amzn.to/3jilsNJ
Liquid electrical tape: amzn.to/2Qs76Oi
4mm heat shrink tube: amzn.to/3lvjpYP
30 gauge flexible wire: amzn.to/3gD5EDn
Mythos Obi-Wan Kenobi: www.sideshow.com/collectibles...
The Last Jedi Luke Skywalker: www.sideshow.com/collectibles...
Dennys Wang's tutorial and channel: • Starwars 1/6 Scale Lig...
Shot and edited by Norman Chan
Tested Ts, stickers, mugs and more: teespring.com/stores/adam-sav...
Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): th-cam.com/users/subscription_c...
Twitter: / testedcom
Facebook: / testedcom
Instagram: / testedcom
Discord: / discord
Amazon Storefront: www.amazon.com/shop/adamsavage...
Tested is:
Adam Savage / donttrythis
Norman Chan / nchan
Joey Fameli www.joeyfameli.com
Gunther Kirsch guntherkirsch.com
Ryan Kiser / ryan.kiser
Jen Schachter www.jenschachter.com
Kishore Hari / sciencequiche
Sean Charlesworth / cworthdynamics
Jeremy Williams / jerware
Kayte Sabicer / kaytesabicer
Bill Doran / chinbeard
Ariel Waldman / arielwaldman
Darrell Maloney / brokennerd
Kristen Lomasney / krystynlo
Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman
Set design by Danica Johnson / saysdanica
Set build by Asa Hillis www.asahillis.com
Thanks for watching!
#lightsaber #starwars #diylightsaber
6-inch CCFL tubes:
I just imagine Norm walking into his office and saying "Hey Alexa, turn on lightsabers" and then on the book shelf 15 miniatures have their light sabers light up in unison, then just to complete the effect some speakers with the saber hum piped in.
Can everyone agree that Star Wars is the best
This would be a good project for making a mold. Make a mold of the hilt, embed the tube into the mold and fill with resin, no drilling and you get to keep your original hilt.
Man, I cant stand liquid electrical tape, no matter how careful you are, it ends up looking like it was applied by a drunk ogre... unless I do something wrong, lol
I can now make a minecraft diamond sword.
Hmmmm... I just printed a near 1/6 Ahsoka Tano from season 7 of The Clone Wars and was wondering how to make the lightsabers pop...
But wouldn't it being simpler to use EL wire? That way there's no Cable from the end that has to go back to the hilt.... Also, the tip of the saber is perfectly lit as oppose to having a gap at the end....and no need to rewire
That black wire was still quite thick. If flexibility wasn't that big an issue, kynar coated wire-wrapping wire would be a lot smaller and easier to fish through.
I'll tell you what I will probably never do this but there's something about see Norm getting so excited about the possibility of this project makes me smile. Thank you and Adam bring a little happiness and normalcy to my day during a time of confusion outside. You and the Tested team are definitely doing your part keeping the rest of us from cabin fever. Again I appreciate your time and effort. Thanks
Not sure if mentioned, but would have been arguable easier to just pop the pins out of the jst connector (take a pick and pry up the retaining finger slightly and they slide right out; have done many times to get connectors through panels, or rearranging pin order) in order to fit through the outer tube and then put them back into the housing after the inner fluorescent tube was removed
OMG, Thank You So Much.
I see you've constructed a new lightsaber...your skills are now complete.
19:20
SO talented! Norman, you and Dennys Wang have pulled off THE coolest light saber hack EVER! I would have broken... everything. HAHA! Nicely done.
To aide in wiring projects like this I would recommend 44 gauge enameled copper wire. It handles high heat and the insulation is very thin. It’s used for electric coils and wound magnets and motors.⚡️
Again I asked about miniature lighting and you delivered
Instead of using clear heat shrink, you can buy clear 4mm diameter plastic drinking straws. These are the smaller ones (handily usually 6inches in length) which they typically use for juice boxes etc. pop some clear UV resin in to seal off the end and then you can paint them whatever colour you choose or also sand them a bit to create more light diffusion.
You can release the cables from the connector, you don't need to cut the cable, with a small pin
This modification is so cool you could use UV resin is much easier to use and there is different heat shrink diameters