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Image 1 — This old saber won’t charge any ideas?
Image 2 — This old saber won’t charge any ideas?

This old saber won’t charge any ideas?

My girlfriend has had this saber for many years. She says it’s a “saber pro”. It won’t charge or light up and I’d love to get it working again for her but I’m at a loss.

The battery seems to have no corrosion damage and everything seems to be in order. Any help would be awesome. Hasn’t be turned on in years.

Thanks!

Updated ccollection

Now on an ikea skadis board. The vader saber scrap flex arrived today !

u/roo244 — 1 day ago

A family that Light(sabers) together Fights together....

Just sold a set of four sabers to a family. The saber with cross guards made of claws is for the Grandad, the one with cross guards made of metal and gold foil is Grandma's, and the other two are for the grandsons, 10 and 11 years old. The grandsons sabers are mostly Saber Forge scratch and dent parts with a few bits of turned original parts, some brass rod inlay, and leather wraps. The other two I've posted here before with full build details. I'm told the boys are Star Wars super fans and went totally crazy when Grandpa gave them the surprise gifts!

u/saberfan13 — 3 days ago

Issue with neopixel connector maybe?

I'm not sure what's going on here, but it seems like I can just not get a solid connection between the blade and the connector. I feel like there's an issue with the connector but I don't have the experience to say what exactly is happening.

I'd love thoughts about what is likely happening here.

u/azel9090 — 2 days ago

Weird noise when charging,

This is a lgt neopixle with a Damian saber board, It started making this sound in 2023, and I’m just wondering if it’s the battery or if it’s just bust, and I was wondering if anyone had some advice

u/devo752 — 2 days ago

Lightsaber won‘t work.

Hey everybody.

I ordered the Mandalorian NeoPixel Saber from NSabers. It arrived yesterday and all was fine. I charged it and tested all functions. Today i wanted to give it a proper test and accidantly dropped it from like 2ft. Now it won‘t turn on and when i put the charging cable in ot makes a weird clicking noise. If i take the SD out the noise stops bit the blade starts flickering before turning off again. No matter what i do it won‘t turn back on. Took out the battery, checked the cables and all looks fine. Im really sad and angry cause i paid almost 300€ with shipping. Can anyone help or had the same issue?

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u/tobisayia — 3 days ago

Help what is it ?

Hello everyone ! My dad is a big fan of star wars and I found this he wants to get rid of it but I can’t seem to find the reference online can you help me please 🙏🏽 it says master replicas 2005 on it 😩

u/Whole-Temperature776 — 4 days ago

Lightsaber Help Please

Hello everyone, this is my first attempt to make a homemade lightsaber from some plumbing and hardware so forgive the crude design.

In the beginning, I had no intention of making this fully functional until I made it and really liked how it turned out, the only issue is that I have never dabbled with electrical components and there is not a lot of space in the hilt's cavity as the main body is a pipe with a 0.5" diameter.

I would like to buy a blade for it that matches the opening diameter of 0.75", length of 0.75" and secure it with 6 screws that can press it against the central pipe securely (function over form initially). I would like to have the lens, RGB LED, and Heatsink directly underneath, followed by the control button (this area has a diameter of 0.5", length of 7.5"). This would be connected to the bottom of the hilt with wires to the controller and battery (diameter 0.75", length of 1").

This is about as far as I think I can go before asking for some advice. Here are some of my questions:

> Is this setup possible given the tight dimensions?

> If so, what would I have to order to make this possible?

> Are there any resources I could be pointed to to assist me in the assembly?

Any help or input would be appreciated since I am very much out of my element but an excited to give it a solid try. Image descriptions are below, thank you! Future plans to wrap the O-ring grip area with some cloth and weathered black to give some extra character.

  1. Diagram w/dimensions

  2. Full shot in-hand

  3. Top-down view (status if blade not attached)

  4. Top-down view (piece removed to make way for blade)

  5. Underside view

  6. Underside view (hilt bottom removed)

  7. Desired Button location/bore hole (located slightly above where it threads in to the main body)

  8. Desired Screw locations/bore holes (centrally located on each of the top bolt's surfaces)

u/markus2765 — 3 days ago

Tierfon Orbital Lightsaber Transport Case — Sith Variant

It's been a minute since I've finished one of these, so it was nice to finally get another one across the bench.

This is the Sith Variant of my Tierfon Orbital lightsaber transport case, built around a Nanuk 910 all-weather case with custom ABS-printed components that I designed, primed, painted, and weathered by hand.

I like these to look like they've actually been somewhere. Nothing too crazy—just enough wear and grime to make it feel like it belongs in a galaxy far, far away rather than sitting on a shelf.

The lid also features a custom LED nameplate that scrolls Sith Aurebesh text because apparently a normal nameplate wasn't dramatic enough.

These are available now through my website for anyone interested.

https://tierfonorbital.com/collections/lightsaber-transport-cases

u/saintebonhawk — 3 days ago

Some new simple saber designs i whipped up

I feel like I've been seeing people post their saber designs more recently on here, so it made me wanna do more!

u/therealpongo — 4 days ago

First Home Depot Saber

Had a ton of fun building this saber with a few good friends. We spent nearly 2 hours in home Depot hahaha

I struggled to find a proper emitter, but I'm happy with how it turned out. It's super heavy and solid.

u/Bens_on_toast — 4 days ago

Help with Vader's Vault Havoc repair

So a very long time ago, I bought a lightsaber at a con and I recently pulled it out of my garage to find that the electronics weren't playing nice anymore. I did some reverse image searches and it's very clearly a Vader's Vault Havoc (though I didn't buy it from them directly). Well, Vader's Vault doesn't sell their old electronics anymore.

I'd really like to get this back into working order, but I don't know where to start to find a replacement kit that I can solder in. I'd prefer to keep the buttons intact and just replace the battery holder, sound card, and speaker. I don't think I can just drop in electronics from another maker.

Any opinions would be appreciated and I can provide pictures if that would help diagnose the issues.

(And before anyone asks, yes, I did try to find another source of the electronics, but nothing turned up.)

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u/Snoo_95989 — 3 days ago

Just bought a saber from dark realm sabers but im confused

Ok so basically its a pretty good saber I think, its bright, good quality overall, and theres even a little crystal inside that illuminates the sabers light, but there is a tiny display screen that shows the current color font the saber is on and it even shows some images, i was told that the whole saber is pretty much customizable and I can even change the images that are shown on that tiny little display, but when i insert the SD card onto my pc, I see nothing to change the images, all I see are audio files and config files, the saber is called "imperial officers saber" from dark realm sabers and if anyone knows how I can change the images pleaaase let me know

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u/electrodnmx — 4 days ago
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HELP NEEDED - Weathered my QV Replica! (Read desc)

I bought this Quinlan Vos replica neopixel (my first of 2 sabers) because i loved the spinning crystal and the price was super low, but i didn't like the design as a whole, because aside from the crystal it lacked detail. So, I did some research, and decided to weather my hilt. I used black spray paint on the metal pieces, then scraped it off with sandpaper, added some notches around the chamber, and dabbed on some brown paint as rust. I'm very happy with how it turned out, but here's where help is needed.

I would like to wrap the handle in some tattered cloth, kind of like Boone Kestis's and Rey *ahem* Palpatine's hilts (photos attatched). However, I am unsure of what materials to use.

So, council of the esteemed lightsabers subreddit, what fabrics do you recommen? Anything I can order off of amazon or something would be fine.

u/Maleficent_Data_8832 — 4 days ago

Sharing my cultural lightsaber designs too

Looks like The Ninth Jedi is inspiring a lot of people to share their lightsaber designs, especially those inspired by cultural swords.

I have two of mine to share as well, inspired by the Korean sword hwando, for my Visions-like Star Wars fan creations. I used draw.io to create the art. I have plans to work on more, but they're currently on hold.

u/M24Chaffee — 4 days ago

Found a baselit mini maul on Marketplace for $50, I think I won

u/Aiisu — 4 days ago