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LED lit Lego Lightsaber

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LED lit Lego Lightsaber. I added a 0805 led in the base of a Lego Lightsaber. I drilled some tiny holes in the saber, hand, arm, and leg to route the wires, to make them invisible.

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I got the idea from Chris Holden at http://nerdclub-uk.blogspot.com/2017/01/light-up-lego.html

I still want to turn this into diorama (for example) and put it in a shadowbox, so I can hang it on the wall.

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crimson30 wrote 09/24/2019 at 18:39

Had someone help me with it a month or two ago and he brought the drill bits and did the drilling while I did the soldering. It turned out pretty nice.

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Gerben wrote 09/24/2019 at 18:42

Great to hear. What did you do for the base? I still trying to figure out how to display them nicely.

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Alex Buznik wrote 09/24/2019 at 15:02

Clockwork stuff, nice

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crimson30 wrote 01/01/2019 at 20:21

What kind of drill/drillbit did you use?

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Gerben wrote 09/24/2019 at 18:30

Sorry for the late reply. I only just notices your comment.
I used either a 0.9mm or 1mm carbide drill from ebay, place inside a dremel. I probably used the dremel shaft extension for that one.
For the wiring I used two 0.1mm enameled copper wires, twisted together.

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