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/star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-sideshow-collectibles-100327 The Last Jedi Luke Skywalker: www.sideshow.com/collectibles/star-wars-luke-skywalker-hot-toys-903316
@lasarith2
4 жыл бұрын
21:00 would have been easier to filter the cables through the lightsaber before you soldered them to the fluorescent tube.
@JamesFox1
4 жыл бұрын
that ending right
@Zwariowny
4 жыл бұрын
you know what recycling is, then tons of plastic in the sea
@maxximumb
4 жыл бұрын
18:00 Norm, place a piece of plywood wood across the base of the drill press. You can then rest your work on the wood and have a better chance it will stay in line with your drill bit.
@electrochameleon
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@capuchinosofia4771
4 жыл бұрын
*:0*
@LegoNinjaRobot
4 жыл бұрын
I see you've constructed a new lightsaber...your skills are now complete. Great work Norm!
@wangdennys
4 жыл бұрын
OMG, Thank You So Much. Such an honor to be mention here. I am out of words... And yeah i bleed my fingers many times when drilling the hilt 😆 Wow... That liquid electrical tape is a good idea, especially to make effect like kylo ren lightsaber Never new such liquid existed
@Galactic_Factotum
4 жыл бұрын
I just watched all of your tutorials last week! and look at you now! that is awesome, congratulations to you and your beautiful method of giving us illuminated lightsabers
@wangdennys
4 жыл бұрын
@@Galactic_Factotum you are very much welcome Thank You
@aaronjones1752
4 жыл бұрын
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
@jeremybarretta5282
4 жыл бұрын
Again I asked about miniature lighting and you delivered
@zapusama67
4 жыл бұрын
SO talented! Norman, you and Dennys Wang have pulled off THE coolest light saber hack EVER! I would have broken... everything. HAHA! Nicely done.
@Koushakur
4 жыл бұрын
19:20 Wearing the glove there makes it more dangerous than without. A pushed away finger is preferred to the glove getting snared, can make it impossible to retract your finger from the spinning bit in a reasonable amount of time.
@tested
4 жыл бұрын
that's a great point! definitely not recommended for a drill press and ideal to use a vise. thanks for pointing that out!
@MrPossumeyes
4 жыл бұрын
I've seen what happens to a gloved finger caught in a spinning tool. It was not nice! Sure, it was much higher power, and a fatter drill bit, but things were really bad for the dude. REALLY bad! Don't wear gloves with spinning tools, folks, coz if things go just a bit wrong...... bad shit happens!
@fredknox2781
4 жыл бұрын
Also, do not wear jewelry when operating power tools. This includes rings. If they get caught, it's a battle between flesh and a power tool. Guess which wins.
@Taijifufu
4 жыл бұрын
@@fredknox2781 anyone else just hear Tim Allen get excited?
@MrPossumeyes
4 жыл бұрын
@@fredknox2781 You're so right! Sleeved fingers are not nice. Necklaces? Heavens, what might they cause? Bracelets? Just don't wear jewellery, of any sort, folks. All a cut needs is a bandaid (except for chainsaws, of course) but there's much worse that can happen.
@harto6498
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@gabesnooks3549
4 жыл бұрын
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...
@nickmoseley3901
4 жыл бұрын
where? where? where?
@Rabid_Wookie
4 жыл бұрын
I just printed a Vader and I was trying to figure out how to make his saber glow red, and here is this video! It's like they are reading our minds!
@WMfin
4 жыл бұрын
Be sure to post it on Reddit or somewhere!
@LuisMendoza-pp9qi
4 жыл бұрын
How do you guys paint your models to make them as real as retail ones?? Do you use a spray gun? By hand brushes?
@mandocalrissian6454
4 жыл бұрын
@@LuisMendoza-pp9qi if you wanna modify a head sculpt but aren't trying to risk ruining the paint job, I recommend checking out someone like jazz Inc here on KZitem.
@ericoverstreet8025
4 жыл бұрын
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.⚡️
@SEEshadow
2 жыл бұрын
These look so amazing...
@RetroGamePlayers
4 жыл бұрын
May the TINY FORCE be with you
@darthmatt84
4 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a tour of your 1/6 scale collection!
@mattr8807
3 жыл бұрын
Who says he has one?
@avi8r66
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@amsyardanialz4080
4 жыл бұрын
You seriously have good talent
@geesterfunk
3 жыл бұрын
I just got my hot toys one to fit sideshow Jedi luke, now I need to make this!
@jonatanreyes9459
4 жыл бұрын
This modification is so cool you could use UV resin is much easier to use and there is different heat shrink diameters
@aidan.22
4 жыл бұрын
Can everyone agree that Star Wars is the best
@wkpictures6641
4 жыл бұрын
No
@aidan.22
4 жыл бұрын
Wk Pictures I bet you only watched the sequels
@bonesymcjay6839
4 жыл бұрын
Was
@puntachu
4 жыл бұрын
Aiza Playz that was quite possibly the most passive aggressive thing I have ever read
@Scareth
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yes they're amazing
@Imkiritai
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent! yet again I'll be putting to use, something you've taught me Norman 😊
@RightOnJonCrane
4 жыл бұрын
Norm! This is awesome! 👍🏼😃 Right on 👍🏼 Thanks. I will give this a go!
@em30142
4 жыл бұрын
a fine addition to my collection
@zep4814
4 жыл бұрын
To do this wireless, you could power the tubes using a small tesla coil, it would easily power up the lightsabers with about a metre of range.
@matthewkapala9243
4 жыл бұрын
Very neat project, thanks for sharing! And I learned that these CCFL tubes exist too, so that's a bonus.
@TristanGrimaux
4 жыл бұрын
You can release the cables from the connector, you don't need to cut the cable, with a small pin
@jenkinw826
4 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial
@James-sm1lh
4 жыл бұрын
Norm this is the coolest thing you've ever done
@cheloi1805kami
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Concise and very helpful!
@Veektohr
4 жыл бұрын
Would love to see more 1/6 scale photo content from you Norm.
@Avisae
4 жыл бұрын
Very timely plan to do this for my ahsoka when she comes in next year and a half or so
@MrGreenAKAguci00
4 жыл бұрын
Glad to see such a cool one day build from Norm. Fascinating stuff. I was doubtful about the liquid tape at first but the end result was awesome. The ending was the best :D
@VariablePenguin
4 жыл бұрын
Hot damn this is awesome. Thanks for sharing the process, Norm. I'm going to cast my Mythos Obi Wan statues 'saber hand and do this! Now to wait a month for the tubes to ship from China.
@CujoHyer
4 жыл бұрын
I can barely make a peanut butter jelly sandwich. Bro. Will you make one for me?
@glenns7252
4 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see a video on your pictures of 1/6 scale figures, I'd like to see more of this
@streamtabulous
4 жыл бұрын
probably easier to just use LE wire (light emitting) where you can just sheath it with a small translucent tube for strength. would be safer to work with a lower voltage to power.
@ललितभूषण
4 жыл бұрын
Lightsabers is amazing ;) 😎
@b9LxhQydQ76N
4 жыл бұрын
Wobbly like Adam, learned from the best 😁
@mattnewton4755
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe a small pipe cutter that you sping would be a safer way to cut the outer tube
@prehistoricgentlemanbird9131
3 жыл бұрын
That’s what I’ve used for years.
@nerddub
4 жыл бұрын
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
@nakayama2004
4 жыл бұрын
Just a suggestion about how to deal with the exposed thin light saber wire. Maybe you can pull the wire tight against the tube as straight as possible. Then drip some CA glue coating it the whole length. The result would be make it almost invisible and permanently secured. Hope this helps!
@chemicalBR0
4 жыл бұрын
VERY cool, nice job Norm
@componenx
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@zipzorp8858
2 жыл бұрын
Wish there was something like this for 28mm scale.
@robinbrowne5419
4 жыл бұрын
Please try running it off a low voltage 60Hz source, so that it has that classic strobing "flicker" when you move it around, Not sure if this works with neon lamps, but it looks great with LEDs. :-)
@-theamazingdufus-5270
4 жыл бұрын
This looks so cool keep it up
@BernardManansala
4 жыл бұрын
NICE!!! The plasti dip was the better choice.
@zarnistastudios
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant!!! I wish there was a solution for my 1/12 collection. Till then I will just admire yours. Great build and share.
@martinfinne7259
4 жыл бұрын
There are something called "neon wire", the one I found first was 2,3mm in diameter and at least the ones I have can be cut to length. They often comes with a battery pack and driver. The downside is their color, may be better and worse, and that they are soft
@reneswrenesw
4 жыл бұрын
solution for 1/12: kzitem.info/news/bejne/mI2amIZ4r3mGZX4&ab_channel=BoyleiHobbyTime
@raimee81
4 жыл бұрын
I NEED to do this. i just got Luke ROTJ deluxe. and the 40th anniversary Darth Vader on Pre-order. They NEED this.
@sunriseshell
4 жыл бұрын
My first thought upon seeing the thumbnail was, "that's not 1/6 scale!" Those models are so detailed that initially I thought those were people in costume. 😁
@urbexmedium1878
4 жыл бұрын
LOVE IT
@MapleJames76
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome work, Norm :) Great idea
@ahobbit225
4 жыл бұрын
Hello from The Shire...While watching this video, I found myself, quite surprisingly and unexpectedly making a list of the things that I fully intend to go shopping for this afternoon. My wife is gonna kill me to death until I die from it....Thanks for letting me choose the manner of my passing....Its gonna be great...love these builds...
@tested
4 жыл бұрын
Ha! Share a photo on social if you end up following through with making a lightsaber!
@ahobbit225
4 жыл бұрын
@@tested will do, unless I'm dead...lol
@mujone
4 жыл бұрын
Norm! When are you gonna post a video room tour of your collections? Awesome video by the way! Keep em going brother!
@CollectingWeekly
4 жыл бұрын
I recommend adding a dimmer to the ccfl if you’re going to use them for your display, they can get pretty hot if you don’t.
@andymuzzo8568
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome job. Next time feed the two black wires through the hilt first then attach them to the tube. Much easier to do.
@Irish_Atlas
4 жыл бұрын
I'm going to use this method to make a 1/6 scale shishkabob for my X-01.
@MakerCuisine
4 жыл бұрын
This is a great tutorial 👍
@NostalgiaBrit
4 жыл бұрын
Dude SO amazing! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
@cptcarot
4 жыл бұрын
Would it have been easier to have fed the wires through the small side hole and out the blade hole on the sabre hilt, before soldering it to the tube?
@andy-in-indy
4 жыл бұрын
An adhesive that would be perfect for this project is UV resin. I keep an applicator of "5 Second Fix" in my cosplay repair kit, but you can buy it for less (per ounce) without the whole thing. It sets as a clear solid so it would have worked to seal the connection at the top of the tube, and to set the tube and wire into the hilt. Unlike superglue, it does not cure until the UV is applied, so it is easy to clean up and control, then it sets almost as quickly as superglue hit with an accelerator.
@lorcannagle
4 жыл бұрын
For photographing toys, you can get a glowing lightsabre effect by doing a long exposure shot while running a laser pointer up and down the blade. Not as impressive for display, but a lot cheaper if all you want to do is have good photos and don't have the tools, skills or cash to do this mod. Also, Kotobukiya do some LED "laser swords" in their Model Supply Goods line, but they're scaled to be used by Gundams more than larger figures, so they'd work with the Black Series more than 1/6 scale if you're specifically looking to do Star Wars
@danparra8174
4 жыл бұрын
I would love if this project could be used for my 6-inch Black Series figures :c
@victorpena5217
4 жыл бұрын
If you do a way back version, it would be a cool effect to drill straight through the hilt, wrap the wires in a spring from a ballpoint pen and mount the inverter to the Jedis belt to make it look like a protosaber. Now it would it be a cool thing you don't have to hide and actually maybe even be a piece to be highlighted and shown off . . .
@andrews8259
4 жыл бұрын
Norm is looking younger here....baby must be sleeping through the night now hah.
@toddtempleton6514
4 жыл бұрын
If you do that again, you might consider wiring the fluorescent tube from the base of the tube through the lightsaber handle using varnished armature wire. You will maintain the required electrical separation, but the hole needed for the wires in the handles will be far smaller and much easier to thread the wire through.
@sjmaguirepdx
2 жыл бұрын
Great content as always but flexible LED filament would have been so much easier and safer.
@sleepib
4 жыл бұрын
you can pull the crimps out of the connector, instead of cutting the wire.
@iasonas1284
4 жыл бұрын
i was yelling watching cut the wires NOOOOOOO!!!! hehehe! little more work re-soldering but ok..
@danielcameron9857
4 жыл бұрын
Of course, he still wanted to reduce the wire diameter to a smaller wire. Splicing was unavoidable anyway, so why waste the time extracting the contacts and potentially damaging the locking tines when he still needed the connector to be functional?
@iasonas1284
4 жыл бұрын
@@danielcameron9857 yes as i watching i get the point of why cutting the plug. great build by the way NORM!!!
@60secondfisherman
4 жыл бұрын
Great video and idea.. Next time I recommend you use magnetic wire.. Much smaller and easier to use..
@jamesbarisitz4794
4 жыл бұрын
A short length of shrink tube would have worked better than electrical tape. Fun build Norm 👍
@GearClinkz
4 жыл бұрын
What about some EL wire inside a tiny acrylic tube? Should be much safer.
@MysticalDork
4 жыл бұрын
Safer, yes, but EL wire is far, FAR less bright than a CCFL tube.
@wangdennys
4 жыл бұрын
@@MysticalDork tried it, very dim even LED is brighter
@countzero1136
4 жыл бұрын
@@wangdennys LED with side-emitting fibre optic might be the way to go - You can actually make a passable substitute for this by sanding thin acrylic rod and it glows fairly nicely
@wangdennys
4 жыл бұрын
@@countzero1136 also tried that, not bright enough but wayyy better than just led.
@spagamoto
4 жыл бұрын
@@countzero1136 Yeah, nice thing about fiber is your light source can be much bigger than the saber. Could even hide a high power laser diode in a diorama base or in an article of clothing.
@anakinfilm9467
4 жыл бұрын
Thats neat
@williemcbdirty1205
4 жыл бұрын
Could you use magwire to do that with? then you would not have the thick black wire to deal with. And thread the wire up through the hilt backwards before you solder it , then you wont need to go fishing.
@EDCOLLECTIBLES
4 жыл бұрын
I literally just got a Wall-e RC advertisement what!?!!
@HirakSarkar
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! 🤩🤩🤩
@snoopu2601
4 жыл бұрын
Heck they sale some stuff on Amazon you can cut to size that light's up that would be much easier and safe to cut and use I comes in diffrent colors, it's about that size to if that's all you need it for photo's? Heck you can even use the stuff around your home, bar under the T.V. sterio system. Have admit yours does look pretty cool with the action figures 👍🏽
@TheTruthHz
Жыл бұрын
Surely noodle led filaments are a better option for this?
@MidnightVisions
4 жыл бұрын
enameled copper wire and e6000 sealant would be a better mounting option for the tube.
@christophekevin5808
3 жыл бұрын
is it possible to plug the ccfl lightsaber directly into the arm box with the soap reactor cable rather than on ccfl power inverter battery 9v?
@simont3686
4 жыл бұрын
Some CCFL tubes have a polarity!☝️The Anode is bigger to absorb the heat created by the electron bombardment. Edit: Please never ever use gloves on spinning equipment like your drill press! Veeery dangerous. It can get snagged and wrap around with your hand still in it.
@anubis63000jd
4 жыл бұрын
Value has been decreased. Quality has been increased. Odd.
@maxximumb
4 жыл бұрын
The figures are sold in their hundreds, possibly thousands. Their value isn't going to go up significantly. Not a good investment option. The addition of the lightsaber adds value if you ask me.
@anubis63000jd
4 жыл бұрын
@@maxximumb It's certainly nicer, but you won't find a serious collector that wants a modified collectable.
@prehistoricgentlemanbird9131
3 жыл бұрын
@@anubis63000jd that’s why you try and source a spare hilt. I won’t touch the original.
@anubis63000jd
3 жыл бұрын
@@prehistoricgentlemanbird9131 Yeah. Personally, I'd give up the original. This was an excellent build, I'd love to have it.
@TimoNoko
4 жыл бұрын
This is little bit excessive and kinda dangerous, because of neon-tube voltages. BigCliveDotCom has shown flexible led-tubes as a replacement for neon tubes.
@arishively8948
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there isnt a way to get a miniature wireless power module in one of those hilts to be rid of the wire coming out of the saber all together?
@carmovision
4 жыл бұрын
the voice says Norm, but the top-down workbench shot says Big Clive
@kckoster2555
3 жыл бұрын
Should look into EL wire it wouldn't be as dangerous and could just put a white or clear coffee straw
@Michael-OBrien
4 жыл бұрын
Those wire stripppers are a commonly rebranded form factor. Regardless, it is my favorite form factor.
@Logan05614
4 жыл бұрын
Totally tubular
@OculusQuestFun
4 жыл бұрын
Yup, I'm going to give you that one. That was pretty good.
@Mitsuolevel
4 жыл бұрын
Norm this would be prefect for a proto saber
@Amtal
4 жыл бұрын
I would use EL-Wires with plastic tubings. Imo much more safer and easier to implement and handle :D
@asicdathens
4 жыл бұрын
A small pipe cutter is better and much safer if you go slowly.
@filanfyretracker
4 жыл бұрын
instead of thin wires for some of the tight place conductor needs what about that paint used for rear windshields? That conductive stuff used to make defrosters.
@Broadshore
4 жыл бұрын
16:10 : I'm surpised you didn't use micro heat shrink tubing. Great Tutorial!!
@RonParker
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the end of the tube would look a little less like a fluorescent tube if you etched the last half-inch or so of the tube (or maybe even the whole tube?) to diffuse the light and mask the electrode.
@nickademuss42
4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't lumarod painted with clear flat paint, lit with a singe ultra bright LED be easier and the same effect?
@shellpose
3 жыл бұрын
Are you picking up the HT Mando Ahsoka? She looks great! Had to preorder the DX one. Great video, btw bc the HT light up lightsabers just aren’t good.
@IainHellmanCrump
4 жыл бұрын
This just ignites the nerd in me, pun intended
@xN0v1Kx
4 жыл бұрын
So they are Proto sabers now
@Azoryo
4 жыл бұрын
How expensive is liquid electrical tape? Might have ended up with a smoother finish by actually dipping the CFL inside. The surface looks a bit rough the way you did it, it would however suit Kylo Rens saber perfectly.
@tested
4 жыл бұрын
not expensive! about $12 a bottle
@bakko9302
4 жыл бұрын
Crystal clear heat shrink on the outside of the tube and wire would look a bit cleaner and give a nice finish overall and be less hassle perhaps :)
@blackc1479
4 жыл бұрын
Very cool, i was wondering if you might be able to dip the blade portion in maybe a tinted pva glue? Opaque enough to hide the wire, and maybe diffuse the tip? Either way, thinking about doing this for my Vader piggy bank.👍
@asalinsley1883
4 жыл бұрын
Could you use EL wire and a small clear tube to accomplish the same idea? Would that eliminate the need of the extra wire from the tip? Possibly reduce the fragility of it also?
@corexcore617
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Norm, I've made maybe 7 or 8 of these now and 2 of them will only light up halfway (closer to the hilt). I can't find anything different that I did between them, do you know what might be causing this?
@LuisMendoza-pp9qi
4 жыл бұрын
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
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