How to Turn a Toy Lightsaber into a Combat Ready Lightsaber - Beyond Geek DIY Builds

Odin Abbott (Odin Makes & DIY Prop Shop) shows you how to turn a toy lightsaber into a combat ready lightsaber.

Before and after diagrams:
As seen when removed from the Bladebuilder saber:
After adding the basic components to upgrade the LED only:
Changing the speaker or the switch is just changing it out.

Lightsaber Parts List
(See “Make Your Own Combat Ready Lightsaber” tutorial for hilt and blade parts)
- Star Wars Bladebuilders lightsaber
- Heatsink (We used a bolt)
- PNP transistor (We used the NTE 378)
- JST Connectors
- Shrink Tubing
- PVC Pipe (1-inch Schedule 80)

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[franksanchez]

"Wish I had this when I was a kid"
Thats why we all do this mods, we are never too old to have fun 💜

[bethanycochran]

"I can switch out for a red LED when I decide to go Sith" 😂😂

[hallie]

Instructions not clear - so I finished making this last week when all of a sudden a storm trooper burst through my front door, he said he was looking for a couple of droids or something I don't know. I told him the droids I have are not the ones he's looking for and to get the hell out! He called me 'rebel scum' which wasn't very nice at all, he then picked up his blaster and started shooting at me, I had just finished my 'battle ready light sabre ' but the damn thing didn't work, all it did was move around making swooshy noises. I mean luckily his shots were way off target but for a second there I thought I was in some real trouble! Thanks Odin 😉.

[TheCholoGeek]

I am too stupid to work with all this but it's still fun to watch

[dropdatabase]

I see you have constructed a new light saber. Your skills are complete, but you are not a Jedi yet.

[styxxiii]

How to turn a Toy Lightsaber into a Combat Ready Lightsaber

Step 1. Make a combat ready lightsaber.

Step 2. Alter the internals of a toy lightsaber, and meticulously put them into the combat ready one you already had.

Step 3. Never realize that the combat ready lightsaber is permanently on Demo Mode.

Complete.

[Sychius]

5:38 While I'm not really an electrical engineer, I figure putting heatshrink around a transistor like this would be somewhat dangerous, as you're completely isolating the heatsink on the back of the transistor from any airflow whatsoever, which risks it overheating and damaging the component, and possibly burning the tubing (if it gets that hot).

[jadenreynoso]

And I thought Minecraft Redstone was hard

[jeremynathanielsz]

This is more complex than transformers (like me) themselves!!!


Literally, how are you so smart???

[GetFitReedman]

Man. I cant think of a video that I watched that had this much content where was utterly and completely lost. You did a great job explaining what you had and what you were doing. I just dont know any of this stuff. Enjoyed it though.

[robm]

I love how clean the work he does is. shrink wrap can never be over used. Great video!

[alexb]

Just wanted to say this is a fantastic video. Excellent skill and know how to wire sound to your own lightsaber. For anyone who is interested - I just ordered an Ultrasaber mystery box for $75 (because I didn't want to take the time to make my own). I plan on getting a saber without sound (probably going to happen with the mystery box) and using this tutorial to mod it with sound from a blade builder. I know ultrasaber does not want you to do this, they want you to send it in and spend a ton of money, so I'll post my struggles when I get the blade.

[amaninator]

Thanks so much for this, I was going to use an old Hasbro sound card for a custom saber swell, and this really cleared stuff up for me!

[LuckyOwI]

order to turn a toy lightsaber into a combat ready one...I just build a combat ready one. Thanks, super helpful, friend

[scottmcclary]

Is it just me or is this video a "how to install a soundboard from a toy into a combat ready saber" and not how to turn a toy into a combat ready!

[TheOakley]

I've been looking for a video like this for LONG and this is amazing

[TraceurCMann]

Thanks a lot for sharing this kind of content for free! So informative and I now feel like it's more within my current budget to build my custom sabre. Now to start designing my hilt... :D

[andywilson]

Thanks I had a science project and I used your build to win😃😃😃

[dannydowd]

I’m so glad you’re doing this video because this what I was thinking about.

[mstarcatcher]

This is really really helpful. I saw the first video and was all over it, but knowing that I can do it like this instead kinda makes this even better.