Before we start :Important Safety Information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A lightsaber is not a toy! Keep it out of reach of children at all times. Lightsaber locks are required in most states.
There are two ends to any lightsaber -- one end has the belt ring, while the other end houses the blade arc tip and blade emitter. NEVER point the blade emitter of a lightsaber toward your own body. NEVER look down the "barrel" of a lightsaber, even if you are "sure" it is in safe mode. If you accidentally activate the lightsaber, serious injury could result.
(in case if jaming hit alt+ctrl+delete )

A lightsaber is a unique device, created by hand -- the controls will be slightly different on each individual lightsaber that you buy. But all lightsabers share the same general characteristics. If you were ever to pick up and examine a typical lightsaber, here are several things that you would immediately notice:

A lightsaber is normally about 30 centimeters long, about the size of a large flashlight.

At one end is the hand grip, belt ring and on/off switch (a.k.a., the Activation Matrix).

At the other end there is the blade arc tip and stabilizing ring.

Somewhere on the case (generally near the blade end of the lightsaber) you find one or two adjusting knobs for blade power and blade length.
When you turn on the lightsaber (*see important safety tips), you will notice the blade rapidly extending to its set length. You can adjust the length using the blade length adjusting knob. The lightsaber blade will make a distinctive sound that is typical of an arc wave energy field. You will also feel a gyroscopic effect in the handle, which again is a distinctive characteristic of the arc wave blade. This gyroscopic effect can take some getting used to, so be sure to handle any active lightsaber with extreme care until you are completely familiar with its feel and handling.
The four major components inside any lightsaber include:

The power cell and associated components
The crystal energy chamber
The energy channel and blade arc tip
The controls
http://www.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber.htm/printable

They did a really good job its a funny read and its got photos too!!!!

That is so funny...but a fantastic read as well...and the piccies are a hoot.

I was taught a long time ago how a lightsaber works...

the force man... the force...

lol


LBD

That was cool. Great pics

Lol, I like the photos and small quotes underneath…



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I know how to make a REAL lightsaber, no joke!

Hmm....where do the batteries go?

What kind does it take? "AA" or "9-volt?"

...Looks like it could double as a flashlight or camping torch as well..

I'll get the link with the lightsaber construction info in a few days. but the lightsaber theories should work!

How?

how does the lightsaber know when to stop. I mean it goes out so far and that's it. how does it know how long it is supposed to be?

the force!!!! jk the blade isnt light(contrary to its name), but rather its a shaft of pure raw energy, which makes it easier to stop at a certain length. and how does it stop at a certain length? depends. according to KoTOR(knights of the old republic), its a focus lense that does it, which determines the strength the energy comes out, and thus the length. or, according to that site, it has a knob you can adjust to determine the strength. YES IM A STAR WARS NERD!!!

ill just get the lil lightsaber off of hitchikers guide...thats cool as hell, cuttin bread and stuff

go here to learn how to make and/or buy a real lightsaber Click here

A real lightsaber? sounds pretty dangerous. One wrong move and you could lose an arm.

I can't be asked to read it now i'll take a look later. meanwhile i got a hedge to trim. Can i borrow someomnes sabre?

I have a real light saber...

Oh wait... that is a tazer...my mistake...

I'd like to remind darkninja to be seroious and not mock others

Unless you killed a jedi, or are a jedi, you are merely making a serious thread sem ridicoulous

Good one Gabriel! I remember having a two ended light saber a couple of years ago when the first episode came out. It was good movie seeing how me and my whole family are Trekies!
I remember how the end (it was a red light saber) light sabery part flew out! My parents took it to the Sally Ann (Salvation Army) sometime this year or last since I didn't want it anymore.

my office is closing for the movie on thursday, thats so sweet!

last nigt my friends and i (we are all 22 went to high school together)
went out in the backyard at night and battled. it was a hoot! all the neighbors peeked out to watch, we got a round of applause at the end lol!!!

Making a functioning lightsaber wouldn't be as difficult as everyone seems to think it would be. Has anyone ever seen, or own, one of the replica lightsabers? The things look real as hell, they have a real hilt and a blade that lights up and looks alot like the real thing. The only thing you would need to do to make a real lightsaber would be to take a replica saber and make a few modifications to it.

first: Make the replicas blade retractable. So it flashes out of the hilt in a second, and flashed back in the hilt in a second by just hitting the activation button.

second: Make the blade extremely hot! Find away to make the blade hot enough to cut through anything like a hot knife through butter.

third: make the tip of the replicas blade look more realistic.

fourth: find a way to make the heat coming off of the blade when activated dissapate very quickly, as soon as it is deactivatied, so that the blade doesn't damage the hilt when it's retracted back inside. One way to do that could be to have some kind of cooling sysem inside the hilt itself, you could make the inside of the hilt like one of those coolers/containers that hold liquid nitrogen.

And once you've done all of those modifications to a replica lightsaber......you suddenly have a REAL one! Now, it wouldn't be a lightsaber in the sense that George Lucas created them (a blade made from a beam of light). But in essence, it would be a blade that would light up in any color you wanted it to be. Hence a lightsaber

geoge lucas actually created a real lightsaber back in the 70's but, he's told no one how exactly to make it.

Excellenete, my 120 dollars have not been wasted. Soon, with my voice changing mask and darth vader lightsabre, i will be sith

They dont really make light sabers do they!!! i dont think so!!!

They make lightsabre replica's. Damn They're nice.