Hello there!
General Kenobi
Uh no, I'm the Hacksmith and my team and I are on the quest to build the world's first
fully contained, cordless, door-melting, flesh-cauterizing, blaster bolt deflecting
lightsaber and I think we're getting close
This is our fifth generation lightsaber,
the hottest and most compact lightsaber we've ever made
The internals are small enough to fit our technology into pretty much any replica hilt
while still being able to cut through steel
We've even figured out how to turn the blade red and with these quick
connects you can quickly attach it to our compact power supply worn on the hip
We're going to show you how we made this and then make some dreams come true
by letting fans try it out themselves
And spoiler alert, we have a surprise for them that you don't want to miss
Oh come on now!
This is like the coolest thing ever
But let's rewind a little bit before we show you how we made this
Our eyes lit up with fascination for the first
time back in 1976 when we saw the first laser sword on the big screen
But as incredible as it was, it was just special effects, there was no such thing as a lightsaber
But luckily that didn't stop companies from attempting to make it real
And thus the first toy lightsabers were created
And they got better and better and better
But, how close are we to a real life darn tooting lightsaber?
I decided to grade the current lightsabers built to date on a graph, judging them on criteria such
as retractability, cutting ability, temperature, color, sound, blade length, swing ability and more
And as you can see, we're getting pretty close
If this line of best fit is any indication, it looks like we might have a real
world's first lightsaber, just like the movies, by the year 2030
But don't quote me on that
I do think our proto lightsaber is still the closest thing to the movies
It sounds like a lightsaber, it looks like a lightsaber and it even cuts like a lightsaber
But I know it could be better
Well, step one is to shrink down our current design, a lot
I wrote Bogdan a blank check two years ago to continue researching this
and this is what he's come up with
Ever since the development of our plasma based proto saber almost two years ago
We've been doing non-stop research and development to make this system
smaller, lighter and more reliable
In fact we even got to show off our progress to MrBeast and we almost ruined his video
Wait, what...?
All right
Make sure you check it out
We have rethought the entire design from the ground up
From the fuel system
To the ignition system
And the electronics have all been optimized to be smaller, lighter and easier to use
In fact the system is so small and light that it can fit on your hip now
instead of this giant heavy backpack
And it's easy enough for a five-year-old to use
All that's left now is to take all this and turn it into a lightsaber
The lightsaber consists of three components: the hilt, the electronics and the power pack
I'm gonna get Charles started on the electronics while I work on the hilt
I need to fit all of this, into here and there's not much room to work with
The plumbing valves and connections have all been sized down,
but to make them work together I need to make a custom manifold
To do that I used our lathe and Tormach 1100mx CNC machine to fabricate all the parts
Then I measured and cut the copper tubing to length to get ready for final assembly
After a quick polish and clean I was ready to solder all the parts together
This process is relatively simple, I cover the joints with flux, heat them up with a
blow torch and add just the right amount of solder to guarantee an airtight seal
For the final assembly all I have to do is bend the copper tubes to
the right shape and install the needle valves
After soldering on the flange and cutting off the excess tube,
we can lap the surface to make sure it's perfectly flat
And then we're ready to attach our glass torch technology's mirage nozzle
This right here is what makes the magic happen
I redesigned the tether to be smaller and more flexible and also added my favorite feature,
quick connects!
They'll allow us to attach, remove and switch out the handle in a matter of seconds
I don't have time to talk about your new game James, I'm trying to finish the lightsaber
What if I told you there's a character named saber who has a lightsaber in this game
It's an epic skin called force warrior
What even is this game?
It's an idle RPG called Mobile Legends adventure
Whenever I need a short break I'm playing this game
It's a game where I can leave the hard work to my heroes and there's over a hundred heroes
of unique skills and amazing weapons that would be fun to replicate in a future video
And there's a special island party event going on right now
I do like to party
You've all been invited and the rewards for participating are massive
There will be four new summer skins as well so be sure to grab them before the party ends
Join the island party now to get a total of 100 free summons and
a ton of diamonds remember to use the bonus code here to redeem those gifts
Click the link in the description for a chance to get those prizes
This is the time for you to start your Mobile Legends adventure
Download it now for iOS or android and start anytime, anywhere, adventure awaits
To get the lightsaber effect that we're looking for,
we need to precisely tune how much oxygen and fuel goes into the lightsaber nozzle
This will make sure that we can get the longest blade possible and have the highest heat output
All that's left is to put this into the handle
Bogdan's asked me to whip up the electronics for a new lightsaber
There's going to be two printed circuit boards, one in the grip and one in the power pack
To design those PCBs we're going to be using Altium design
Let's do it!
If you want a free trial of Altium designer, check out our link in the description below
Now that the designs are done we can source the parts through Octopart and we can get
the boards ordered through JLCPCB, the fast and cheap PCB manufacturing service
With these PCBs we can implement sound effects, auto ignition and valve control
This should really make the lightsaber come to life
To see the full schematic diagram check out the project on maker.io link in the description below
It's all soldered up and wired in let's see if it works
All right, let's see if we get lightsaber noises
Righty, that's working a treat!
For my lightsaber build I'm going to choose the iconic Darth Vader saber
And all those fully installed
Connectors are in...
Handle's together...
Next up, aux connector
Now I get the fun job of trying to shove this in there
Now that I have the lightsaber hilt fully finished and Charles put together
and tested the circuit board, it's time to work on the power pack
I have Chris our new claw from the university of waterloo who's designed the power pack components
Let's put it together!
We've made a bunch of upgrades to our power pack, including a soft level battery, a smaller speaker,
quick connects, much cheaper valves and a fuel heater to ensure consistent performance
All this adds up to a power pack that's way smaller, lighter and more visually appealing
There we go, there's our power pack
Just need to add the power switch to make it a power pack
And also the power, that would also help
Right now it's just a pack
That's our power pack!
Give it a first test
Just like that, hopefully- oh okay
Pretty good, pretty good, all right
You ready?
Yep!
And... it doesn't work
Oh that's not expected
It's like, you need a lightsaber?
Let's turn the actual oxygen on...
We forgot the oxygen
Yes!
Charles what was that?!
What is going on?
Oh...!
That's the battery low alarm
Give me the dead one
All right we got a new battery in there
Let's give it another test
This thing is freaking awesome
Oh my goodness
I cannot wait to show this to everyone else
And we have a design that's super compact and mounts right onto the hip
It's awesome, here we go!
Bogdan and Chris did a fantastic job finishing up the Darth Vader lightsaber
I mean look at the detail on this thing
And the power pack can fit on your hip
Now let's light it up
Now there's just one problem, it's blue!
To turn our lightsaber blade red we're gonna have to turn to chemistry
We have this product called dragon's breath and it's actually a chemical
that changes the color of flame to red
And as you can see, using my trusty mini-saber
See it turns the blue flame a nice bright red
We tried using with this with our bigger flame on the lightsaber and it didn't quite work
so we're actually going to have to mix this with a bit of strontium chloride
Which is the chemical in flares that give them that red bright color
Now we have our strontium enriched dragon's breath
Let's see if it works
So the neat thing with this, is since it's a paste you can literally just
take a finger full and actually just apply it around the cowling of our lightsaber
Now, with any luck when we turn this on, we'll have a nice red blade worthy of Vader himself
Now that's a bright red flame!
That's really bright! It hurts to look at! Look at that!
Oh my eyes...
Now, you may have noticed the lightsaber blade didn't seem quite as long as it
has been in other videos and that's because since this is a flame saber
sometimes the length does vary a lot based on even the airflow in the room
It also means you can't really swing the lightsaber super fast but those are
things that we're working on for our next, next revision of the lightsaber so don't you worry
Hey guys!
This is amazing
Welcome to Hacksmith Industries!
Instead of a regular test where we try out the lightsaber, we decided to invite you
guys, our subscribers into Hacksmith Industries to try it out yourself
And we told you to bring your costumes
But what they don't know is that Ian's dressed up as
Darth Vader and is hiding just around the corner
Let's see how they react to a sith lord appearing behind them
All right, well we're gonna get you to summon your lightsaber
It is unwise to lower your defenses
What happened Darth Vader?
Battery died
Oh shut up, that's crazy!
Now that is the Darth Vader saber,
but unfortunately you're not Darth Vader, so you can't use that one
But lucky for you, we've got a real working Kenobi lightsaber
Perfect
Oh my gosh okay
Come on baby
This is like the coolest thing ever
That's crazy!
The heat coming off of this is amazing
Let me help you
Do you feel the heat coming off of it?!
Oh yeah my hand is getting toasty!
It's like the rebels burn them down
This is amazing
Lightsaber!
Wow this is a little bit hot
All right, we're gonna get you to cut something
Oh come on now!
Oh that's crazy, that's crazy, this is unbelievable
We're getting a mini-saber at the store I'm telling you that much!
It's a lobotomy
Oh my gosh
How does that feel? This is epic!
That is cool!
Would you like to burn something?
Oh yeah
The dark side is more powerful
Prepare to meet your destiny
Are you prepared to duel?
Prepare to meet your destiny
I'm stepping on my cape
This thing is so cool, oh my god
Prepare to meet your destiny
Are you ready to join the dark side?
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