Custom blooming sith lightsaber.

Custom sith lightsaber with 6 arms that open when the blade goes out. (blooming like a flower)

It uses collapsible blade by 3dprintingworld available
on thang or
on thingiverse.

Variants

Several variants are available:

• 3 types of handle
• 3 types of pommel

Functionning

The ring prevent the arms from opening.

When the blade is out it keeps the arms open.

Assembling

Axles for arms are a piece of filament Ø 1.75mm.

Open source

Sources are available here: https://gitlab.com/yannickbattail/custom-lightsaber

Customizer variables

main

• part default all, values: all, arm, saber, emitter, handle, pommel, ring, fundation
• handleType default handleType1, values: handleType1, handleType2, handleType3

• pommelType default pommelType1, values: pommelType1, pommelType2, pommelType3

• ingnit default true ingnit, light up the blade
• showBlade default true show/display the blade
• looseCoef default 0.6 value min 0.1 step 0.1 max 2 loose coefficient, distance between piece that should
  move. Adapt it depending on your printer precision.

Animation

• animation_rotation default false rotating animation
• animation_opening default false opening animation

Internal debug

• debug default false Debug collision between arms and emitter
• cutInQuarter default false cut the saber in quarter to see the inside
• $fn default 40 complexity of polygons

Changelog

[1.0.2] - 2022-08-05

Added

• add stopper in arms when opened and closed

Changed

• reduce emitter height to correspond to the arms
• reduce stop ring height

Removed

Deprecated

Fixed

• fix stopper position after reducing emitter height

[1.0.1] - 2022-08-02

Added

• add stopper in the emitter to prevent arms from opening too far

  Changed

  Removed

  Deprecated

  Fixed

[1.0.0] - 2022-07-29

Added

Changed

Removed

Deprecated

Fixed

• fix blade hole. Thanks to 3dprintingworld