Hacksmith Industries: Lightsaber Pike

2023-05-13 | By The Hacksmith

License: See Original Project

This project was created by Engineering Superheroes of Hacksmith Industries.

DO NOT ATTEMPT to Re-Create

Hacksmith Industries has been designing lightsabers for 7 years now. The designs have come a long way from the original heated Tungsten rod to the retractable plasma lightsaber. However, one major technological limitation has been designing the power source small enough to fit in a lightsaber’s hilt. Since we don’t have access to kyber crystals on Earth, the team’s lightsaber designs have been powered by large external power sources that usually sat in backpacks.

The team’s designs have actually been progressing in the same manner as lightsaber designs in the Star Wars universe! The last 7 years of designs have technically been protosabers, which are connected to a larger power source with a cable. The move from protosabers to true lightsabers with the power source in the hilt is a big leap, but it’s a leap the team has wanted to make for a while now. So how do you get enough power to make a 4000 degree plasma beam come from a lightsaber’s hilt? Make a bigger hilt!

The 6 foot hilt of the lightsaber pike is the first step in making a lightsaber like the ones in the movies. Over time, the hilts will get smaller and smaller, with a goal of reducing the hilt from 6 feet to 2 feet. See how this one works in the video below!

Check out the Previous Lightsaber Models

• Lightsaber Version One: How to Power a Lightsaber
• Lightsaber Version Two: 2500 Degrees of Destruction!
• Lightsaber Version Three
• Kylo Ren’s Lightsaber
• The World’s First Retractable Plasma Lightsaber
• Darth Vader’s Lightsaber

Support Lightsaber Development On Kickstarter

Designing lightsabers is expensive, time-consuming, and dangerous. If you would like to help Hacksmith Industries make the world’s first lightsaber that can fit in your pocket, you can support this Kickstarter campaign:

LINK TO KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN

How Does it Work?

The 6 foot pike houses 77 components! The plasma blade comes from a butane mixture that is combined with oxygen. The fuel combo is controlled by valves and regulators to make the blade stable. The fuel is ignited by a pilot light and the flame is forced through a nozzle that concentrates the flame into a beam.

The 6 foot hilt also houses electronic systems that can control blade length, speed of extension and retraction, and has sound effects. See how the electronics work in the schematic below!

Schematic and BOM

More Star Wars Projects on Maker.io

Hacksmith Industries also has a Make it Real Series for The Mandalorian:

• Mandalorian Flamethrower Gauntlet
• Baby Yoda’s Flying Cradle
• Mandalorian Jetpack
• Mandalorian Carbonite Control Panel
• Jedi Training Droid