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megtooth sith

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    Wilmington, NC
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    Star Wars, SCUBA, Bagpipes, building lightsabers, 3D Printing

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    Tom
  • 501st ID
    74759
  • 501st Unit
    Carolina Garrison

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  1. Yes, I used Assassin Graphics. My wife and I now own an engraving business, but our equipment cannot do plates this large; however, we are looking into it, and might be able to have a USA resource in the future! Assassin did an outstanding job on my kit.
  2. Here are the latest update as of Thanksgiving weekend 2023! Handle added opposite extending handle, still need to paint screws black. My personalized TK plates are on the lid! stickers added more stickers Next step will be installing neopixel strips, a couple of OLEDs and maybe a speaker to play Imperial March!!!! I'll add an external RCP, thinking about powering this with a 26650, and maybe have Death Star panel in lid back lit too. I want this bin to be awesome. I'm going to 3D print a bar to hold up the drawer in the extended handle.
  3. Thank you all, I'm very happy to be here at FISD, and living my lifelong dream of being a Stormtrooper!
  4. goodness gracious Josh, that bin is a work of insanity! I love it. I could tinker on this thing forever for sure. I also own Megtooth Sith Sabers, so I am familiar with neopixel animations, and open source soundboards to control them, and an OLED. I think you have inspired me to incorporate a proffieboard into my rolling bin! That will be insane!!!!!! PS, check out my Proffie blaster thread here: Proffieboard E-11 Build
  5. Hello all, I am freshly minted TK-74759, and I have a separate 50 gallon bin for Kylo, so I wanted to make this bin my TK/Trooper bin. First thing I did was strip the stickers, painted it white (masked handle/wheels/tires). I have TK Name Plates and 501st Decals on the way. I also would like to add some lights/switches and OLED type displays on this thing. I also want to 3D Print a rod to hold up the removeable drawer on the extended handle, and I'll show that design here eventually. I added Imperial cog wheel covers, and I have a black handle I'll be adding opposite the extending handle to aid in lifting the box into my truck. I want my TK box to be unique. Right now its pretty plain, but I'll try and keep up this thread with my progress. To Do: 1. Add custom etched plates TKID/501st Legion Decal/Carolina Garrison Decals 2. Add Black Handle Opposite extending handle. 3. Add lights/blinkies/OLED? 4. Design/3D Print a bracket to go across extended handles that will hold the removeable drawer...which contains my ICOMM 5. I'll take any other suggestions! Beginning state! Paint and Wheels side! paint and wheels top
  6. Greetings all. My name is Tom Tilmon, I was already a member of the Carolina Garrison as DS-74759 TFA Kylo Ren. My ultimate goal was to be a stormtrooper, although, I'm a bit too big to be a TK. I'm 6'3" 240#......so fitting in armor was difficult and required a lot of shimming! I have had this kit for 4 years, traded a MPP Lightsaber for it to a trooper that built an Anovos Kit. Thing sat in the closet in boxes needing trimming and assembly for years. But, I finally got my kit built. I would now love to build another one to Centurion or EIB standards, and turn this one into a TD. But that will have to wait until after my BOBF Mando, Shoretrooper. Both of which are in the works. PS, I also own a lightsaber company called: Megtooth Sith Sabers. i was one of the first to innovate neopixels in lighsabers, as well as using open source electronics, and helped bring about "smoothswing" implementation/testing in open source boards. I built an E-11 with a Proffieboard in it, posted in FISD, didn't get much of a reaction, but I think its pretty cool! At any rate, I'm proud to be a member with you all, and I'm finally living the dream of being a stormtrooper, which I also kind of am in real life......I am the FUZZ. PS: I got to troop my TK with 501st Legion Founder, Albin Johnson (TK-210) in August at Soda City Comicon. Albin is in my Garrison, but it was pretty cool meeting him! Check out this link: Youtube Short with Albin Johnson! Live video of my E-11 in action! Me on the left, this picture I think shows how big I am compared to people. I'm almost as tall as the wookie on stilts! Ha.
  7. I guess shorts links don't work directly, but it also works if you click "watch on youtube" below the error. I wonder why shorts won't post? Maybe this web page doesn't like the vertical video orientation?
  8. I am requesting detachment rights as a Stormtrooper FISDetachment so I can post my approval! https://www.501st.com/members//displaymember.php?userID=24662&costumeID=343 Its my second costume, I'm already a member of the Sith Lord Detachment. Thank you all.
  9. I got to troop with the founder Albin Johnson, had my blaster with me, Albin loved it!!! That was exciting.
  10. In regards to Intergalactic Supply, I believe he appealed to this forum to remove his company from this list, and spelled out a perfectly sound case as to how he was put on it in the first place, which implicated the OP in a business deal that had gone bad. The OP isn't even a member of the Legion anymore, was in the same Garrison as the owner of IGS, had motive to disparage IGS. FISD needs to recognize that IGS may have been falsely accused, and also read his appeals in this very thread, including his photos of him designing his own sculps, he posted a link to his sculp progress in his Jolly Roger Squadron Thread. This one stinks, and I can tell you that Jason's work is well thought of and respected in the Carolina Garrison "First through the door, last on the floor." Pretty much every Tie Pilot, Gunner, TD, and TK in our Garrison is wearing his armor, and giving out his helmets at our hospital troops. False accusations like these drive good makers, like JJ Industries (with Kylo) out of the Legion. JJ Industries is one of the best makers in the world for SW stuff, but false accusations of "recasting" and intellectual theft did him in, now Kylos have no fabric to make TFA Kylo from, because he was the ONLY maker in the world........Knights of Ren Facebook group did Luke Daley in, and the original Dawn Bright. Therefore these dispersions need some official investigation process before they are published, and then there need to be an appeals process to remove them. Jason is a decent human being, and his work is solid. I hate that these forums have disparaged his name, as he has done and still does so much for the Carolina Garrison. I have trooped with Jason, and this is all very sad. Being an "artist" myself, and having my coding work stolen, I understand your concerns with "theft". But Jason has explained that his kits were a Frankestein of models when he bought his company, and he has worked to refresh his TK kits by creating his own unique molds with 3D printing, and he has done that. I understand the need to post where people can buy quality armor, and trustworthy supplies, but at some point in this deal, there was personal animosity between the OP and Jason, and I'm not sure why independent parties aside from OP have not investigated the claim by the OP and been more transparent about why IGS remains on this "recaster" list.
  11. Check out my E11 Functional Prop with Proffieboard:  E11 Thread on FISD!!!!!!

  12. Greetings everyone! I am Tom Tilmon, and while I'm not that well known here on FISD, I have been a long time stalker, and a recently approved TK. I am TK-74759. I'll be taking some more photos soon, and I'll post a freshly approved thread where appropriate. I am better known on Sith Lord Detachment, because in addition to my TK, I have an approved TFA Kylo. While building my TFA Kylo, I gutted my Black Series Lighsaber, and well, since then I have gone a bit saber mad. I own a small Lightsaber company called: Megtooth Sith Sabers. Hence my moniker here. Now that we have dispensed with the Bull, I recently got into 3D printing, and made Bryan Roller's Model of the E11, which is really cool in its own right! But in lieu of the spring, I designed a chassis to fit into the blaster behind the bolt. I also cut out the Hegstler Counter, and plopped in a SSD1306 OLED Display. I actually turned the functioning button beneath the counter into my auxiliary switch, by putting a tactile switch into the housing that Byran's plunger depresses. I have 6 wires coming out of the Hegstler housing: 2 switch wires, and 4 wires for the OLED. I did have to drill holes coming out of the counter, as well as going into the gun. In addition to the mods in the Counter box, I also added a tactile switch behind Byran's resetting trigger, which acts as my "main" switch. I routed those wires up through the switch housing, but still retained Bryan's designed indexing selector switch functionality. I did not tie the selector switch into the proffie board, as my aux switch in the counter serves to "reload" and change fonts. The below video is long on youtube, but in the expanded comments I have links to all the stuff to build this, including my config file and wiring diagram for Proffieboard. I did use a 7/8" LED Module from The Custom Saber Shop, as well as a Red, REd, Blue Custom Tri Cree for the shot propogation. This module includes a carclo lens, I'll link those below as well. I did secure the LED mdule with epoxy to the front of the bolt. I think any redesign, I'd just make onel long chassis in lieu of Bryan's bolt. I did have to cut the back half of the bolt off, where the spring would seat, as well, I cut off the part of the bolt you cannot see opposite the charging handle to make wire routing much easier. In spite of some imperfections in my build, I'm pretty proud of this technological terror I've constructed! I used a proffie 1.5 in this build, but my chassis works for all 3 current iterations of Proffieboard. Cautionary note: I used 30 ga PTFE wiring, which has thin/strong/mil spec/heat resistant insulation. because 13 wires are routed though the chassis from the blaster, the hole I designed will only work with thin PTFE wires of 30 ga! I use Powerwerx wire, I'll include that link. The config file would have to be slightly modified if you wanted to use a Gen2 or Gen3 Proffieboard, but that is easy. I have a youtube channel with all sorts of help videos on Proffieboard here: Megtooth Sith Youtube NOTE: If you do decide to build this as I did, the tri cree LED and Lens combination are a low class laser. Do not look into it, or point it at anyone's eyes, unless it is greatly diffused! Without further blah blah, here is my blaster in action, as well as some of the build out/installation: Bryan Roller's Model: STERLING SMG MK4 (L2A3) by TK14082 - Thingiverse Bryan Roller's E11 additions for ANH on above model: E11 BLASTER (EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE) ACCESSORY KIT by TK14082 - Thingiverse My 3D Chassis model for Proffieboard, 2.1mmRCP, 18650 Keystone battery holder, and 28mm bass speaker: E-11 Chassis that works with Bryan Roller's Sterling E11 Model to convert it to functioning prop with Proffieboard by TomTilmon - Thingiverse Buy yourself a Proffieboard: ProffieBoard v2.2 - Open Source Sound Board | Electronics123 My config file: E11 Proffie 1.5 Config - Pastebin.com My wiring diagram: https://imgur.com/8IISdGL TCSS 7/8 LED Module: .875" OD Heatsink module with center hole (thecustomsabershop.com) TCSS tri cree lens: 18deg Tri-Rebel/Cree Star Lens (thecustomsabershop.com) TCSS Tri Cree (order Red, Red, Blue): Custom Tri-Cree LED with modified base (thecustomsabershop.com) 18650 keystone holder: 18650 Single Cell Holder (thecustomsabershop.com) 28mm speaker: 4W 28mm WOWSpeaker (thecustomsabershop.com) 2.1 mm RCP: Switchcraft 2.1mm Power Jack (thecustomsabershop.com) Rotational Kill Key for 2.1 MM RCP, will turn your recharge port into an on/off switch! Kill Key x 4 - with On/Off slot (TTXEEY3S8) by Rick_D_Ryo (shapeways.com) Battery: Keeppower Li-Ion 18650 3.7V 3200mAh PCB Protected Rechargeable Battery (thecustomsabershop.com) PTFE wiring: PTFE High Temperature Stranded Wire | Powerwerx (make sure you only get 30 gauge, and also get lots of colors so you don't get confused) My video on programming proffieboards, its long but detailed and timestamped so you can skip to what you need: Fett263's website for Proffieboard resources: Fett263 Proffieboard ProffiePixel Lightsaber Resources Happy building troopers
  13. Greetings everyone! I am Tom Tilmon, and while I'm not that well known here on FISD, I have been a long time stalker, and a recently approved TK. I am TK-74759. I'll be taking some more photos soon, and I'll post a freshly approved thread where appropriate. I am better known on Sith Lord Detachment, because in addition to my TK, I have an approved TFA Kylo. While building my TFA Kylo, I gutted my Black Series Lighsaber, and well, since then I have gone a bit saber mad. I own a small Lightsaber company called: Megtooth Sith Sabers. Hence my moniker here. Now that we have dispensed with the Bull, I recently got into 3D printing, and made @trooper96Bryan Roller's Model of the E11, which is really cool in its own right! But in lieu of the spring, I designed a chassis to fit into the blaster behind the bolt. I also cut out the Hegstler Counter, and plopped in a SSD1306 OLED Display. I actually turned the functioning button beneath the counter into my auxiliary switch, by putting a tactile switch into the housing that Byran's plunger depresses. I have 6 wires coming out of the Hegstler housing: 2 switch wires, and 4 wires for the OLED. I did have to drill holes coming out of the counter, as well as going into the gun. In addition to the mods in the Counter box, I also added a tactile switch behind Byran's resetting trigger, which acts as my "main" switch. I routed those wires up through the switch housing, but still retained Bryan's designed indexing selector switch functionality. I did not tie the selector switch into the proffie board, as my aux switch in the counter serves to "reload" and change fonts. The below video is long on youtube, but in the expanded comments I have links to all the stuff to build this, including my config file and wiring diagram for Proffieboard. I did use a 7/8" LED Module from The Custom Saber Shop, as well as a Red, REd, Blue Custom Tri Cree for the shot propogation. This module includes a carclo lens, I'll link those below as well. I did secure the LED mdule with epoxy to the front of the bolt. I think any redesign, I'd just make onel long chassis in lieu of Bryan's bolt. I did have to cut the back half of the bolt off, where the spring would seat, as well, I cut off the part of the bolt you cannot see opposite the charging handle to make wire routing much easier. In spite of some imperfections in my build, I'm pretty proud of this technological terror I've constructed! I used a proffie 1.5 in this build, but my chassis works for all 3 current iterations of Proffieboard. Cautionary note: I used 30 ga PTFE wiring, which has thin/strong/mil spec/heat resistant insulation. because 13 wires are routed though the chassis from the blaster, the hole I designed will only work with thin PTFE wires of 30 ga! I use Powerwerx wire, I'll include that link. The config file would have to be slightly modified if you wanted to use a Gen2 or Gen3 Proffieboard, but that is easy. I have a youtube channel with all sorts of help videos on Proffieboard here: Megtooth Sith Youtube NOTE: If you do decide to build this as I did, the tri cree LED and Lens combination are a low class laser. Do not look into it, or point it at anyone's eyes, unless it is greatly diffused! Without further blah blah, here is my blaster in action, as well as some of the build out/installation: Bryan Roller's Model: STERLING SMG MK4 (L2A3) by TK14082 - Thingiverse Bryan Roller's E11 additions for ANH on above model: E11 BLASTER (EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE) ACCESSORY KIT by TK14082 - Thingiverse My 3D Chassis model for Proffieboard, 2.1mmRCP, 18650 Keystone battery holder, and 28mm bass speaker: E-11 Chassis that works with Bryan Roller's Sterling E11 Model to convert it to functioning prop with Proffieboard by TomTilmon - Thingiverse Buy yourself a Proffieboard: ProffieBoard v2.2 - Open Source Sound Board | Electronics123 My config file: E11 Proffie 1.5 Config - Pastebin.com My wiring diagram: https://imgur.com/8IISdGL TCSS 7/8 LED Module: .875" OD Heatsink module with center hole (thecustomsabershop.com) TCSS tri cree lens: 18deg Tri-Rebel/Cree Star Lens (thecustomsabershop.com) TCSS Tri Cree (order Red, Red, Blue): Custom Tri-Cree LED with modified base (thecustomsabershop.com) 18650 keystone holder: 18650 Single Cell Holder (thecustomsabershop.com) 28mm speaker: 4W 28mm WOWSpeaker (thecustomsabershop.com) 2.1 mm RCP: Switchcraft 2.1mm Power Jack (thecustomsabershop.com) Rotational Kill Key for 2.1 MM RCP, will turn your recharge port into an on/off switch! Kill Key x 4 - with On/Off slot (TTXEEY3S8) by Rick_D_Ryo (shapeways.com) Battery: Keeppower Li-Ion 18650 3.7V 3200mAh PCB Protected Rechargeable Battery (thecustomsabershop.com) PTFE wiring: PTFE High Temperature Stranded Wire | Powerwerx (make sure you only get 30 gauge, and also get lots of colors so you don't get confused) My video on programming proffieboards, its long but detailed and timestamped so you can skip to what you need: Fett263's website for Proffieboard resources: Fett263 Proffieboard ProffiePixel Lightsaber Resources Happy building troopers! Tom
  14. Requesting 501st Member Access. DS-74759 My 501st Profile https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=24662 Thank you! Tom
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