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Post by Johann Shinobi on Dec 24, 2005 22:54:13 GMT -5
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Don Solo
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Post by Don Solo on Dec 25, 2005 3:58:59 GMT -5
Well, it says it doesn't match the brightness of Neons, and it "needs" about a 100 watt hallogen bulb housing as it's source but I bet someone could righ up one of those super bright LED's and do teh same thing... I'd be interested in trying it if I needed a new project  |
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Dec 27, 2005 8:50:25 GMT -5
I guess it depends on the lumens put out by a halogen. I was thinking about it as a core with inside the polycarbonate rod. Ir the rod is lit upand the fiberoptic is bright enough it might make a faily bright blade. I think I will try it for one of my first LED blades.
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Post by Olos Nay on Dec 27, 2005 10:45:42 GMT -5
When I discussed with fiberoptics via email, they said that the 3W style luxeon leds is what they use in some of their equipment, so a 3W would be bright ennough to light a sideglow cable.
On another hand, I have friends that had experimented with their sideglow cable say that there is lots of light losses with it. They tried with some 3M sideglow technology and the result was much better.
This being said, with sideglow cable don't think about getting extraction/retraction effects, but the blade would be evenly lit.
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Dec 27, 2005 17:16:49 GMT -5
thats what I'm going for.
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Feb 10, 2006 10:43:19 GMT -5
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Feb 10, 2006 21:36:39 GMT -5
HMMMmmmm
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Post by Olos Nay on Feb 11, 2006 1:03:52 GMT -5
LED Flex seams to need connections on both sides :S
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Feb 12, 2006 20:01:07 GMT -5
yeah, that was my thought too, I ordered a catalog from them to see
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