How to make a dual core blade

[Brakvador]

I want to know how you do your dual core blade?
the corbin is in the ultra blade film or is it the opposite.

[Jedi-Loreen]

Corbin film on the outside. It's easier to do that way, and you won't even see the Corbin film if it's on the inside, so why even bother? As it is the polypro film on the inside takes away some of the effect of the Corbin film, but it makes the blade light up more evenly.

[jjshumpert]

the corbin film also does a good job of hiding any foreign material that may get stuck to the polyp like cat hair or dust

[Jedi-Loreen]

Very true.

[Crystal Chambers]

The only problem I have with the film is how unlike poly-p you can see the edges of the film, but the sacrifice is worth it. I just turn the film so the edges are in a more desirable area of the blade. However I could be wrong about the edges on the poly-p because I've only used it with tcss diffuser or film. Personally I think the poly-p and diffuser are brighter then with the poly-p and film but the texture of the film is a nice effect.

[jjshumpert]

ive also done polyp inside of white diffuser, dont much care for that method since i have a bad habit of bending/creasing the white diffuser, but the look of the blade is amazing. now if i can only keep myself from dueling these blades it would be great

[FenderBender]

Sanding the blade also hides the imperfections of Poly P, and if you cut the poly P cleanly, you don't see the seam. Also there are two thicknesses of Poly out there, you have to make sure you get the thinner one as the thicker stuff sucks.

[Rathan]

Anyone tried the iridescent polyp? I just got a roll of it and was going to see if there was any difference.

[Matt Thorn]

Brakvador, you wouldn't happen to be thinking of the "DuelCore (TM)" blade sold by The Company That Shall Not Be Named, would you? That is a completely different bag of donuts entirely, using one off-white nylon tube inside another. It's also a shocking disappointment, if you are expecting anything like a finished product. The online catalog description "DuelCore™ blade tubing and endcap kit (assembled)" is extremely misleading. Not only is it not "assembled," assembling it requires a lot of improvisation, as well as disposing of the useless endcap and replacing it with one of Tim's. :rolleyes:

[Crystal Chambers]

ive also done polyp inside of white diffuser, dont much care for that method since i have a bad habit of bending/creasing the white diffuser, but the look of the blade is amazing. now if i can only keep myself from dueling these blades it would be great

How would you damage the diffuser?...they're solid nylon. You just roll up the poly-p on a dowel and slide it inside the diffuser.

[jjshumpert]

not from putting the polyp in crystal, but from dueling with said blades, my students and i go pretty hard sometimes in matches

[Jay-gon Jinn]

I want to know how you do your dual core blade?
the corbin is in the ultra blade film or is it the opposite.
There's nothing in the store here that is called a "Dual-Core" blade. "Dual-Core Diffusion" is simply a phrase I came up with to describe my personal method of making a Luxeon Led blade....I sand the internal surface of the blade using a tool I built out of a couple of dowel rods, and then I add the clear gift wrap/polypropylene roll to add to the effect. The result is a blade that is evenly lit and when viewed at an angle, appears to light all the way to the edges of the tube giving the impression of a solid beam, rather than looking like a "light-beam-in-a-tube" that you'd get from just using polypropylene alone. The TCSS/Corbin blade film is a suitable substitute for sanding the inside of a blade, but you get an undesirable side-effect....you can see the parting seam where the film overlaps. Sanding the blade eliminates that altogether.

[Jedi-Loreen]

To me, "solid" would denote a rod, not a thin walled tube. It is possible to damage them slightly.

My main battle blade diffuser has lots of little white marks from fighting with it. But they aren't that noticeable unless you really look for them.