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Darth Frieds

08-10-2006, 04:14 PM

I found something interesting inside my MR blade today. It was blade film. Just like the film Corbin uses. Has anyone else found rolled up film inside their MR blades?

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Lord Maul

08-10-2006, 04:24 PM

you sure it wasn't the foam diffuser they come with

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987654321a

08-10-2006, 05:07 PM

yea what ^^^^^^ said, corbins film is thin and is not foamy, its paper. hmm what about using both tims difuser and corbins film at the same time?

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Darth Frieds

08-10-2006, 05:14 PM

it was paper film rolled up inside the white diffuser. I had to stick my middle finger way down the blade to reach it

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987654321a

08-10-2006, 05:16 PM

was it a stock MR blade?

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Darth Frieds

08-10-2006, 05:36 PM

yup. the whole thing was actually a converted anakin saber I got from ultra

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987654321a

08-10-2006, 05:40 PM

oh well that explains it lol. ultra sometimes uses corbins film

Edit- lol i thought before it was a stock MR, and you were converting it and found the film, i was like whoah!!!!

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xwingband

08-10-2006, 05:45 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by 987654321a
ultra sometimes uses corbins film
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He's using it exclusily now as I understand it. Interesting that he's using both now as he said it was inside the stock diffuser.

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987654321a

08-10-2006, 05:50 PM

hey wouldnt that give a cooler coring effect? like i mean a smoother one? with corbins film inside the diffuser?

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xwingband

08-10-2006, 06:06 PM

Maybe, but that's why Corbin sells the double wrap... Alex had always stated that the TCSS diffuser was easier, but something must have changed to make the effort worth it.

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987654321a

08-10-2006, 06:14 PM

ya

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Lord Maul

08-10-2006, 06:48 PM

maybe he hired a couple more workers so he can do it more easily now

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Darth Frieds

08-10-2006, 07:56 PM

well, mystery solved then, i feel a bit stupid LOL. By the way, you can't see the coreing effect accept slightly, if you hold the blade up to your face.

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Lord Maul

08-10-2006, 08:15 PM

are you using the ultra blade or the stock blade?

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Darth Frieds

08-10-2006, 08:46 PM

Its the MR blade that ultra sent me my saber with. Thin walled polyC tube with white diffuser thats practically stuck in the blade. No mirror in the tip. i have an unconverted anakin saber and the blades look exactly alike. Its deffinately and MR blade. I guess ultra just stuck some corbin film in there. thats all there is to it really. Is that what his "ultra" blades are? Or are those something he makes on his own?

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Lord Maul

08-10-2006, 08:51 PM

his ultra blades just have film i believe

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987654321a

08-10-2006, 08:57 PM

ok the best thing to do is to take the film out cause then it will dim the saber more, so if you have to stick it up your eye socket to see the coring effect then take it out cause there is no use for it, and use it later for another saber

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Lord Maul

08-10-2006, 09:02 PM

ya, then you can get a tcss blade and put the film into it

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987654321a

08-10-2006, 10:05 PM

exactly

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 08:09 AM

I rolled up the blade film, not perfectly though. I stuck it inside my TCSS blade and I think it seems to make the blade just a bit brighter, no coreing effect though. Maybe some of you guys should try experimenting with it, see what you come up with.

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 11:05 AM

Alrighty then. After much experimentation with my MR blade and TCSS blade, I have come to my final conclusion. They are actually brighter without the corbin film. I think that the corbin film works better by itself, and when mixed with a white diffuser, the brightness gets dimmer.

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Lord Maul

08-11-2006, 11:06 AM

know duh
it is more crap the light needs to go through [;)]

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 11:38 AM

no need to be rude essey, I was just speaking my mind thats all.

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 11:40 AM

by the way, has anyone tried installing a mirror into the tip of an MR blade?

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Do-Clo

08-11-2006, 12:14 PM

It does help improve the light at the end of the blade and yes it can be done

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 12:43 PM

thats good. i purchased the round mirror disc and the aluminum adhesive disc. I havent gotten them yet and i'm not sure if one is better than the other or if i'm supposed to use both of them.

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Do-Clo

08-11-2006, 01:12 PM

The mirror will be easier to install[:D]

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Do-Clo

08-11-2006, 01:28 PM

You put a drop off glue on the back of the mirror then use the foam mr diffuser to push the mirror up into the blade

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 01:33 PM

so your saying you gotta take the MR diffuser out, put some glue on the mirror, then slide it in with the diffuser?

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Do-Clo

08-11-2006, 01:36 PM

That is about it then remove the foam after mirror is in place

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 01:41 PM

the only problem is, i can't get the diffuser out. it's like its somehow glued to the tip of the saber

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Lord Maul

08-11-2006, 02:00 PM

pull harder [;)][:D][:p]

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 02:09 PM

i tried prying it out, its deffinately stuck in there. Maybe ultra did it for some reason.

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Hajime

08-11-2006, 02:57 PM

You don't have to take the diffuser out,just the foam.The easy way to do it is glue the back and take a 3/4 or 1/2 inch dowel and use it to push the mirror in.On stock blades the tip and diffuser are glued together

Do-Clo

08-11-2006, 02:58 PM

Oh, you bought a converted MR from Ultra, then you don't have the foam diffuser that is around the led strip inside the blade don't pull on the other diffuser. You will have to use a wooden dowel to push the mirror in the blade.

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 03:08 PM

thanks do-clo, yeah, i guess ultra fixed this one pretty good but not perfect. I have an unconverted anakin saber as well that i will be converting with tims conversion kit. I don't notice the blade diffuser as foam but i guess i'll find out when i open it up won't I?

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Do-Clo

08-11-2006, 03:14 PM

When you take the blade apart on the anakin you will see the foam that holds the leds and acts as a diffuser also.

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 03:30 PM

i wonder if the saber with the MR LED's would look brighter without the foam, although i don't really wanna have to put the saber back together without converting

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987654321a

08-11-2006, 04:03 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Darth Frieds

by the way, has anyone tried installing a mirror into the tip of an MR blade?

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yes i have, in all my MR conversions

edit- o and btw, if you want to take the tip/diffuser out of the mr blade, heres a tip, cut off at least 1 inch from the bottom of the tip and the use some plyers and pry out the inside of the tip then use a file to smooth out the bottom of it. [;)]

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Darth Frieds

08-11-2006, 04:14 PM

I think I'll go with the whole useing the foam idea. trying to get the diffuser out is too much trouble. i'm just trying to get a mirror on the tip. I'm still not sure which i would rather use, the mirror or the aluminum adhesive disk. Whats the difference?

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987654321a

08-11-2006, 04:16 PM

no difference, they are the same except the mirror is fragile and the disk isnt

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Do-Clo

08-11-2006, 05:01 PM

The mirror will go in easier because it is rigid

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Darth Frieds

08-21-2006, 05:03 PM

well, I tried out the aluminum adhesive disk with a 3/4 inch dowel and the disk ended up sticking to the side of the ployC halfway up. now i have this dark spot in the middle of my MR blade, I can't get it out.

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james3

08-21-2006, 05:09 PM

Bummer. Have you tried cleaning the inside of the diffuser?

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Lord Maul

08-21-2006, 05:17 PM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">the disk ended up sticking to the side of the ployC halfway up. now i have this dark spot in the middle of my MR blade, I can't get it out.

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man, that's harsh [:(]
try scraping the disk with the top of the dowl to get it off. it might scratch the inside of the tube but at least you won't have a dark spot

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Darth Frieds

08-21-2006, 05:52 PM

i tried that, it pushed the disk all the way to the top but its not on the tip

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Lord Maul

08-21-2006, 05:57 PM

this idea is very far out but you might be able to tie a chiesl shaped exacto knife to a dowl and shave off the sticker. however, then you would have to buy a new disk since that one would be dead

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Darth Frieds

08-21-2006, 07:18 PM

I'm not sure if i have a chiesl shaped exacto knife, nor do i even know what it looks like. Its a beat up MR blade anyway, i was planning on cutting it down to size and letting a youngling that i know use it when we have battles.

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Lord Maul

08-21-2006, 07:21 PM

have fun man [:D]
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Darth Frieds

08-21-2006, 07:38 PM

thanks a lot man, yeah i don't think i'll be bothering with something like that.

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Lord Maul

08-21-2006, 07:45 PM

you bet DF
in a way, you should be glad you screwed up the adhesive disk cause now you get to buy either tim's or corbin's blade. [:D][;)][:p]

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