DopeChicken
12-14-2014, 12:22 PM
Has anyone ever tried this? I found this after googling "Polycarbonate Rod".
http://www.amazon.com/Polycarbonate-Round-Transparent-Standard-Tolerance/dp/B00CPRCPFO
The outer diameter is 1". It seems to me that a 100% translucent rod of polycarbonate (not that anything is "100%" but for the sake of argument) would function like a fiber optic camera/light. All, or most, of the light would travel directly along the tube and it would be brightest at the tip. However, if you were to sand down the entire blade, and possibly even try to taper your sanding toward the end (say, by sanding with a force of like 10% of your maximum, then 20, 30 toward the end where you would be sanding the most) then give the entire blade another sanding to make it homogenous. At the very tip you could obviously sand more and taper it to a rounded or bullet shaped tip.
Just wondered if this has ever been attempted. I think I am going to try it next month when I have the time. Unless someone comes on here and says "No dude, it's been tried and doesn't work for ... reason(s)"
http://www.amazon.com/Polycarbonate-Round-Transparent-Standard-Tolerance/dp/B00CPRCPFO
The outer diameter is 1". It seems to me that a 100% translucent rod of polycarbonate (not that anything is "100%" but for the sake of argument) would function like a fiber optic camera/light. All, or most, of the light would travel directly along the tube and it would be brightest at the tip. However, if you were to sand down the entire blade, and possibly even try to taper your sanding toward the end (say, by sanding with a force of like 10% of your maximum, then 20, 30 toward the end where you would be sanding the most) then give the entire blade another sanding to make it homogenous. At the very tip you could obviously sand more and taper it to a rounded or bullet shaped tip.
Just wondered if this has ever been attempted. I think I am going to try it next month when I have the time. Unless someone comes on here and says "No dude, it's been tried and doesn't work for ... reason(s)"