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MasterJarJar13
08-20-2023, 04:41 PM
Has anyone here tried a fiber optic blade? This would involve storing side glow cable into a polycarbonate tube and base lighting the cable.
Forgetful Jedi Knight
08-20-2023, 06:09 PM
They’re used for light-whips. The problem is they are like a wet noodle - good for whips, bad for blades. Also, you have to base light them.
MasterJarJar13
08-20-2023, 07:55 PM
I found examples of fiber optic cable being stored inside a polycarbonate tube. Might that work?
Forgetful Jedi Knight
08-21-2023, 08:09 AM
It might work, but not well.
MasterJarJar13
08-21-2023, 10:22 AM
I recall someone here making a fiber optic blade by putting the fiber optics in a narrower diameter tube. Maybe use a more powerful LED?
Forgetful Jedi Knight
08-21-2023, 01:39 PM
Or…. you can just use technologies that have been proven to work.
MasterJarJar13
08-21-2023, 05:04 PM
I saw a fiber optic blade in this video. It looks like something similar could work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkxdCI7ieoc
Forgetful Jedi Knight
08-21-2023, 05:46 PM
I don’t think that looks good at all.
RavenXp
08-22-2023, 06:30 AM
I have to agree, it looks pretty bad compared to the other tech we have access to currently. It also would likely be much more expensive for the blade material that it would be for a standard PC tube we use for blades.
Jay-gon Jinn
10-24-2023, 08:57 AM
I built one waaay back in 2004 or 05 and used a piece of 14mm side glow fiber optic cable. It was lit by a Luxeon III led at the time, and was no brighter than the EL sabers that were popular back in those days. It also made the blade very heavy. It was a 3/4" polyC thin-wall and was a bit like a wet noodle.