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Powered Convoy
04-04-2006, 05:36 PM
I bought Tim's completed blade. Now, it looked great when I first ignited it. Now, I had to shorten it a couple inches. I removed the inner tube from the poly carbonate tube. When I reinserted everything and reinserted the blade, it's splochy, particularly at the end. Is there any way to fix this problem? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Randy

Strydur
04-04-2006, 05:57 PM
It probably has dust or shavings inside of it from when you cut it.

Tim
The Custom Saber Shop

Powered Convoy
04-04-2006, 06:09 PM
That's what I thought. So I used a vacuum to suck out the shavings. Then I used some water to flush any remaining out. I hope that helps. Any other suggestions? It's not really spots, just the top 3 to 4 inches is quite a bit dimmer than the rest of it. If I can't get it to look right again, then I'll just end up getting another one.

Randy

Powered Convoy
04-04-2006, 07:06 PM
The water seems to have done the trick. Now I just gotta wait for it to dry. [:D]

Randy

Firebird21
04-04-2006, 07:09 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Powered Convoy

The water seems to have done the trick. Now I just gotta wait for it to dry. [:D]<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">


Yeah... That will take about 3 days!


Unless you have an air compressor and an air gun.

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Do-Clo
04-04-2006, 07:40 PM
If I find that I have to cut a finished blade I stuff a lint free cloth inside the blade just past the cut mark. Then after cutting the blade I use a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the cloth out and it wipes any dust or shavings away.

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WeirdoTransvestite
04-04-2006, 07:42 PM
Air compressor will make it worse. It's not pure air. It has very small droplets of oil and water. Don't use air from an air compressor. Maybe a keyboard duster. That's clean air.

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thestr8metaledge
04-04-2006, 07:48 PM
I used a thin window rod wrapped in a cloth and shoved it through the whole blade to clean mine when I cut it.

Jedi Ranger
04-04-2006, 07:52 PM
I tried harsh language.

Didn't work too good.

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james3
04-04-2006, 08:02 PM
What about pouring a little rubbing alcohol down there to clean it out and get rid of the water.

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LAN-ED-TUL
04-04-2006, 08:10 PM
i rammed a clean soft cloth down the tubes with a dowel rod, worked pretty well for me. then i used a can of air, the kind for computers. to blow out anything left.

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