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What am I doing wrong- can't get blade to light up? (pics)
Here are two pics of my first saber build, one in daylight in my living room and one in another room that is almost totally dark.
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This is my first build.
Blade: 36" of 1"OD thick walled polycarbonate, sandedd on the outside, about 5 feet of clear cellophane gift wrap from Amazon (click to see link):
LED: 3W Green (sourced on ebay). 100 lumens at 900mah, 5 degree lens also sourced on ebay. With the blade out, it is plenty bright, too bright to look at.
Blade sits in the hilt 2".
I can't figure out why the blade isn't lighting up more than this. Seems like other posters have shown much fuller blades. I wondered if I put in too much cello wrap, but the blade is still way brighter at the bottom. I have a more than adequate reflective tip in there, so almost all the light is getting reflected back down. There isn't a noticeable difference in the fullness of the blade after inserting the wrap compared to when I lit it with just the sanded blade. Anybody have a guess as to what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for everyone's help! This site is the best.