It's actually pretty bright toward the base of the blade in broad daylight, so really good diffusion would improve things substantially even without increasing the brightness.
So first off thanks for the tutorial, but after an exhaustive search I haven't found an answer to my question. All the diagrams and lay outs on this topic as far as I can tell have both the rotary switch and the dip switch, is there a way to do this where you replace the dip switch with a rotary? I have a Joe Jedi and have been considering using Grayven's mod for sometime but would like to change colors with out having to get out a tiny little screwdriver