Fluorescent saber

[KuroChou]

Fluorescent lighting uses a phosphor coating on the inside of the glass, that reacts to the UV light produced by stimulated mercury gas.



My idea is supplying the UV light through a UV LED, and using a phosphor/fluor-escent powder like this to line a blade.


Thoughts?

[Skottsaber]

Could be cool, but I wonder how you plan to keep the powder in place.
Also, isn't UV a bit dangerous? I'd definately wear when using it

[Rhyen Skytracker]

The mercury that is required it the very dangerous part. You need to have a very, very air tight seal and be sure that there will be no way at all the blade would break or crack.

[KuroChou]

the gaseous mercury is the part that creates the UV light in a normal fluorescent. Since we're using our own UV source, it's not necessary.

Scott's right about fixing the powder though. It'd be the most difficult part.
I wouldn't be too worried about the UV, since it wouldn't be much if any worse than a blacklight, and most of it would be filtered/absorbed by the powder anyway.

[Jedi-Loreen]

Phosphorus is also poisonous.

I don't see how you're going to evenly line the inside of a blade tube with it, either.

[RevengeoftheSeth]

Find a way to liquify it and then evenly coat the inside and let it dry. It won't be durable for dueling though.

[iamdrake]

Find a way to liquefy it and then evenly coat the inside and let it dry. It won't be durable for dueling though.

I wonder if you could do a heavy mix in clear coat then spray it on... maybe do a coat on the blade film before putting it in.

[RevengeoftheSeth]

yeah, spray a bunch of a flat sheet of celophane and then roll it up and put it in a tube.

[Jedi-Loreen]

It would probably start flaking off the cellophane as soon as you roll it up.

[KuroChou]

The whole reason we have to do the cello-wrap in a clean environment is because of how much static it generates.... I would think it wouldn't be too hard to apply wanted dust, considering how hard it is to keep away the unwanted variety.

This stuff is designed to "flow" when applied from a duster, implying that it readily separates when shaken into air. If you've ever put a fine powder into any kind of nozzled bottle (i.e. a condiment bottle) and squeezed it, the air escaping pulls up a very light mix of the powder (great for fireballs). I would think the same sort of technique would work with this.