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.
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