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  1. 08-20-2023, 04:41 PM #1
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    Has anyone here tried a fiber optic blade? This would involve storing side glow cable into a polycarbonate tube and base lighting the cable.
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    They’re used for light-whips. The problem is they are like a wet noodle - good for whips, bad for blades. Also, you have to base light them.
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    I found examples of fiber optic cable being stored inside a polycarbonate tube. Might that work?
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    It might work, but not well.
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    I recall someone here making a fiber optic blade by putting the fiber optics in a narrower diameter tube. Maybe use a more powerful LED?
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    Or…. you can just use technologies that have been proven to work.
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