I just wanted to know how many times people thread their el wire through the blades. Im thinking about making one but no clue how many times I should thread it.
I just wanted to know how many times people thread their el wire through the blades. Im thinking about making one but no clue how many times I should thread it.
Did you read the tutorials?
Tim
The Custom Saber Shop
yes, I just want to see how many times other people thread theirs.
I don't think anyone threads it any different. 5 loops is the max that can fit. Putting any less would mean it'd be less bright and rattle in the tube. Both of which are quite undesirable.
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has anyone thought about useing a solid core and wraping the EL wire around it? if so, tell me how it turned out....
Unless it was a really small core and you added another outer tube with diffusion it would look like crap. That would weigh a lot, and I'm not sure it would look any better. That's a lot of EL wire if you work it out too... unless you coiled it less and leave gaps that would qiuckly exceed the length the inverter can handle properly.
BTW I saw this on an EARLY Parks saber (like the first ones like 15 ago) and it was AWFUL. He just coiled it loosly around a tube.
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i can't even imagine what that monstrausity looked like [:0]
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One of the first tutorials I looked at when I first started building used this Idea he used a threded Stud and wrapped the El around it and then just shoved a Poly Tube over it, just didn't look right, I am so glad I did it the CSS Way, so much better looking and more practical and durable.
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well, i was thinking of useing a 1" outer polyC tube,2mm wire, and maybe 1/2" core , any defusser i would use would be thin. Just a thought.
or has anyone tried a white core(wire) and a colored tube?
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