el threading

**twiggyman123** · 01-18-2006, 04:49 PM

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.

**Strydur** · 01-18-2006, 05:40 PM

Did you read the tutorials?

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**twiggyman123** · 01-19-2006, 11:50 AM

yes, I just want to see how many times other people thread theirs.

**xwingband** · 01-19-2006, 12:35 PM

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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**Elim Vos** · 08-07-2006, 11:03 AM

has anyone thought about useing a solid core and wraping the EL wire around it? if so, tell me how it turned out....

**xwingband** · 08-07-2006, 11:28 AM

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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**Lord Maul** · 08-07-2006, 12:33 PM

i can't even imagine what that monstrausity looked like [:0]

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**GFORCE13** · 08-07-2006, 11:07 PM

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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