technically, it's a 7/8 inch blade. The ID is 3/4.
I may try Jay-Gon's cellophane idea on the inside, see what it does.
I'm also going to sand the inside down this evening to see if that helps.
and cutting it down to 34 inches helped a great deal as well. and i'm pretty sure if i'd used a better reflector in the tip, it would have done better.
I'll post more pix later tonight.
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