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462 posts
Location: Carmi, Illinois, USA
just had a random idea does anyone think they could make led weighted handles they would look awesome with throws
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378 posts
Location: NSW, Australia
The flowtoys people suggest using flowlights as handles, there's some vids up on their site of G using them, no throws though.
shadow stranger
462 posts
Location: Carmi, Illinois, USA
well thats a bit different my idea what i meant was like the led glow ball poi but much smaller like the size of the wooden handles
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Location: Scotland
i use flowlights as handles with my crystals sometimes, good size, weight and you can even wibble with them
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Location: NSW, Australia
Originally Posted By: Midkiffwell thats a bit different my idea what i meant was like the led glow ball poi but much smaller like the size of the wooden handles
I kinda realised that but was distracted. Most ready made led balls are pretty big, to allow for batteries, circuit, shock absorbtion and light diffusion.
There are a heap of really small lights, some fairly sophisicated, that the glove light show ravers use (photon etc), I've never looked closely at them but if you could enclose one in a clearish casing I think it'd work OK for size and light but I don't know if it'd weigh enough to make a good counterbalance.
Obviously it'd depend on how much your poi weigh.
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Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
You could use flowlights in the flowmass to give them more weight. I haven't played with flowlights though so I'm not sure how much weight they actually add.
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I'm still trying to refine the design to get LOTS more light out but the concept is solid... I have all the pics for a tutorial on how to make them but until they're finished I don't want to publish it.
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Location: Seattle, WA, USA
The design I've been thinking of would be to take one of the solid state PVC ball designs and reduce it to a single LED and a battery slot in a smaller ball. You wouldn't need anything more than a single CR2032 to run it for a fair length of time. The challenge, I think would be making the attachment point and battery cap secure enough.
HoP should make these. Just sayin'.
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Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Flowlights w/ flowmass weighs a fair bit. Almost as much, if not the same or a wee bit more, than a pro series LED ball.
Pretty expensive handle, though.
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Originally Posted By: Mr_Chutneyhttps://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=133927&id=515647410&l=459514655f
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I'm still trying to refine the design to get LOTS more light out but the concept is solid... I have all the pics for a tutorial on how to make them but until they're finished I don't want to publish it.
Just regarding hyperlight's comments, I think you would have them drowned out by those.
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Location: NSW, Australia
Originally Posted By: Mr_Chutneyhttps://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=133927&id=515647410&l=459514655f
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shadow stranger
462 posts
Location: Carmi, Illinois, USA
sister eleven i've already made that suggestion
but i think that maybe if more people suggest this product it could be possible for them to make it
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