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[ulto22]

I have been given the greenlight by my parents to redo my room. And my dad is big on effects. we already have fiber optics ceiling idea. What else? Any idea on how they make that lighting effect in journey to the center of the Earth?

 

[napnet]

Where are you getting the fiber optics? I havent been able to find anywhere that sells them. I see tem in those christmas trees all the time so they cant be that expensive

 

[ulto22]

Fiber optics must be bought from Companies that produce them. Try looking online for a Company that sells it. Most of the time they sell it by the foot.

 

[napnet]

Well let me know if you find one... I have been looking around for my self and havent found any

 

[ulto22]

I did a quick search (please realize I am on my psp) I found www.fiberopticproducts.com A full package. A large amount of money

 

[EpcotServo]

I have no idea how they do the lightning in JTTCOE.

 

[ulto22]

Still searching. I founf That the Fx lightsabers make great lights. I love mine.

 

[MooseImagineer]

I have no idea how they do the lightning in JTTCOE.

Probally a tesla coil. not sure because i've only seen videos of it. and yes www.fiberopticprodcts.com is a great site, i've gotten fiber optics from there and they're awesome!!:sohappy:

 

[planet7]

Fiber optics must be bought from Companies that produce them. Try looking online for a Company that sells it. Most of the time they sell it by the foot.

Try Edmund Scientific (http://scientificsonline.com). I just did a search on their site, and I only saw a few items, but I know that back in the old days (pre-Internet, printed catalog) they used to have quite a selection. They may have more still in their print catalog, which you can probably request from the site.

You could also do a search with Froogle.com (not Google), which is the "shopping" arm of Google. (http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=fiberoptics&btnG=Search+Froogle)

Aside from the search results, the sponsored listings looked promising as well.

One bit of caution: I'd strongly advise getting plastic fibers as opposed to glass. I've worked with both, and the glass fibers are a nightmare if you're going to handle them individually. They break very easily and can get under your skin, itching you to death (a la fiberglass!). Plastic fibers are a little thicker (unless they've improved, it's been a long, long time for me) but they're tough. About the worst you can do to them is bend them to the point that they crush and won't properly conduct light. The won't break the way glass fibers will.

I hope this helps!

G7

 

[isnet396]

http://web.mit.edu/zacka/www/midas.html

This should give you all the ideas you need for this, and every subsequent remodeling you ever intend to perform.

 

[Rayray]

Probally a tesla coil. not sure because i've only seen videos of it. and yes www.fiberopticprodcts.com is a great site, i've gotten fiber optics from there and they're awesome!!:sohappy:

You are right about the tesla coils.

 

[WDWFREAK12]

I think it would be awesome to do a starred sky with the fiberoptics and then make a huge moon out of some kind of light.