{"id":2441,"date":"2020-03-23T01:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T01:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2021-01-03T17:55:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T17:55:33","slug":"fiber-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/?p=2441","title":{"rendered":"Fiber Optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a tube of silicone with two bundles of optical fibers and some highlighter fluid. It&#8217;s lit from above with a UV LED. There&#8217;s a little 3d printer collar that holds the fiber bundles onto 5050 RGB LEDs. I did a few handheld tests with the fibers with a collar and I thought it transmitted enough light to be an interesting effect so I jammed some fiber into some silicone and let it cure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"946\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_143835660-946x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2442\" srcset=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_143835660-946x1024.jpg 946w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_143835660-277x300.jpg 277w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_143835660-768x831.jpg 768w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_143835660-1420x1536.jpg 1420w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_143835660-1893x2048.jpg 1893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The results are pretty messy and not really what I had in mind. I cut the ends at an angle to try to make them more visible, but as it turns out you can only really see them from above. I tried to get the bundles to fan out to the sides in the silicone but they broke at too great an angle so they mostly ended up semi-parallel with the tube so their lights are invisible. Also there&#8217;s no way to avoid big bubbles coming up through the bundles- silicone finds a way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was weird enough to justify documenting, but I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be gung-ho with the optical fiber. There may still be some uses for it but this test was pretty unimpressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"More stuff in silicone in tubes\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_KfOjPYtcA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of the video are various things in a temporary lighting rig with one RGB LED below and a UV LED above. Not sure any justify permanent builds because of various defects, but they&#8217;re part of the learning process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"739\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171521279-739x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2443\" srcset=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171521279-739x1024.jpg 739w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171521279-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171521279-768x1064.jpg 768w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171521279-1109x1536.jpg 1109w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171521279-scaled.jpg 1848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the same balsa tube concept in the fresnel tube rig. I should have made the plane a bit bigger and rotated it a bit so it&#8217;s not just going straight. Also the powder smoke effect didn&#8217;t work out as cool as the other one but I think I know how that works better now. I sprayed the plane with a good bit of highlighter fluid and it pops pretty well with the UV but it gets washed out by the RGB in the video. I like the general balsa plane in a tube scene concept so I&#8217;ll keep working on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"713\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171920305-713x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2444\" srcset=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171920305-713x1024.jpg 713w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171920305-209x300.jpg 209w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171920305-768x1103.jpg 768w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171920305-1069x1536.jpg 1069w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171920305-1426x2048.jpg 1426w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_171920305-scaled.jpg 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Same basic idea as the balsa plane but a paper plane also soaked in highlighter fluid. They&#8217;re surprisingly hard to fold symmetrically that small. I placed it too far off center so it&#8217;s too close to the edge. I also added some dandelion seeds but they squished so it looks pretty weird. I&#8217;ll probably work more with the paper plane but this one was kind of a bust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"924\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_170540591-924x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_170540591-924x1024.jpg 924w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_170540591-271x300.jpg 271w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_170540591-768x851.jpg 768w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_170540591-1386x1536.jpg 1386w, http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200322_170540591-1848x2048.jpg 1848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This one was just stupid and gross. I gathered some little flowers and berries, sprayed them with highlighter fluid, and stuck them in silicone. I guess I was thinking silicone stops time but they continued to wilt but they aren&#8217;t drying out so it&#8217;s just a mess. The only interesting bit was I just squirted some elmers glue at the top for no reason and it make an interesting &#8216;concave cloud&#8217; formation that I might try to work with later. Overall it&#8217;s just a nasty mess but I wanted to see what it looked like under the light so this is it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also if you&#8217;re wondering the solder roll at the top is because the temporary rig isn&#8217;t secured to anything and the wires pull off the top so the roll is just as a weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a tube of silicone with two bundles of optical fibers and some highlighter fluid. It&#8217;s lit from above with a UV LED. 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