It is looking like I might need to make all 30 spheres which is going to be a much much larger investment then I planned on, so I might end up needing to take payments in advance afterall although I would prefer not to.
I will see what the grand total works out to in a week or so after people have more time to sign up.
Might also need to see if I can find another sheet of this diffusing film if this keeps up.
This is what I was considering until I found these diffusing sheets. They seem to work better then the DC fix plus they fit in the PVC without a separate piece of glass.
It doesn’t matter how low lumens the pipe can measure. You can just measure a middle or high mode in the tube and calculate the low mode lumens from the lux ratio in a smaller box or even measuring straight from the hotspot. Of course it’s not as straightforward as looking at the number on the lux meter.
I will post when I am ready for payments, I want to get all the details figured out on exactly what I am ordering and how many first so I have peoples money as short as possible.
I figure I will give it a week or so and see what the interest level is before nailing everything down. Right now I would order 20 but if we push past 20 in the next several days I will go ahead and order 30.
Plus I am going to go see if I can get that other half a sheet of the diffusing sheet, in which case I might just go ahead and order 40 of them and sell whatever is left over without shipping included in the price until they are gone.
All depends on how much interest they get in the next week or so.
Thank you Texas Ace for doing it. I think it’s very valuable to have a set of cubes which measure the same spread around the world.
I’m not into this stuff deep enough to buy one yet (and recognise that I may be losing my only chance), but I love it nevertheless.
I plan to get some PVC quotes tomorrow for both the normal and larger size and hopefully see if I can get anymore diffusing sheet (If I offered the larger tube option I would need more for sure).
Saturday I plan to take a trip to the laser cutter and 3D printer to get a quote on those.
I have an idea what the prices will be but I need to confirm.
I am also talking to a few suppliers about getting express shipping on the lux meters so we don’t have to wait forever.
Once I have all of that nailed down I will start taking payments, most likely this weekend.
Yep, pretty much. I just want to nail down the final details to make sure there are no surprises before I start taking money.
This is much larger then I first planned on and the costs are higher as well. So having to re-figure some things and make sure I can get the quantities I need.