Isotopes

[Quest]

What is the brightest colour to use.

 

Thanks

 

Quest

[ayjay]

What is the brightest colour to use.

 

Thanks

 

Quest

 

They look white (but are actually green I think) but brightest is not necessarily best.

 

I use red ones on a quiver tip because they don't start dancing around unaided in front of your eyes after half an hour.

 

There is a long and complicated technical medical explanation about how our eyes see things in the dark which explains it all, but it's so complicated I can't remember it all.

[chavender]

solor tackle do one of the brightest in green or blue,but they're all pretty much a muchness really.

[chavender]

but if its whats the best colour to use,well thats down to personal choice

i've just shrinkwrapped a solor green isotope to the tip of one rod and i'm going to shrinkwrap solor blue isotope to another to help identify them in the dark.

[david t]

ive used them recently, and they seem to make my eyes go funny too. keep asking yourself if its slowly moving or not.

what you need is two on each rod, about 2 inches apart to line up with each other.

 

ideally, i think the best thing would be a 10 inch thin flexible isotope, that glues to the back of the quiver tip, so you can see it bend just like an ordinary quiver, but thats just an idea, not reality, at least i think!

[chavender]

thats how shrinkwrapping works,you shrink wrap a isotope parallel onto the back of the tip,if your using a avon tip it would be a idea to paint a white patch around where the isotope is going to increase visibility !

 

i tried to use ptfe "plummers tape" as a alternative but it melted .

 

 

 

 

 

 

(its based on a idea by dave lumb)

[poledark]

Chav, you intrigue me mate, how did the ptfe tape melt ?

 

 

Den

Edited September 3, 2006 by poledark

[Andy Macfarlane]

Using reflective tape round the tip with a well placed torch and a target board, is a very good way of doing things.

[chavender]

to do this you need some clear shrink tubing (6.4mm) about 4" and two sections of black or green ( to match blank colour ) shrink tubing (4.5mm) about 2" each.a heat source boiling water,hot air gun ect and a isotope,optional white painted section of tip (or white tape) must be longer than the isotope !.remember that shrink tubing shrinks in length & width ( origanal tip by dave lumb was on BFW )

 

heat up tip ring and remove ! (not always necessary depending on tip !)

slide a black section of tubbing down the tip leave loose

pop your isotope inside the clear tubing and rotate tip to wanted position

(over white painted (tape) area) at reverse side to the eyes

heat up the clear tubing and as it shrinks (grips isotope) start to rotate to get even shrinkage.then let it cool locking the isotope in desired place

slide up bottom black tubing and heat and rotate to shrink in place (seals end off clear tubing and neatens the apperance)

slide on the othar black section of tubing and repete as above ( this can be made long enough to partially cover the tip once its be refixed (glued) to the tip)

 

(dave lumbs rod tip with white painted tip section)

 

shrink tubing of the required sizes is available off e-bay in 1m lengths or from RS componants,maplins{mondo} or this online store

 

 

( i melted the tape in the heating process using a naked flame i may re_do it later and paint it this time )

Edited September 4, 2006 by chavender

[poledark]

Thanks for your reply

 

Den