Note: this idea has been abandoned…LED are not meant to project light to the extent that we would need. Plus the LEDs overwhelm the objects to be lit. Hey, sometimes you just go down an erroneous path…smile.

The idea of embedding the light into a grass blade is very intriguing. The traditional flood up light is a tired concept. However, it is proving to be more difficult than I thought.

At first I created a plastic collar that resemble a shoe horn, thinking maybe the whole blade could be 3d printed.

Then I went to Coremarks and bought a sheet of the thinnest stainless steel, 26 gauge. I was able to cut it with heavy-duty shears. If this turns out to be the solution, the blades will be laser-cut to order, but for now I get to experiment.

I think a thicker gauge steel might be needed and then bending is going to be an issue.

We probably do not need the PLA collar. It makes more sense to weld the blades directly to the stainless stalk shafts.

This brings up another issue. The blades will have to be high enough to be out of reach. They are a bit dangerous. So they will need to start at about 10 feet, which should not be a problem.