Your fan blades look great, and they don’t appear to sag either. That would be my worry .
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We’ll do! Fingers crossed!
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Hoping to spin them fast enough it won’t be an issue. 
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I’ve been eyeing the boring fan blades in the tech room … need something nerdy to put on the blades…hmmmmm I hate that I am only almost 5’6" because I can’t reach the fan and would have to pull out a ladder which is in hubby’s car (for work so that ain’t happening and I’m afraid of heights) … so this won’t get done unless I include him on the project… wonder how long it would take my son (that owns the house & lives here) to notice I modded something??
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Just think of them as Swiffers for the air. 
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That was my concern. Turns out it’s no worse than “wood”, which aren’t really wood anyway.
You just see it if it’s not running.
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What a great idea
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What would be really cool is if you could figure out a way to back light the blades with multi color LED lights. That would look so cool spinning in different colors
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If you really want to be clever you can use the LEDs to create a raster, & then display graphics & messages. Here’s an example of a smaller version on a USB fan:
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I don’t think ceiling fan blades can go that fast! Every pixel needs to update around 25 times per second - that’s 22000 fpm for a 56" diameter fan,…
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The side of me interested in the physical limits of materials would really like to watch someone attempt that 
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One square foot of 1/4" acrylic is close to 1.5 lbs. Let’s be generous and say there’s only 1/2 sq’ in each blade, at 22000 fpm (240 mph) tip speed, that’s 1343 lbf on each blade.
Would be fun to watch. Like those slow mo guys videos of CD’s exploding…
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Especially with mirrored acrylic. Instant disco lights 
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That’s true. They don’t spin fast enough for that. But it’d be cool if they could without unhinging from the ceiling lol 
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At least you’ll be able to see the dust and clean them before anyone else notices lol
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My favorite part of this episode is when they tried to make the fan-blades-of-death and even then couldn’t get much more than a wound
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Tell that to the lamps, drywall, your mothers handed- down memorabilia or your precious Yorkie when the blades unhinge and fly across the room! 
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it would be quite breezy in the room if so! so much for the room being really warm
LOL