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Expertise

Dartboard Lighting requirements and methods

Experience in the area

Inventor of The Circumluminator light fixture purpose built for darts

Organizations

American Darts Organization (ADO)

Education/Credentials

BA, Georgetown University 1963 Graduate study in the Analysis of Ideas and Study of Methods, University of Chicago, 1963-1974

What do you like about this subject?

I like playing darts. I have invented a dartboard light fixture I like to use and I hope others will find useful as well.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

better and less expensive devices and methods for dartboard illumination

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Both the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and American Darts Organization (ADO) stress the importance of minimising shadows cast by darts in their rules for tournament lighting.

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Recent Answers from Scott Harrison

2012-05-07 how can i stop darts wobbling in flight?:

Hello, Darren.    The size and shape of the flight partly determines the steepness of the angle at which your dart sticks in the board.     The dart follows a Parabola, the same as any other ballistic

2012-04-11 Applying flights:

Hello, Korey.    I have seen dart tools with a wedge tool for spreading the shaft to accept flight, but I think they are all too thick.    I use a knife with a thin blade.     The top of the shaft has

2012-04-11 How can I find out which eye is dominant?:

Hello, Anne.    Stand in front of your dartboard at the toeline and sight over your dart at the bullseye. Then with your other hand, cover one eye.     If the bullseye appears to move behind the dart,

2012-03-26 Unknown dartboard:

Hello, Ryan.    Historical questions like this are not really my field. You might try Patrick Chaplin, a recognized darts historian,  at http://www.patrickchaplin.com/.    I have to ask, though, when the

2012-03-11 Blind draw spreadsheet:

Hello, John.    AllExperts has your eMail, but doesn't publish it. In fact it was deleted from this revision of the question.     You can find me at my web site, www.dartlight.com and send me your eMail

 

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