How To Make A Custom Sign With LEDs
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I am always blown away how you always come up with never before thought out artistic LED projects of yours.
Thanks Mark!! Good to hear from you and hope your doing well! Appreciate the support as always buddy!
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Thanks buddy!! Hope all is well!
The LED DIY master strikes again!
Thanks buddy!! Appreciate the love!
I hate it when I find channels like this that are going to cause me to go bankrupt. Subscribed!
Lol Thanks for watching and glad you like the videos! Appreciate the support and try not to spend all your money lol!
Dude I'm 99.9% sure that you've probably considered setting up an online store for you to sell your own products, just for them to be PnP for people who don't have the skills or the time to create and follow your tutorials for everything you've taught us already.
If you ever choose to do so I WILL DEFINITELY become a recurring customer of yours.
Keep up the great content👏🏼👍🏼
Thanks so much for watching! Maybe someday down the road I'll try doing something like that! Appreciate the kind words buddy!
The last bit near the end of your video just made everything click for me about creating a custom LED setup. WOW thank you so much!
Thats awesome and thanks so much for the kind words! You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!
amazing! maybe could cap off left and right edges with black plastidip or small strip of vinyl to contain light leaks
Thanks so much! Yeah you could for sure cover up the edge with something if you didn't like the light coming out from the edges like that. It would be a very clean look!
amazing walkthrough! I like how you also included the different types of cables you could power it with.
Thanks as always buddy! Glad you liked the video!
Thanks so much Chris. 🙏🏻
Your welcome! Thanks as always!! Hope you have a great day!
AWESOME VIDEO.
Good video.
From Portugal, THANKS MAN!
keep up the awesome videos, man! Just got my first led setup up and running because of you!
Thanks so much for watching and that's awesome! Did you have fun getting things going?!
Dang! You make this look so easy.
Thanks so much for watching!!
Pro tip. When using the transfertape, peel it of by an angle less than 30 to make the vinyl stay on the transfertape, the same applies when trying to let the vinyl stick onto the plate, there you need to use an angle higher than 90 degrees
Thanks so much for watching and for the tip!! I'll have to try that! It makes total sense why that would be better so thanks again!
Great stuff!!
Thanks as always!!
Great video, I would love to see some wire management content as well so I can get a better idea on how you're hiding all the blocky wire connections.
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah for these I just had everything shoved behind for taking pictures. Not elegant or finished at all. Once I find a nice place for them in my house I'll try to do a follow up video on how to hid things as best as possible!
I have watched a few dozen of your videos and find you and the videos very helpful and a bit inspiring. I just made a couple of these and overall I'm pleased. My only concern is that the light is much dimmer on the top compared to the bottom. My muzata acrylic had paper covering both sides, one labeled frosted, one smooth. I put the vinyl on the smooth side, would the frosted side offer better light dissipation? Thanks for all you do!
AMAZING AGAIN.... !!!!
Thanks as always!!
Suggestion for you on vinyl removal. Put on the transfer tape, then flip it over, and remove the backing from the vinyl. Get it started and then hold the transfer tape flat and pull/roll the backing off.
Thanks for the tip! I'll for sure try that! Some of it really doesn't want to pull off easily so I'm always open to new ways! Thanks buddy!
Great video . . I'd like to know more about what kind of opaque vinyl you used for the cutouts / where to buy it
Amazing video, originally started following you because of your Soldering Tutorial, always love your content. I don't see it listed in the parts list (unless I missed it) but was it just normal plexiglass you used to attach the vinyl too?
Thanks for this informative video. Where did you place the controller and cables in the final product?
I like to heat up the sticky side of the led's with a lighter, match or any heat source before I stick them to really get a good adhesion to whatever I'm putting led's onto!
That's a good idea! I never thought of doing that before but I bet that would make a huge difference! Thanks so much for watching and for the tip!
@@ChrisMaherDIY it really makes a huge difference! I’ve also used those adhesive pads that like have alcohol and cleans the surface really good before use!
Can you do more videos on how you use your cricut maker for LED projects? I finally took the leap and bought one.
Very Nice!. wondering if you could run it off solar?
i like this, my neighbor throws christmas parties every year. i mader her a sign out of wood and some leds that ran off of batteries. my second design i was wanting to do was acrylic and leds i wanted to do a arrow point in the direction of where they parked with it flashing lights and the lettering flashing. i wonder how if i could achieve it with this?
You have potential... Keep it up! Really good and interesting Videos. I can't get enough of those LED Videos 😂👏🏼👍🏼
Thanks so much buddy! Glad you like the videos and thanks for watching!
Looking sharp! 6:30 I would use a high-tooth count blade (Diablo)
Thanks so much for watching and for the suggestion! I'll have to look into that but I'm for sure not a woodworker so I appreciate any help in this area of best tools to use for the job!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I am grateful for the opportunity to help in anyway possible, this is my daily mission, thanks! My Dad was a old fashioned carpenter & I’m trying to keep his legacy alive
Do you know how far the light will travel through the acrylic?? Was thinking it would be cool to use the aluminum channel but scale it up with 4x8 sheets of plexi and do a full wall.. Thoughts??
Incredible project! Please keep us update if you ever hear about a sale on these Muzata diffusers. I thought they were extremely cool but a bit spendy when you first reviewed them and they've gone up an additional $25 since then ($20 per foot).
Thanks as always for watching buddy! Yeah spendy for sure! I'll keep an eye on things and let you know! It does look like they are currently on sale for 69 instead of the 79 they were a couple days ago when I checked. amzn.to/3XwuDzg
WOW...they look cool. On a side note that blade is definitly the wrong type. Needs be a higher tooth count. But if it works it works
Can I make that lighting sweep effect without using a computer???
Do you have any ideas on how to make these battery operated with maybe a push button toggle switch? Looking for a way to do a temporary table sign and not have to use a plug-in power cord. Great videos!!
Thanks so much for watching and great question! I still have yet to dive into the portable power for led lights. Its for sure on my project to do list and I hope to get to it sooner rather than later! As far as push buttons, I also have not experimented with that but I know this video does go into the button capabilities of WLED: th-cam.com/video/M4M7qox2zFk/w-d-xo.html
hi
Will this product also be available on the uk or de amazon page???? ☺️
Do you do custom orders?
BRO CAN YOU MAKE DIY NANOLEAF LINES ?
That is for sure on my long list of projects I would like to get to at some point! Thanks for watching!!
Ho can I buy this Edge Lit Diffuser Profile in UK ,it's not available on their website only for the US and Ca , they not do shipping to UK ,it's any other way to buy it any other website?
Please tell me is it possible to achieve the same effect with sanding the transparent plexi, because i cant fint translucent plexi in my country.
Did "Displate Lumino" do something similar? I wish I could do one myself.
How much would you charge to make one for a customer?
I had this idea for making a coffin with the misfits and crimson ghost on it. You think that would be possible?
Amazing video as usual! With small projects like this will I need individual esp32 boards if there will be multiple small sections pretty close to each other? Sorry a complete Noob
Thanks for watching! No, you could use 1 esp32. You can use different pins on the board to go to the different strips. I made a video not too long ago going over how this works that you can check out! th-cam.com/video/Zzi5UIGnY2A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0ZPs_CuGbzxQNUBn
Love your videos Chris. I was wondering if you have a link to the Muzata products on Ali Express? Amazon shipping is high to New Zealand
Thanks so much for watching! Unfortunately I don't think Muzata sells them outside of a few regions. I have yet to find them on AliExpress. I'll let you know if that changes!
What is the thickness of the acrylic?
This comment is completely unrelated to the video. But I wanted to Ask, I'm looking to add at wall lights to my Govee TV backlight, and your DIY Govee M1 are incredible! But before buying, can you achieve that amount of detail and connect precisely the way you did to the TV using Govee's wall glide? Is it a better choice? Because they are on discount right now and it will save me the struggle of the craftwork. Thank you.
You can for sure use the glide and it works very similar. I believe the glide allows you to assign up to 6 zones. You can always buy both, see what you like best and return the one you don't use. I do that a lot :)
@@ChrisMaherDIY Thank you so much for the response my brother! Finding your channel was a blessing and a great timing, can't wait to see and learn more! o/
If you split the 4ft into 3 diff sections does each section require its own controller or can they be wired together?
Thanks so much for watching! You can wire them together if you like or you can run them separately to different pins on the esp32 to be controller that way. You don't necessarily need to use different controllers if you don't want to! Hope that makes sense!
@@ChrisMaherDIY thanks for responding another question I have is have you thought to make a larger framed sign with a frosted acrylic surface? Like a 24x16 or 24x 48
thats my name lol
very nice! How about solar as power for the street address unit? :)
Good Idea. We need solar power and the ends need to be finished or cap off. water proof enclosure?
I thought about that as well! I might have to look into that because I really want to do something like this for my house number but dont want to always have to charge a power block. I'll put this on the long list of projects i'd like to try! Thanks!!
@@ChrisMaherDIY power supply manufacturer question... who have you had luck with?
I bought 4 of these, 3 were dead out of the box.
BTF-LIGHTING AC100-240V to DC5V60A Max300W Suit DC5V1A~DC5V60A Switching Power Supply Device Transformer Power Adapter Converter Jack for WS2812B WS2811 WS2813 SK6812 etc LED Strip/String/LED Matrix
@@graphguy yikes! I've always used btf ones and have never had any problems. When you plug them in, does the light on the unit even turn on? I know on some of those they have a switch on the side to go back and forth between 100 and 240. Sometimes they came on 240 and I had to switch to 100 for it to work.
@@ChrisMaherDIY ok. Humility time. Thanks for posting out I'm not an electrician! Haha.
I knee this but in my rush to get this live... totally forgot they come set to 220! Ugh, stupid me. I owe ya.
Flynn's
One of my favorite logos/signs ever! Bring back so many memories from the original movie/video game!
What did you do for Cord management? 😬
Thanks for watching and great question! I didn't really do anything for this video. It was just more setting them up and hiding things behind the signs so that I could take some nice pictures and videos. If I were to lets say put this on a wall, I would just run the wires down the wall (using some track cable concealer) and then probably just hide the power supply and controller behind something (plant, electric fireplace, or anything in the room) I think its too much work to try putting wires behind the wall so options are somewhat limited!
Is there a Muzata (alternative/copypasta) in European Amazon? Muzata unfortunately doesn't seem to be available here
I've looked a little bit and have not found anything like this product. I am kindof faced with the same challenges you have since I would have to order things from the European amazon to test out and thats hard for me to do. But I am looking to see if I can perhaps find anything that is available on both the US and European amazon as well as looking into AliExpress to see what options they may have. I'll let you know if I do ever come up with something that is just as good!
Does someone know the song at minute 3:39??
You should sell this lol holy.
HGTV is going to be giving you a call soon with all this knowledge and entertainment bombs you are dropping
Lol thanks Dustin! The phones are still silent lol.
bro can you plz share the Cdr file for flyyns sign plz I want that sign plz
plz do reply I have commented on other videos as well but never get any response ever🥺
Thanks so much for watching! Shoot me an email! My email address is outrunprojects@gmail.com Sorry if I have not replied to other comments! I try to respond to every comment but youtubes notification system for comments made under a previous comment is not good so I know i've probably missed many that way but I will generally catch any new comment made on any of my videos!
I’ve checked the channel out I’ve subscribed but could u please I mean please demonstrate the full finish product. Like how do you make the wire work look professional so when ppl see the final results it don’t look unprofessional and half way done. There’s has to be a way it looks complete.
Thanks so much for watching and for the ideas! I did make this video: th-cam.com/video/ibRp6eeUwBA/w-d-xo.html which goes into that a little bit. But mostly I just hid the wires behind something in the room if I can and use cord raceway kits that you can get on amazon. I dont want to put things behind walls (just more work then what I want to do) so options are pretty limited.