DIY Neon Portal Bookends - They GLOW in the Dark!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2018
- Today we're making Portal bookends that lights up!
Patreon: / nerdforge
PARTS USED:
- EL wire: bit.ly/led-wire
- Battery packs for EL wire: bit.ly/battery-...
- Reflective mirror film: bit.ly/mirror-film
- 5 mm plywood sheet
- Acrylic glass
- Pine wood plank
- Wood stain
TOOLS:
- Scroll saw / coping saw
- Squeegee
- X-acto knife
- Hot glue
- Chisel
- Drill
I've always loved the Portal games, and I really wanted to make a couple of wooden DIY bookends with EL wire light / neon wire wrapped around them, so that they glow in the dark!
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I like how you shown both manual and electric tools in this video and addressed the concern of not having access to electric equipment.
This shows people that you don't need expensive tools to make stuff but also shows them that investing in your equipment only benefits themselves.
We all start small and work our way up. It's a journey just as fun as the end product is most cases :D
Thank you for the video ^^
You deserve way more subscribers than 5 minute crafts (23 million)! Amazing editing and no clickbait, and your ideas are original and not stolen (which is rare nowadays)! You’ve earned a subscriber!
GDolphinz 5 minute crafts has 23M!? But I agree, Nerdforge is so much better: more creative, more skilled, plus she does video game and nerdy stuff!
So true but sadly with youtube's algorithm right now. They prefer quantity over quality so to grow they would have to produce more videos.
Very Snazzy I’ve been subbed for a while and I’m just noticing her ear rings
Pretty sure this was a 3D printed design before they made this video
Absolutely you are right!
Great job :) I would maybe also add slip-resistant duds underneath the bottom of the bookend, so that it stands firmly in case people use large and heavy books
Legit five minutes ago I was looking for a cool bookend then I found your channel and this vid:) feel so lucky
Loved the idea of that mirror film. Amazing job, as usual!
Great project! I especially like and appreciate you showing that it can be cut out without the use of power tools.
they glow in the dark. you can see em if you’re driving. you just run them over, that’s what ya do.
HOW does this chick have "only" 225k subs!?? ive been watching a few videos from her and ive already picked up several hobbyprojects from the series! the number should be in the millions!
This channel is not only Martina but Hansi as well, and calling her a "chick" sounds really disrespectful to me. Also, I'm from the future and now they have 3.27M subscribers, which is very cool to look back and see that they gained 3M subscribers in 5 years.
@@attila0323 that is your issue, not mine. deal with it or walk on the other side of the road...bitch
Great design and looks fantastic 👍
I find myself humming that "ragtime plus bass" song you use a lot, it gets into my brain!
This would be perfect for supporting my Nintendo Switch and WIi U games on my shelf. :D I think I am going to try to recreate something like that.
Thanks for the great video!
“They glow in the dark. You can see them if you’re driving. You just run them over. That’s what you do.”
You can actually make the inside of the portal like the infinity mirror and it will look like a real portal and look way cooler. Just a suggestion : )
‘A real portal’
Nice.
A Watson "like a real portal"
What is a "real portal"?
Techsno roberto from when or where are you guys? Here in France we have time/space travel ortal since 2017...weird america is always late...
@@axtyrreyz578
what can you really expect from people who prefer apple iphones..
You can see them if you're driving.
Not the cleanest I've seen, maybe some sanding would have helped to take out the rough edges of the portals, but anyway, the final product was awesome.
Ah the coping saw I remember once it got stuck in a piece of wood and a piece broke of and nearly took out my eye when I tried to pull it out, good times.
You are better then any crafter I know
If you use multiple layers of thin wood you can entirely hide wires rather than embedding them in the surface as you did for the el-wire. Kind of like what you did with the battery pack but with a wooden surface on the bottom enclosing it. You can also save wood by cutting long thin wall sections and constructing a frame, rather than cutting the middle out of a board.
Sanding the portals would also help with their look.
However it was a fun build with a nice outcome!
Great project guys. Little tip for the hot glue, wet your finger and push the glue to help not only penetrate, but also make it look a lot nicer! Great work!
I only found this video because I was looking for a Terry A. Davis video titled “They Glow In The Dark”
Same
I found you a couple days ago with your mini fridge build. And subbed immediately. So happy to see you are still making new videos. I love it, great job
I just built shelfs!
Well timed video, because now I need bookends!
I need a paint water cup like that. I bet her coffee cups never get paint brushes dunked in them! And no more drinking paint water!
I WAS SPEECHLESS IN 7:00
This feels like a project I could make! Thinking about modifying the portals to be made out of transluscent orange and blue acrylic, so they glow with the wire :D Thanks for inspiring me!
I love it, I really do, and I'm gonna make it someday as a present for someone, but if I may; I would've painted the walls white/gray with a grid, to simulate the iconic panels.
Pretty cool. Thanks for the inspiration. btw, I love your hair.
One advantage of a coping saw is that you drill a hole in your interior empty space, run the saw blade through the hole, and then saw out your interior empty space without having to cut into it from the outside.
I do get the vibes you're not in a good space of mind... I hope you're ok. I do enjoy your tinkering! Cool project as ever!
I was thinking of making one of these, but I just never got around to it.... I love the project, and the game itself. Nice work! Like the purple hair :D...
this is like Instructables and WikiHow but *BETTER*
hoping there are more *Unique* yet *Awesome* projects to come in the future
Pine trees, reindeer, and Julenissen. What else did you think was in Norway? 🤣
I love this, the mirror really makes it look like a portal
I just ordered everything I needed to make this. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial!
love the music you got my foot tapping lol, cool idea for using led lights
so one pointer with wood working, paint your glue on and cover the entire surface of what you are working with, wood glue is extremely strong but it is much stronger with uniformity. using strips creates stress points and more points of possible failure. youll fine your wood working projects lasting much longer and failing less from those points long term
Such an amazing project! I love portal! Thank you so much! And it really inspires me that you are a girl doing this, so thank you even more for showing us we can be really skilled when it comes to woodworking and the heavy stuff too! :D
Shoulda added some glow paint over the color of the portals too. But beautiful!!
this is amazing!!!!!!
This is so cool! The mirror thing was a really cool touch
My joy to see Jordan and Hobb❤️❤️
A true diy anyone can do great job , subbed!
Beautiful work, girl! 😊
I agree about the hot glue, but I also use double sided tape a LOT! 😊
She seems a lot calmer in her older videos. Not as overly enthusiastic and less over the top editing. It's a nice change lol.
Really clever idea! I would personally paint the wood matte white.
you mean moon rock dust white...
could have added the test chamber tile pattern to make it look a little cooler, but it still looks cool either way. nice job!
Very nice! Also I love you hair!!
Never played the game but really like the concept and the look you came up with! Stay awesome 😀
I don't read but I need this! lol
I also wanna make a book...
Really like the shirt the instructable robot is awesome I moved a company in San Francisco call the Instructables and they used to make all kinds of really cool stuff out of like 3D printers and things like that. I actually still have the giant plywood cutout of that robot
You could also use another, softer material... no power tool needed
Very cool
This looks so cool! Another brilliant job xx
Brilliant
Nice and cool
Nice! Looks really cool! ✨🤩✨
I love this! Very clever! Subscribed.
Ohh yeah you know robert jordan!!
it is absolutely an ASRM hear you create something LOL
Great!
EL wire is very different to LED strip (And its much cooler).
I've just discovered your channel and have been binging your videos;
your stuff is great, keep it up!!
Nice build thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Tient ! Neil GAIMAN dans ta bibliothéque ! .... Excellent choix littéraire ; )
Holds! Neil GAIMAN in your library ! .... Excellent literary choice ; )
It could looks even better without wooden portal circles. Just a mirror-plastic with border that was colored by color of wood.
Great project and a Robin Hobb fan as well :)
Great books
I see your reading the wheel of time series by Robert Jordan!!! Nice... you have there books 3 and 4... 😊 the wheel weaves as the wheel wills...
I love your ideas! Keep going!😍
I love ur builds girl
Cool can't wait to see the next video
Are you from the future?! After watching Disney's recent series Loki...these totally look like TVA portals! 😱
Awesome
Those are real nice projects.
Great execution!
I'm a Swiss Tool&Die maker and I'm locking forward to making some of those projects, but CNC controled. : P
Very interesting, but you need to do some sanding on the first cutouts
It's a cool project but I would have painted the back of the mirrow/ acryl plate blue and made the wooden portal and figur smoother
awe this is really sick!
Hey! Nice job! Just a tip... Use some kind of primer (like kilzz) and sand it (a lot, lol) next time on the wood, this way you can get rid of those wood scratches! ;)
Just stumbled on this channel by pure luck - HOW THE FUCK DO YOU NOT HAVE MORE SUBSCRIBERS!? Your stuff is AMAZING! Keep up the awesome work - i have found several gift ideas for my friends that i will make from your channel :D
Loved your hair, Martina!
wow thats amazing!!
omg waited so long for your video!!!
Amazing video! Just subscribed
Amazing you really inspired me to 🤩
You guys are the best!, Love from India ❤
Love the doki doki universe shirt!
Por cierto deberías hacer una maqueta de Rick and morty atravesando un portal , estaría genial 😌👌
Sabes que ella no habla español verdad?
Thank you I was search some light for making energetic halo sword you give me the solution 🙂
Amo tus trabajos , felicitaciones , siempre con buenos videos
pedro estrada somthing something hard work, something, something something good videos
I love this channel! Great inspiration. Though I feel like I'm not capable of doing these things uwu
sick
Nice idear, but why no sanding for the portal? That would be look mutch nicer!
SOOOOO COOL!!!!!!!!
How will you explain to your kids & grandkids those big ass earlobe gauges?
For those that don’t have access to power tools like for Maker Spaces where you can pay a small fee for using the tools and space to make projects.
well..........you never fail to amaze me :)
Where was the Skearja bageara?!
Wow! Amaizing project👌
I wonder if this could also be made out of a styrofoam or a thick/durable plastic of some sort.
Thank you for sharing✌💛☺
Where you buy the acrylic...? I can't find a cheap place...
Cool
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