i need to know the brand for the little silver mic you have in your hand throughout the video. sounded really nice loved the project and execution. great job! and nice design posters :)
Cool project! A couple of tips to fix your soldering, as you highlight it as a weakness: - Basic technique: add solder directly to a hot joint, don't add solder to the iron tip and then apply it to the joint. There won't be enough solder doing things the latter way, and it won't flow properly. Yes, this requires you to figure out how to hold the iron, a strand of solder, and whatever needs to be soldered all at the same time, potentially making you feel like you need three or four hands, but it's the only way to do it. The iron tip should be tinned, but this is to aid with thermal transfer and avoid the tip oxidising, not to transfer that tin to the joint. Hold the parts to be soldered in the desired position, apply the iron until the joint is hot, then add solder wire directly to the joint, then remove heat and solder wire and let cool. - When in doubt, add flux. Flux is a type of substance that helps solder flow properly. Most solder wire has a rosin flux core, but this generally isn't enough flux to make for a good solder joint. The solder joints you made on that PCB are a perfect example of a joint where you need more flux to make the solder flow properly and ensure a strong joint. They look ... okay-ish, but barely. You can buy rosin flux, or there are tons of other fluxes available, many of which are easier to work with (my favourite are gel fluxes that come in a syringe, making them easy to apply in suitable quantities). A note: many types of flux (including rosin!) are corrosive and *need* to be cleaned off, and really all solder joints regardless of added flux should be cleaned afterwards. Isopropyl alcohol is the typical cleaner for this.
This is actually a problem that not many companies seem to have found solutions for! Especially in terms of the design of the lamp itself, and not just the lighting. I've had this struggle my whole life. You should def sell this.
Design usually works best if the product does one function, extremely well. When you get into multi-use products you will always get compromises so generally design companies will create products with a clear sense of what problem it solves. Having said this, I always find custom projects like this really cool because you learn so much about the design process.
I usually tend to be a quiet viewer who simply likes the videos, but I was so impressed with the quality of your video and the amount of work you put in, especially as a new TH-camr. Keep up the great work!👏
@@imjistudio I'm going to be totally honest with you. As someone who struggles to make content myself (let alone get in front of the camera), you really do a fantastic job of storytelling. I can only imagine the footage that didn't make it in. I do typing test videos and the number of times I do it before I get one that I like is insane, honestly. You definitely did a fantastic job of editing and pulling it all together. Here's the thing that I think is most notable... I watch a lot of youtube and I love to learn new things. That said, I have no intention of building the perfect paper lamp! It wouldn't even fit on my desk. lol I am familiar with all of the things that you did so I didn't really need to learn how to wire a lamp or the trouble with conductivity or metal vs plastic. BUT I STAYED! You're a magnificent storyteller. My advice, stop second-guessing yourself and do what feels right. You can listen to suggestions and it's always good practice to keep learning, but you are way ahead of the curve, my friend. Don't think I didn't catch your little transitions and editing tricks! You showed a lot of mastery for someone with two youtube videos! I was a teacher for years and read a lot of books to children...and watched a lot of others read books to children. There's one thing about that experience that fits this perfectly. Almost anyone can tell you a story you've never heard before and draw your interest...but a STORYTELLER can read you a story you've heard a thousand times and make you feel like it's your first time hearing it or that you've cracked a code. You, sir, have the makings of a storyteller! I look forward to more videos.
i'm really touched by your kind words. thank you for taking the time to watch a small channel like mine and commenting such a thoughtful comment. I also look forward to getting better at this and making more videos :)
the dedication behind customising the lamp aside, the video production, editing, sound, and visual quality is amazing. im no expert in any aspect of anything relating but impressed and subscibed!
Such a creative, heartwarming video Joshua! The energy and passion you have for your work is really inspirational and it showed your final product, lovely visuals and storytelling too. I'm looking forward to seeing what you cook up next!
Really excellent concept and execution. This a beautiful lamp with well thought out delightful interaction, but even better is your documentation seamlessly merging your thought process, build process, failures, breakthroughs, and experiments. Loved watching this and felt like I was learning along with you
Only two videos and this level of quality? I have always been into the creative hobbies but never had the urge to build anything since it costs either time or money (money being the main problem) so you are a big inspiration!! hoping to one day become like you and merge all my hobbies into one (filmmaking, graphic design, engineering and just making stuff in general)
thank you for the kind words :) something that helps me is thinking of costs as 'investments' that will provide future value/returns - rooting for you and your future creative endeavors!
This was such a cool video, and I'm inspired to pursue something like this for myself now. Thank you for including your design process and introducing me to new vocab. Can't wait to see more from you!
not only is the product/project amazing, but the video is a masterpiece as well?? amazing work - ur def gonna blow up on YT with this quality content 🙌
It may be a strange question but I'm trying to find the answer for long time. What is the name of the "pad" or something, this black thing underneath all of the stuff in 3:50 ?
I look forward to seeing your lamp when you have it where you want it. It’s beautiful and functional. Would you consider one that can clamp onto a desk or shelf? That is what my current task lamp is, with a snake neck so I can position it where I need it. I never have room on my tiny desk. Your video was very calming and interesting. I appreciate the complicated words being on the screen as you said them.
That was beautiful, very unique style, made me feel like warm and cosy. Love the way you put that together. From today, I’m a true fan, and can not WAIT until the next upload. Please, keep committing to your dreams ✨ and keep creating magic 🪄
I love it! Great job man, you outdid yourself. Not only is the light fantastic, but your video editing and story telling were a work of art. You just earned a sub, keep up the good work!
10:18 EE here, the touch (capacitive) buttons won't work through a continuous and conductive shell of any kind, because there is no capacitive interaction left between your finger and the designated pick-up pads on the PCB. There is a MCU-driven RC(resistor capacitive) charge/discharge interaction going on at all times on those pads in the lamp that your finger being nearby will de-tune it due to your bodies added capacitance. The metal shell, doesn't 'shield' the button(but that is the end-effect), but rather it disperses the capacitance of your body touching across the entire PCB inside, instead of over a single button, so the touch rather than hitting all the buttons, gets 'common mode' rejected as though it never happened, as the Ground of the circuit is also bounced capacitively. That said if you can use metals, but it has to be isolated per-button and with a plastic insulators, squishing any sort of conductive-enough foam or a spring down to touch the pad is usually enough to transmit the detune. BUT if the circuit wasn't designed great you might get endless auto-triggers as a result of doing this, as it makes the RC constants pre-detuned from whatever normal was, depends if the original circuit can auto-adjust or has hard-set thresholds. Fun Fact: The much older older style of touch-lamps that were the all-metal ones, most of those technically shock a small current through you.. that's why the surface feels 'grabby' if you skim your fingertips across it only while plugged-in. The more you know. 🌈
wow this is so informative thank you so much for writing this! As you saw I ended up learning everything you listed the hard way 🤣 and was even searching for lamps with metal touch control interfaces to see if it was even possible (only to find next to none). I suppose that's why they're usually limited to on/off. Funnily enough, the weight that came with the metal base didn't have a hole extrude big enough to fit the PCB so it ended up being that I had to create/3d-print a custom base anyway
Very cool project. Maybe I'm wrong here but to me it looks like you didn't use flux when you were soldering. I can really recommend getting some, it makes it 100 times easier.
Really nice work!! Turned out really good. It might be also cool if the LED color temperature would change automatically with the extension and compresion of the paper diaphragm, although it's own challenge. Again, that's a really cool lamp that you made!
Super cool! Just wanted to ask do you 3D print in your room? I wouldn't recommend it cause you can give yourself a plastic allergy if it's not vented well enough 😅
Excellent job, and a well-designed project. I don't know where you live, but this seems like a patentable configuration. You would know best, of course, but it looks like a product that could sell nicely. IKEA would definitely be able to convince shoppers that it was one of their designs - it has the graceful minimalism that their best products typify.
Really well done, the lamp looks amazing, you over came a lot of problems and combined two products to make a third product that is better than the sum of its parts.
Awesome project and love the design. Not sure how expensive the Hanji was but have you tried Tyvek? It's a similar material that might be more cost effective since it's used a lot in manufacturing.
funnily enough, I used a ton of Tyvek for a project in design school! not the most accessible material in small quantities but def need to try it in the future
Especially for only your second video this is absolutely platinum standard. Although I would have loved to see more information about how to you managed to get the touch controls to work with the light ring (I thought that wasn't going to be possible so you kind of blew my mind with that one). Amazing work, looking forward to seeing more from you! - Subscribed
this is more just an idea, but if you want to keep the metal base you could cut out the top and put a low conductivity material, I thin piece of bamboo? or maybe some nice stained DRY leather. I think leather might work if its dry bc if its at all wet it prbly wont
When you were building the rings for the lantern structure I wondered why you didn't just 3D print them. You could have gotten perfectly round rings with a perfectly even thickness without needing to tape them together. The print wouldn't take very long, and all the rings would be printable as a single print. I imagine that would have been much faster and cleaner than doing it by hand.
Amazing video and very interesting project and design. The only 'flaw' I can see was the symbols on the base at the buttons. As with many other designs these days they are not friendly towards (older) people who don't have good eyesight like a young person.
craftsmanship plays a huge role in how well this works, but basically shades where the diameter of each rib can sit inside each other are able to do this - the paper also has some shape memory when creased correctly :)
Videos like this make me want to make stuff. Also that lamp is great. Though honestly if it was me making it, I'd probably make it clamp to a table since space on my desk is limited. Other than, I love that design. Also would you ever smooth your 3d prints or do you just vibe with the layer lines look?
i need to know the brand for the little silver mic you have in your hand throughout the video. sounded really nice
loved the project and execution. great job! and nice design posters :)
um... THE scott yu jan?? love the work you do man, you're a big inspiration! and the mic is an old zoom h2 recorder :)
my lamp dont jiggle jiggle it folds ....
Omg you are a fucking legend bro😂
Cool project! A couple of tips to fix your soldering, as you highlight it as a weakness:
- Basic technique: add solder directly to a hot joint, don't add solder to the iron tip and then apply it to the joint. There won't be enough solder doing things the latter way, and it won't flow properly. Yes, this requires you to figure out how to hold the iron, a strand of solder, and whatever needs to be soldered all at the same time, potentially making you feel like you need three or four hands, but it's the only way to do it. The iron tip should be tinned, but this is to aid with thermal transfer and avoid the tip oxidising, not to transfer that tin to the joint. Hold the parts to be soldered in the desired position, apply the iron until the joint is hot, then add solder wire directly to the joint, then remove heat and solder wire and let cool.
- When in doubt, add flux. Flux is a type of substance that helps solder flow properly. Most solder wire has a rosin flux core, but this generally isn't enough flux to make for a good solder joint. The solder joints you made on that PCB are a perfect example of a joint where you need more flux to make the solder flow properly and ensure a strong joint. They look ... okay-ish, but barely. You can buy rosin flux, or there are tons of other fluxes available, many of which are easier to work with (my favourite are gel fluxes that come in a syringe, making them easy to apply in suitable quantities). A note: many types of flux (including rosin!) are corrosive and *need* to be cleaned off, and really all solder joints regardless of added flux should be cleaned afterwards. Isopropyl alcohol is the typical cleaner for this.
i've always liked the frase "creativity is your ability to problem solve" and this video is very representative of that
This is actually a problem that not many companies seem to have found solutions for! Especially in terms of the design of the lamp itself, and not just the lighting. I've had this struggle my whole life. You should def sell this.
Design usually works best if the product does one function, extremely well. When you get into multi-use products you will always get compromises so generally design companies will create products with a clear sense of what problem it solves. Having said this, I always find custom projects like this really cool because you learn so much about the design process.
I usually tend to be a quiet viewer who simply likes the videos, but I was so impressed with the quality of your video and the amount of work you put in, especially as a new TH-camr. Keep up the great work!👏
The good ol' Lamptern...Love this! Thanks for sharing the whole process with us..even when things got difficult
of course! to be honest, a lot of footage was cut out, and I'm considering making future videos shorter for more concise storytelling.
@@imjistudio I'm going to be totally honest with you. As someone who struggles to make content myself (let alone get in front of the camera), you really do a fantastic job of storytelling. I can only imagine the footage that didn't make it in. I do typing test videos and the number of times I do it before I get one that I like is insane, honestly. You definitely did a fantastic job of editing and pulling it all together.
Here's the thing that I think is most notable...
I watch a lot of youtube and I love to learn new things. That said, I have no intention of building the perfect paper lamp! It wouldn't even fit on my desk. lol I am familiar with all of the things that you did so I didn't really need to learn how to wire a lamp or the trouble with conductivity or metal vs plastic. BUT I STAYED! You're a magnificent storyteller. My advice, stop second-guessing yourself and do what feels right. You can listen to suggestions and it's always good practice to keep learning, but you are way ahead of the curve, my friend. Don't think I didn't catch your little transitions and editing tricks! You showed a lot of mastery for someone with two youtube videos!
I was a teacher for years and read a lot of books to children...and watched a lot of others read books to children. There's one thing about that experience that fits this perfectly. Almost anyone can tell you a story you've never heard before and draw your interest...but a STORYTELLER can read you a story you've heard a thousand times and make you feel like it's your first time hearing it or that you've cracked a code. You, sir, have the makings of a storyteller!
I look forward to more videos.
i'm really touched by your kind words. thank you for taking the time to watch a small channel like mine and commenting such a thoughtful comment. I also look forward to getting better at this and making more videos :)
My favourite youtube discovery in a long time. Adore the slow pace, sustained shots, and ASMR audio of your process.
Thx youtube for suggesting, thx Joshua for sharing! Great project, i want one!
I would actually buy this product! What an awesome blend of styles and utility
the dedication behind customising the lamp aside, the video production, editing, sound, and visual quality is amazing. im no expert in any aspect of anything relating but impressed and subscibed!
thank you so much! still have a long way to go both as a designer and filmmaker - appreciate you watching and following along :)
Being friends with CW&T is insane. Congrats on investing lots of time on something you're proud of.
Great job man, that's the magic of product design, all the iterations you go through until it just clicks. Can't wait for the next project!
the idea, design, cinematography everything was great! amazing.
Such a creative, heartwarming video Joshua! The energy and passion you have for your work is really inspirational and it showed your final product, lovely visuals and storytelling too. I'm looking forward to seeing what you cook up next!
can't believe this is only the 2nd vid on this channel, definitely subscribing for more
Nice project! The joint lamp stand and the shape of the shade got me thinking about building a tent style one. Keep it up
Wow the enthusiasm behind this project is phenomenal I wanna have this energy
found another youtuber with lots of potential :)
And the video quality was great ,it's like some crazy production level stuff!
Great job! Fun to watch the process and I like your editing style :)
Really excellent concept and execution. This a beautiful lamp with well thought out delightful interaction, but even better is your documentation seamlessly merging your thought process, build process, failures, breakthroughs, and experiments. Loved watching this and felt like I was learning along with you
Omg I really want one now, I’d totally buy one!
Only two videos and this level of quality? I have always been into the creative hobbies but never had the urge to build anything since it costs either time or money (money being the main problem) so you are a big inspiration!! hoping to one day become like you and merge all my hobbies into one (filmmaking, graphic design, engineering and just making stuff in general)
thank you for the kind words :) something that helps me is thinking of costs as 'investments' that will provide future value/returns - rooting for you and your future creative endeavors!
@@imjistudiogoing to college for engineering in a year so I’m extra hyped!!
such a cool video! the lamp is well made and the video editing + your cinematography is on point. exited to see more of your projects.
bro this is amazing, i loved how the editing made everything feel so smooth (though im sure many painstaking hours were spent to perfect this)
As somebody who also has dream lamps in mind, I'm way for this.
Great video! The flow was smooth and it was really relaxing to watch. One question though, what camera do you use?
Lumix gh52 (he’s my cousin, subtle flex)
This was awesome. I love the storytelling style, execution, and the little lesson at the end.
I hope to see more from you soon
This was such a cool video, and I'm inspired to pursue something like this for myself now. Thank you for including your design process and introducing me to new vocab. Can't wait to see more from you!
not only is the product/project amazing, but the video is a masterpiece as well?? amazing work - ur def gonna blow up on YT with this quality content 🙌
that means so much 🥲 thank you for the kind comment
Came from class - this is awesome Mr. Lim.
thanks ayaan!
It may be a strange question but I'm trying to find the answer for long time. What is the name of the "pad" or something, this black thing underneath all of the stuff in 3:50 ?
i just searched for ruled cutting mat and found it but idk if you wanted something more specific
I look forward to seeing your lamp when you have it where you want it. It’s beautiful and functional. Would you consider one that can clamp onto a desk or shelf? That is what my current task lamp is, with a snake neck so I can position it where I need it. I never have room on my tiny desk.
Your video was very calming and interesting. I appreciate the complicated words being on the screen as you said them.
That was beautiful, very unique style, made me feel like warm and cosy. Love the way you put that together. From today, I’m a true fan, and can not WAIT until the next upload. Please, keep committing to your dreams ✨ and keep creating magic 🪄
thank you for the kind comment, i'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Very well designed and a nice lamp. But also my compliments on the editing, very well done!
I love it! Great job man, you outdid yourself. Not only is the light fantastic, but your video editing and story telling were a work of art.
You just earned a sub, keep up the good work!
Beautifully done! Excited to see more projects!
Nothing beats a nice warm glow 💆🏻♂️
Great work Joshua, this turned out lovely!
What a great video, I had such a good time watching your process. Thank you for sharing it, the final product is fantastic!
Nice lamp! Love the process
10:18 EE here, the touch (capacitive) buttons won't work through a continuous and conductive shell of any kind, because there is no capacitive interaction left between your finger and the designated pick-up pads on the PCB. There is a MCU-driven RC(resistor capacitive) charge/discharge interaction going on at all times on those pads in the lamp that your finger being nearby will de-tune it due to your bodies added capacitance. The metal shell, doesn't 'shield' the button(but that is the end-effect), but rather it disperses the capacitance of your body touching across the entire PCB inside, instead of over a single button, so the touch rather than hitting all the buttons, gets 'common mode' rejected as though it never happened, as the Ground of the circuit is also bounced capacitively.
That said if you can use metals, but it has to be isolated per-button and with a plastic insulators, squishing any sort of conductive-enough foam or a spring down to touch the pad is usually enough to transmit the detune. BUT if the circuit wasn't designed great you might get endless auto-triggers as a result of doing this, as it makes the RC constants pre-detuned from whatever normal was, depends if the original circuit can auto-adjust or has hard-set thresholds.
Fun Fact: The much older older style of touch-lamps that were the all-metal ones, most of those technically shock a small current through you.. that's why the surface feels 'grabby' if you skim your fingertips across it only while plugged-in. The more you know. 🌈
wow this is so informative thank you so much for writing this! As you saw I ended up learning everything you listed the hard way 🤣 and was even searching for lamps with metal touch control interfaces to see if it was even possible (only to find next to none). I suppose that's why they're usually limited to on/off. Funnily enough, the weight that came with the metal base didn't have a hole extrude big enough to fit the PCB so it ended up being that I had to create/3d-print a custom base anyway
This is so cool! Excellent work! Can't wait to see your next project
Very cool project. Maybe I'm wrong here but to me it looks like you didn't use flux when you were soldering. I can really recommend getting some, it makes it 100 times easier.
always been meaning to get it - thanks for the rec!
Really nice work!! Turned out really good. It might be also cool if the LED color temperature would change automatically with the extension and compresion of the paper diaphragm, although it's own challenge. Again, that's a really cool lamp that you made!
This is so understated yet so intentional. Love it 😁
I loved! Thanks for sharing!
The cinematography of this video is amazing! bravo! 😊
Super cool! Just wanted to ask do you 3D print in your room? I wouldn't recommend it cause you can give yourself a plastic allergy if it's not vented well enough 😅
Good job. The next iteration could be - led strip + wled. Some effects, like the lava effect, would look really cool.
Very good work on the hardware and the video quality !
Dope video Joshua. Really cool that you know Che-Wei. I love what they do
OH DUDEEE Love the video, what if the on off switch was a magnet and to turn the whole thing off all you need to do is push the lantern part up!?
Your video style reminds me of Make With Miles style. Very well made!
big fan of miles!
hey my tripod leg gave out too i use one of those binder clips to keep the leg up
Excellent job, and a well-designed project. I don't know where you live, but this seems like a patentable configuration. You would know best, of course, but it looks like a product that could sell nicely. IKEA would definitely be able to convince shoppers that it was one of their designs - it has the graceful minimalism that their best products typify.
This is such a well made video about such a fun and creative project! And I loved all the build montage segments too :D
Really well done, the lamp looks amazing, you over came a lot of problems and combined two products to make a third product that is better than the sum of its parts.
Awesome project and love the design. Not sure how expensive the Hanji was but have you tried Tyvek? It's a similar material that might be more cost effective since it's used a lot in manufacturing.
funnily enough, I used a ton of Tyvek for a project in design school! not the most accessible material in small quantities but def need to try it in the future
I’d love to have one! Great work
amazing, lamp and video production + storytelling. Godspeed with the YT algorithm
I have a camping lantern that does this. Yours looks much nicer !
I would love to see this at an exhibit at Open Sauce... damn I just love seeing people build cool stuff on TH-cam
I thought this was a big channel given the quality of the video. Keep up the nice job man!
I think it's safe to say that we all are interested on this design and you should make a viable product for us to purchase.
Such an enjoyable video to watch. Thank you for sharing!
Especially for only your second video this is absolutely platinum standard.
Although I would have loved to see more information about how to you managed to get the touch controls to work with the light ring (I thought that wasn't going to be possible so you kind of blew my mind with that one).
Amazing work, looking forward to seeing more from you! - Subscribed
this is more just an idea, but if you want to keep the metal base you could cut out the top and put a low conductivity material, I thin piece of bamboo? or maybe some nice stained DRY leather. I think leather might work if its dry bc if its at all wet it prbly wont
When you were building the rings for the lantern structure I wondered why you didn't just 3D print them. You could have gotten perfectly round rings with a perfectly even thickness without needing to tape them together. The print wouldn't take very long, and all the rings would be printable as a single print. I imagine that would have been much faster and cleaner than doing it by hand.
Super cool design and really engaging storytelling! 💡✨
woah i loved it
subscribed
keep up the good work
i know something big gonna happen, I can feel it.
Just a happy early subscriber.
This channel is so underrated 😭
ur amazing, surprised to see you're only at 3k subs - inb4 u gonna blow up!
Awesome, Joshua! Very elegant design with functionality in mind. Btw I need to get that Objectified poster!
a really great video and great product! im glad i got this recommended!
great project! what is the name of the led ring? I need something like this for one of my projects
this made me realise my cloth over a regular lightbulb lamp is just perfect
Great job, keep it up
felt like watching a documentary of an innovative genius
low key flexing obsidian i see you
Amazing video and very interesting project and design. The only 'flaw' I can see was the symbols on the base at the buttons. As with many other designs these days they are not friendly towards (older) people who don't have good eyesight like a young person.
Looks like that OG work lamp has room for a surface charger inside the body.
They make the original by wrapping a single coil around a form. Maybe that would be easier? You can see them make the original on TH-cam.
very satisfying video
My Lamptern don't jiggle jiggle
Great work dude! How does the paper stay in place when folded?
craftsmanship plays a huge role in how well this works, but basically shades where the diameter of each rib can sit inside each other are able to do this - the paper also has some shape memory when creased correctly :)
If you ever start selling this I would totally buy it
really cool
It's so cool. Where I can buy?
Underrated channel
I need one
Lovely lamp dude
Videos like this make me want to make stuff. Also that lamp is great. Though honestly if it was me making it, I'd probably make it clamp to a table since space on my desk is limited. Other than, I love that design. Also would you ever smooth your 3d prints or do you just vibe with the layer lines look?
My lamp don't jiggle jiggle...
hey man this is a super cool video, subscribed immediately!!
Super elegant. Need v 2. Automated. Siri compatible. 😂 kickstart it!!!
SO COOL
in start you were using obsidian in laptop?
TF? i can't believe you dont have more follow! your content is peak! Keep on your mind mate luv
3D print the base!! ❤❤❤❤❤