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I did a similar setup with led strips I bought. I made two light panels to reduce shadows and powered them with a converted atx power supply. Most led strips are 12 volts. Those led strips are fun for making lighting projects and are surprisingly cheap!
For us guys just starting out on TH-cam, videos like this save us tons of time and we absolutely appreciate your advice and experience. Well speaking for myself, I do. Thanks.
This is a perfect idea for a light table for hand drawn animation, architectural drawing, or even looking at x-rays if you want. Awesome build, thanks for showing us.
The days we went to school and Shop class building that techno dancing light, here we are again doing the same thing all over again 40 years later, for me. Great job. enjoyed the how to straight forward and simple to follow thank you for bringing back high school memories.
For folks wanting to try this, here's what I've learned when monkeying around with these LED light strips over the past year: - They come in all sorts of colors - even changing colors. Knock yourself out. - These are sold in 5-meter strips for around $7-15 USD, depending on which particular kind you want. Lots of varieties. Some are even water proof. - Regardless of the brand, I've never got the adhesive to work well., I just use hot glue every few inches as needed. - You can cut the strips into lengths of your choice, but the smallest increment is 3" or so. - If you want eye-pleasing white, do NOT get "cool white" (sometimes called "bright white"). It's got a garish blue tint to it that will grate on your nerves after a while. Get "warm white". It's closer to incandescent light, and feels more natural. - Last time I bought some, 5050 was not the brightest. I think it was 3528. But those numbers refer to the size of the LED module on each strip, and are not always a direct correlation to the lumens. - They require 12v. If you use more, you will burn them out. If you use less, you won't like it. - They require 1amp for every 5' or so. If you plan on lighting up the entire 15 foot strip, plan on a 5amp power supply. (Laptop chargers work well for this, but make sure it's a 12v charger. Universal laptop chargers from eBay work well, and they're ~10USD) - If you want to dim them, don't bother trying to reduce the voltage. you won't like the results. Instead, use a special dimmer switch that is made for it. They're about $1. You'll even find some on eBay included as a kit. Some kits even have wireless remotes. VERY CHEAP - Instead of painting the background white, you can glue down tin foil and then glue the LED strips on top of it. Watch the solder so you won't short it out. Have fun!
Not to make "light" of your light weight light panel, but I do believe it sheds the light on the subject lightly. A nice, light touch for your filming and light needs. It's no "light weight" by any means regarding the light it produces. You might think I'm making "light" of your project, but I am not by any means. It should serve your light needs for many episodes to come. :)
That is neat. Educational, informative and easy on the eyes. As always, a pleasure to view your hard work and effort that you put into producing a quality video for our viewing pleasure. Thank you Sir.
A few years ago I brought LED shop lights from the big box store $$$ in a hurry to get proper light in my shop. I just added two more of these to complete two rows of lights. I did that just to keep what I had already done uniform. I going to build some of these as a shop/overhead light on the other side of my shop and a camera light as well. Great idea and a fraction of the price!
John, I like that you don't get into the 'how to build minutia' with these. Most of us subscribed to your channel have a basic understanding of woodworking. Your concepts & designs are what shine through, and they are great!
You are some sort of fantastical genius. I absolutely love your setup. I wont be making this light any time soon but I will be watching your video again and again
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Have been wanting to do something like this for a while now.....Will need to step down the voltage for the batteries I would like to try and use. Thanks John!
that's a cool project, it turned out great, I'd love to try this myself! I've done a couple of very similar projects but smaller, I found that I gained a lot of light using aluminium foil glued as a backing.
Cool trick for cutting the strips vs trying to cut with scissors. I've also found the sticky only lasts long enough to hold while the silicone glue I add is drying. Def back up with some glue or fasteners.
Nice. All you need now is a monitor and perhaps a teleprompter to attach to your gantry. Okay perhaps you don't need it but it'd make it way cool looking.
Quite a while ago I was involved in building some similar light (at least for the purpose), and the major difference we he was putting on top of the LEDs (before the diffusor layer) a thin sheet of shiny polished aluminum (where there were cutouts for the LEDs). This way it was noticeable brighter and also had a slightly improved CRI.
That's too funny! I built a very similar a few months back, but the light was not bright enough and I noticed flickering when I played back the video. Nice one, John!
I have LED stripes with the self-adhesive backs that I put under my kitchen cabinets. If you light the LEDs before you stick them on a surface the glue heats up a bit allowing them to stick better. (knocking on wood) I haven't had any issues with the strips not sticking.
Are all LEDS wired in parallel? What voltage battery did you use. Could you have used a small DC power supply and eliminate recharging the battery? Nice job
How are you finding the heat management? Most of the 5050 LEDs I've tried get very hot, especially running from an SLA battery which tends to put out closer to 13v. If you run them at around 11.5v they run a lot cooler, and will have a much longer working life.
So if you wanted to scale this up to say a 3 or 4 foot in length what about the dimensions of your average hanging florescent light fixture, would be your primary considerations? I'll be using to light a small room (hopefully). Thank you. :)
Awesome idea sir! Preparing making my own just like you did!! But, please, can you tell me what camera are you using? I remember a video you showed it but i was not able to find it! Thank you.
How long would that last? Planning to use LED as my ceiling light. there is 3 meters distance from floor to ceiling. Like cover the whole ceiling with this
Do the LEDs stay fairly cool? I've seen several videos where people have used these strips and no one seems worried about attaching these directly to wood boards. Seems like a fire hazard, but maybe these never get that hot and since yours run on a battery they aren't pulling too much power.
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I did a similar setup with led strips I bought. I made two light panels to reduce shadows and powered them with a converted atx power supply. Most led strips are 12 volts. Those led strips are fun for making lighting projects and are surprisingly cheap!
Awh man. You're so cool. Love your vids.
Awh man. You're so cool. Love your vids.
For us guys just starting out on TH-cam, videos like this save us tons of time and we absolutely appreciate your advice and experience. Well speaking for myself, I do. Thanks.
This is a perfect idea for a light table for hand drawn animation, architectural drawing, or even looking at x-rays if you want. Awesome build, thanks for showing us.
The days we went to school and Shop class building that techno dancing light, here we are again doing the same thing all over again 40 years later, for me. Great job. enjoyed the how to straight forward and simple to follow thank you for bringing back high school memories.
For folks wanting to try this, here's what I've learned when monkeying around with these LED light strips over the past year:
- They come in all sorts of colors - even changing colors. Knock yourself out.
- These are sold in 5-meter strips for around $7-15 USD, depending on which particular kind you want. Lots of varieties. Some are even water proof.
- Regardless of the brand, I've never got the adhesive to work well., I just use hot glue every few inches as needed.
- You can cut the strips into lengths of your choice, but the smallest increment is 3" or so.
- If you want eye-pleasing white, do NOT get "cool white" (sometimes called "bright white"). It's got a garish blue tint to it that will grate on your nerves after a while. Get "warm white". It's closer to incandescent light, and feels more natural.
- Last time I bought some, 5050 was not the brightest. I think it was 3528. But those numbers refer to the size of the LED module on each strip, and are not always a direct correlation to the lumens.
- They require 12v. If you use more, you will burn them out. If you use less, you won't like it.
- They require 1amp for every 5' or so. If you plan on lighting up the entire 15 foot strip, plan on a 5amp power supply. (Laptop chargers work well for this, but make sure it's a 12v charger. Universal laptop chargers from eBay work well, and they're ~10USD)
- If you want to dim them, don't bother trying to reduce the voltage. you won't like the results. Instead, use a special dimmer switch that is made for it. They're about $1. You'll even find some on eBay included as a kit. Some kits even have wireless remotes. VERY CHEAP
- Instead of painting the background white, you can glue down tin foil and then glue the LED strips on top of it. Watch the solder so you won't short it out.
Have fun!
You have many talents John, always a joy to watch your videos!
I have been wanting to make a light like this. Thanks John
Nice to see your version :)
It is a matter of time you two get together and come up with something neat.....
Every thing about this is very neat. I really like how you can leave the battery in place while charging it.
I love it that You make everything of wood or plywood except the battery and leds ;). Greetings from Tenerife island
Not to make "light" of your light weight light panel, but I do believe it sheds the light on the subject lightly. A nice, light touch for your filming and light needs. It's no "light weight" by any means regarding the light it produces. You might think I'm making "light" of your project, but I am not by any means. It should serve your light needs for many episodes to come. :)
Thanks, you are all light :D
I'm glad you're so lighthearted
Light on!!
Great idea, almost bought a video led set a few weeks back for a small fortune your idea is much better
That is neat. Educational, informative and easy on the eyes. As always, a pleasure to view your hard work and effort that you put into producing a quality video for our viewing pleasure. Thank you Sir.
A few years ago I brought LED shop lights from the big box store $$$ in a hurry to get proper light in my shop. I just added two more of these to complete two rows of lights. I did that just to keep what I had already done uniform. I going to build some of these as a shop/overhead light on the other side of my shop and a camera light as well. Great idea and a fraction of the price!
John, I like that you don't get into the 'how to build minutia' with these. Most of us subscribed to your channel have a basic understanding of woodworking. Your concepts & designs are what shine through, and they are great!
You are some sort of fantastical genius. I absolutely love your setup. I wont be making this light any time soon but I will be watching your video again and again
wow that was really brighter than I thought it would be. very cool
Build article with more detail:
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Have been wanting to do something like this for a while now.....Will need to step down the voltage for the batteries I would like to try and use. Thanks John!
I love these videos. Serious skills, great ideas, creativity and humour. Wonderful.
that's a cool project, it turned out great, I'd love to try this myself! I've done a couple of very similar projects but smaller, I found that I gained a lot of light using aluminium foil glued as a backing.
Excellent thanks. I think I will have a go at making a few of these for filming. brilliant
Super cool. I would have never thought of something like this.
Smooth workmanship.
Hi, John. Could you give us the link for the LEDs you got for this project? Thanks!
Very gool John. Love the set up. That is thinking and very intuitive.
God I'm so envious of that gantry
Cool trick for cutting the strips vs trying to cut with scissors. I've also found the sticky only lasts long enough to hold while the silicone glue I add is drying. Def back up with some glue or fasteners.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Bless you!
A really 'Bright' and useful idea for sure, John! Well done!
Great job John, really like the idea.
Am I the only one that finds this so calming and fun to watch
Nice build a toggle switch between the battery and box might be a good addition thanks for the video
Now THAT's a bright idea!
Vintage 2x4!
I will definitely be using that. It's all perspective: I used to just be considered cheap, but now I'm a "maker!"
Nah, true "makers" can only do it with a CNC, a 3-D printer, lots of fast talk and an arduino attached :)
We are the REAL deal :D
Thanks, John. That was nicely explained. I am going to use your diffuser idea when
I make mine!
Excellent as always brother.
i want to make something this!, but as a table top for a club scene that i'm shooting in my movie! this video is EXCELLENT!
Very nice, John Heisz
Good work. From my experience with LED strips I suggest you to give under the LED strips some piece of aluminum as a heat sink.
Nice. All you need now is a monitor and perhaps a teleprompter to attach to your gantry. Okay perhaps you don't need it but it'd make it way cool looking.
Quite a while ago I was involved in building some similar light (at least for the purpose), and the major difference we he was putting on top of the LEDs (before the diffusor layer) a thin sheet of shiny polished aluminum (where there were cutouts for the LEDs). This way it was noticeable brighter and also had a slightly improved CRI.
Thank you for sharing us your knowledge dude, great video
Pretty awesome arrangement you got there! Very nice video gear project!
Very cool and bright!
Nice build.
Can you make a video of what wiring and battery you used ?
I have all kinds of those leds I might just copy you build John. Great job as always
Nice work, awesome 🤘😎🤘
Great stuff as always John.
Beautiful work!
That's too funny! I built a very similar a few months back, but the light was not bright enough and I noticed flickering when I played back the video. Nice one, John!
For best results, is much better put in parallel led lines. Good job !!
Congratulations. Very cool.
Excellent proyect!
What is the name of the acrylic or white cover that diffuses the led spots?
Great project John, and well explained ,mate
Cheers
Mike
Nice build! 👍👍
I have LED stripes with the self-adhesive backs that I put under my kitchen cabinets. If you light the LEDs before you stick them on a surface the glue heats up a bit allowing them to stick better. (knocking on wood) I haven't had any issues with the strips not sticking.
very cool set up!
Very nice job!
Hi,could one of these help with wood carving in poor lighting?great video by the way
Are all LEDS wired in parallel? What voltage battery did you use. Could you have used a small DC power supply and eliminate recharging the battery? Nice job
Great work, John. I always learn something.
Great but what is the front cover than you bought from home center? What is it called ?
Do you need to add an in-line resistor to drop the voltage from the adapter?
How are you finding the heat management? Most of the 5050 LEDs I've tried get very hot, especially running from an SLA battery which tends to put out closer to 13v. If you run them at around 11.5v they run a lot cooler, and will have a much longer working life.
EXCELLENT!
Looks great. Always hard to get consistent lighting.
If it helps there is a primer used for pre sticking down peel and stick floor tiles. It helps bind peel and stick vary well to plywoods.
Hello, what you use typw panel for this 2:22 can you give me website for this product ?
yea i cant find it eithier
I think acrylic sheet
A great option. I have in the shop are like that. Lighting comfortable. For the video a like!
Pretty cool. I think I'll make my own light.
What was that SLA battery? It looks small like a 6V 1.2A, but I think I'm half blind. Is that a 12v? Thank you
Is the little circular mirror for a different part of the gantry?
Enjoyed the project. Thanks.
I'm looking to do something similar, but for ceiling lamps instead and I wasn't sure of how to run the LED strips. I think I know now. Thanks!
So if you wanted to scale this up to say a 3 or 4 foot in length what about the dimensions of your average hanging florescent light fixture, would be your primary considerations? I'll be using to light a small room (hopefully). Thank you. :)
Looks good man
simply super
nice project John thank you for this
This is another one of those projects I plan on getting around too. Yours came out great! 🤓
Great project! Very neat cuts:-)
Awesome idea sir! Preparing making my own just like you did!!
But, please, can you tell me what camera are you using? I remember a video you showed it but i was not able to find it!
Thank you.
Is that an acrylic glass that you used to diffuse the light?nice build man..
have you thought about a deans plug set-up to more easily connect with the battery?
and great project!
Sir..which diffuser sheet you have used in the video at.3.33 min? Pls mention the acrylic sheet details.
Ingenious!
Sweet job 👍
Thank you :)
Looks great John!! 👊🏻
Great video
Wow that's so cool!
How long would that last? Planning to use LED as my ceiling light. there is 3 meters distance from floor to ceiling. Like cover the whole ceiling with this
Has anyone ever told you that, You sound incredible like the narrator off the film Elf! Its uncanny.
Liked it...very neat & does it's job & you have good skills too.👍
excellent work, well explained
Really great video equipment John!
Very Nice. Thanks
Do the LEDs stay fairly cool? I've seen several videos where people have used these strips and no one seems worried about attaching these directly to wood boards. Seems like a fire hazard, but maybe these never get that hot and since yours run on a battery they aren't pulling too much power.
thank you for sharing your amazing work, you have a new subscriber, greetings from Mexico
That's awesome John!
Nice job!