Making a (fake) Neon Sign for my (very real) YouTube Channel Name Change!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2023
- There's never a good time to change a channel name, so why not now?
I'll be transitioning the channel from the unpronounceable "Thomas Sanladerer" to the easy-to-remember "Made with Layers" name, and to celebrate the start of the journey, we're making an incredibly believable fake neon sign (with lots of trickery to make it look good)!
Materials:
LED Neon strip go.toms3d.org/ledneon
Tools:
Shaper Origin go.toms3d.org/shaper
Hakko soldering iron go.toms3d.org/fx888d
HVLP Spray gun toms3d.org/hvlp
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Your name has become iconic in this space, but Made with Layers is very good too
It's so long it just gets "..."ed , lol. I can't say I feel like that was a good move.
@@androiduberalles Get a bigger screen.
@@androiduberallesI'm curious what you mean by "..."ed
Would that be ellipsis-ed?
Or "Made with Layers"-ed?
Or is there something else?
@@freescape08 He means that Thomas' channel name is so long that, maybe due to his screen size/device hes using youtube from, the name "Thomas Sanladerer: Made with Layers" is showing shorter for him like "Thomas Sanladerer: Mad..."
With "...ed" he means like shorten-ed, ...-ed.
@@androiduberalles I reckon after some time the "Thomas Sanladerer:" part will be removed and "Made with Layers" will be the full name, so it will be short enough to fit on small screens after the transition period
The new channel name is a good one. Good idea to focus on a range of projects that appeal to you - your enthusiasm shines through!
Having followed your content from the beginning, I have every confidence the newest of new looks for the channel will work, and if you're doing things that interest you, it's going to show in the content. Yay for 450K!
Love this channel, "educational" is an honor you deserve. Most TH-cam channels are of dubious value to society.
Awesome to see you back from your summer pause and with great news, too!
Wow the results came out amazing ! Made with layers really pops when you plug it in!
Really excited about this new direction
Sign looks amazing. Great work!
Nice sign and I agree with the channel name branding. Fits perfectly.
This looks amazing Thomas!
When I 1st got into 3D printing your channel was one that I leaned on a lot and it continues to be. Thanks so much for all you've done for this community and I look forward to the new channel branding!
The sign looks great. Looking forward to the new "branded" projects.
Looks awesome! Congrats on the rebrand! Makes sense.
Excellent sign. Love the branding idea.
That sparkle to the paint job is so nice.
Looks really cool👏👏👏
Love the synthwave and the rebrand so far!
Love it! Cool project and the "rebrand" is...on brand!
Great name choice!!!!!
that looks amazing! Great job Thomas!
Very nicely done project. Thank you.
Looks great
Great project and very inspiring.
That sign looks superb 👍
Great looking sign, and congrats on the new branding!
Congrats, Tom! I've gleaned a lot of knowledge from your channel over the years. Thanks for that and keep it up! ⭐🙂👍
This channel has inspired me to take on many projects I never would have before. Your out of the box problem solving techniques are great!
The name change and logo are both wonderful.
I love this change!
Being absolutely curious about what comes next and after that.
Love it!
Well made! And really good looking!
Getting better getting brighter. Always loved your contents.
I look forward to people being confused when you tell them the new channel name:
"Maid with layers? What kind of website is that o_0?"
:D :P
Great project, I love neon effects and i think this is fairly accurate to the old glass tubes
I like the brand, and the sign is awesome. I find paint sprayers pretty intimidating, so it's great to see someone use them to good effect, and just try different things to see how they work.
Also really appreciate the attitude that it doesn't need to be perfect...a good reminder for those of us who can tend to let the lack of perfection keep us from just getting a project done.
Good luck with the new channel brand, and keep up the great work!
Looking forward to the new brand love the sign. And the last shirt
This is a really good looking sign! I like the new name too, congrats on the change! 💙
Love the channel name, and that sign is incredible!
Love it!
That's gorgeous! Good luck with the re-brand!
How cool! Hope all goes well in this new phase of your channel! 🙌🏼😁
Good to see your new brand. ❤
I can't believe it's been almost ten years! Glad to see you are doing more projects, I always loved those videos.
IT'S PERFECT! ❤
I love your content. Been following along since I started in 3d printing, and you've been a huge help along the way. The rebrand makes sense, excited to see where you go from here.
Well Done, Great work
As always, things you say make sense Thomas! Looking forward to what’s to come, and very nice logo and full rebranding, it’s inspiring 🙌🤘
Awesome and congrats on starting (finally?) doing the rename.
I have all the confidence that this will help you do even greater things.
The neon sign looks superb!
Good luck with the transition to Made with Layers - but please promise us that you'll keep wearing the crazy shirts!!!
Yay! Layers rock! 😁
Awesome sign, very nicely done🙌
Congrats🎉
I'd like to point out that many other awesome things are made with layers: nachos, cake and lasagna are among my favorite
I like the logo! It looks really good too. That airbrushed effect really does trick the eye into seeing it as an older neon style light.
Very nice job ! Made with care!
Congratulations on a nice project and a nice branding effort. Really enjoy your channel and looking forward to what comes next.
I love it. Putting the dot on the i in Dutch “het puntje op de i zetten” means putting in the finishing touches. And that was exactly what you were doing here
Congratulations Tom! Love the new name; can't wait to see what's next! -Courtney
Good luck Tom!
Earth is made with layers. Your branding is spot on. 😁
Love the channel name and the "Made with Lovers" logo. Once you see it...
Great work and I like it very much!
You mentioning the history of your channel reminded me that I built my first printer, following along with you (dolly) because you made it possible. Thank you. Still hanging out and enjoying everything you do. Have fun with the new name, as you have layers too.
Congratulations on the number and great new name.
This is awesome Thomas 😎 love to see evolution
That came out so great, love the name too 👍
Keeeeeeeeeeewwwwl facelift !!! Congratulations to a real channel! :D
Love the new channel name! And the “neon” design is super smart. The painted glow effect will be so much easier to avoid overexposing on camera than an actual bright glow. So many neon signs end up just looking like bright blobs 😁
Congratulations 🎉
Thank you!!!
Ayyy Congrats, look forward to the more varied content!
Solid job. First video I'm seeing, but really enjoying it.
All that matters is that you ollow your heart. The sign is cool and they way you built it will make it easy-ish if you revisit to add RGBWs.
For anyone else using these LED neon strips, while the *LED strip* may only be trimmed at 3cm, the neon cover, itself, can be cut longer, to completely fill the channel end to end.
Cheers!
You've helped guide our whole journey with 3d printing. My wife and I have sought your videos for years for entertainment and ideas. It's so cool and satisfying seeing your channel grow to the point where you're (finally) considering branding. We wish you all the luck!
Thank you!
This looks awesome!
This was pretty cool.
one of your best videos!
I had a thought that I might have tried for the gaps in the letters. Suppose you cut the letter to length with one extra 3cm segment. Then you could attach wires or some kind of pulling affordance to one end of the LEDs, then tug them out a bit from the other end and cut off the last segment of LEDs. That would leave you with the same number of LEDs you ultimately used, but with light pipe attached to make up the extra length. At that point you could try to cut the light pipe to the exact length you wanted and pull the LEDs back in to center them along the length. Lit up it probably wouldn't look much different (your end product was seriously beautiful) but when it's off you wouldn't notice the gaps as much. I'm not 100% sure that you could successfully pull that long a portion of LEDs--it would depend a lot on the properties of the light pipe. But it's something I would have wanted to try.
Your final product looks terrific, though! The gaps definitely don't read on camera when the strips are illuminated. So that probably would have been wasted work :)
I just subscribed to your channel because I watched this video and noticed that you fully explain the details and make it very easy to understand. I see too many youtube videos that seem to hurry through and leave out some much info. So great job and i look forwards to watching more of your videos.
Thank you for your videos! I have followed you for just a while now, and I have upgraded/optimized my own 3d-printing hobby/job a lot while watching your VERY informative videos. Keep up the good work dude, and cheers from Finland!!
Awesome results to make those lightweight paint passes with that paint gun!
That looks fabulous. I’m impressed by your patience with the LED strips. I think I would have 3D printed some PETG diffusers and then backlit them.
Hey Tom, nice of you to post an update for us. Been a supporter for a while now, and glad to see this being implemented. Now post a much of aff links on a website. Rather have my purchase contributions going to you to help support your efforts.
Thomas, that is looking amazing! Indeed the neon sign was made in layers.
Awesome work!! It is good to go with what interest you, makes for better content in the end!
Dude, Awesome sign !!! Subscribed
Congratulations on 450K subs and the new name! Thanks too, for what you do.
Congrats on the 450k subs. Quite an achievement. I really like the name change. I have often wondered why you didn't do this sooner. The sign turned out quite well. Keep up the good work Tom.
AWESOME project !! 👍👍 ... Great idea to use the lighter color to accentuate the 'glow" ... Well done !!!
It looks so good! Great work. =D
Very nice sign. A really like your new channelname. ❤️
I have seen the past videos where you talked about brand relabeling. I think your passion for what you do and the careful decision to finally do it is awesome. Good luck on the next step..
Very nice sign
Nice job! Love the makita vacuum cleaner, i use it as part of a dust collection system.
i think this name change is a good thing, its better to have a brand that can stand out or be recognized.
Congrats on 450k!
It's funny. First everyone had fantasy names that they found the most descriptive of the topic they want to do. Then everyone started renaming themselves into their full real name. Now it's back to actually naming TH-cam channels again.
Maybe TH-cam needs two fields, for channel name and creator name.
To this day, I still reference the video of the clip you included when it comes to calibrating your extruder. I love this channel - Thank you for everything, and congratulations on your success. Here's to the next chapter! :D
Thomas the Witcher will need only "organic" blue shirts to match the new logo. Thomas the Blue Witcher Made with Layers :) AWESOME. Thanks Thomas.
That sign looks dope, the lighter paint really looks like glow.
Great job on the airbrushing. It really does look like neon. The only thing is, it does not look like a neon sign when it is not on. Very cool project.