You should add some thin black plastic strips inbetween the balls to stop the light bleeding. That would help with the contrast i reckon. Amazing work as always!
I agree about the light bleed. I would have sectioned it all off into individual squares around each LED and then simply placed one sheet of white plastic over it all......hey presto......you've got a dazzling light panel.
I'm currently working on something similiar. Only monochromatic (red) tho, but 64x36 pixels, so total of something like 2304 holes. I originally planned to use black acryllic and drill it using stand drill, but after like 200 holes i gave up, split the panel in half, put it into my CNC and let it drill it for me. It took like 6 or 7 hours, but holes are almost perfectly straight, perfectly aligned. I did broke it obviously, putting 2000 holes into accryllic makes it really fragile, but nothing few drops of super glue couldn't fix. Currently, i'm building drivers for it, and hopefully by summer i'll be finished. This is very nice project to inspire from, and it looks amazing! Great job, thanks YT reccomendations, you earned a new sub! :)
@@DS1JohnB That's what I was thinking. Can always make holes bigger lol. Buuuuut he did have some pretty specific measurements to stick to because of the ping-pong balls.
that moment when you finish drilling was priceless and then when you checked for continuity between vdd and ground and heard a beep , many thanks for the upload
@@Livingstonshoedios hm that would mean a massive hardwood Board which ist destroyed after Drilling it to pieces o.o i think The Angle grinder solution He mentioned in The Video would be The easiest and cheapest solution :) thanks Form pointing Out what He meant xD got him wrong at that o/
@Robert Livingston or Using a better Drill which Cuts better ... Which means He doesnt have to use high pressure Like He did and force the Material to "Bend" ... Maybe slowing The Drilling a Bit down and adding More Fluid... Its a Trial and error i guess The result in The end is still awesome :)
"Bitluni's Lab - Using the right tools for the right job since 2013" :D The woodworking part made me spill my coffee :D Great, funny video and a nice project as usual!
Cool project! You definitely deserve some respect for finishing this build... Many people would have given up when they realized the actual amount of work required.
When you came out with the chainsaw, it was then I knew I needed to subscribe, because this guy is gonna be unstoppable. No stunt doubles, real action, real pain. Authentic as it gets! Look forward to more!
You have so many fun ideas! I made this but only used 150 leds. Got the balls too but decided to use some magnifying plastic sheet from an old tv instead. It makes it look like there are 4 leds in one hole. Cool effect. I used wood for the panel.
I've about a 150 in a box, made a slow colour changing led using 7 balls but had to buy lots to get them without writing g on them. I also found that sanding the LEDs defuses the light better.
I've drilled A LOT OF HOLES in my earlier days and that was A LOT OF WORK, but this, my friend, looks like far more work and A LOT LESS FUN!!!!! Good vid!!
Looks great. You made me want to make this in a large scale, covering an entire wall. I wonder if it could be done in a honeycomb pattern, mainly because (I assume) all the LED control libraries assume a regular matrix arrangement.
Great video! It is good to see someone with normal tools and construction skills make such a nice project. Definitely going to check out some more of your stuff! You sawing that wood was hilarious, hold the wood down on the side supported by the pallet then cut lol
So awesome!!! Great job! We are wanting to build a similar panel but extra large for our band to take on stage. We want to be able to use multicolor LEDs and feed full color MP4 videos to it. Do you know any software/hardware solutions? Could we hire you to consult? -Matt in Portland
1 You should NEVER be allowed around power tools lol. 2 You are very informative,and funny. I always give up on these videos,but your humor kept me here. 3 Looks amazing, good job. 4 MOST IMPORTANT -- Get a workbench ffs hahahha. New sub here, loved the video. Thanks.
Nice work! I really need to do something like that. FYI, at 0:54 -- you mean safety, not security. (The German word "Sicherheit" translates to at least three different words in English: "safety" is protection against injury, "security" is protection against attack/intrusion/theft/crime, and "confidence" means trust/sureness. If I had to come up with German words to describe these three concepts, I'd say "Unfallschutz", "Angriffsschutz", and "Überzeugung/Vertrauen", respectively.)
I must like the video for drilling 300 holes brother!!! Great job! Next time consider CNC or laser technology, you may finish the job in less than 8hrs!
Looks solid.. well done.. a minor shame you didn't align the balls in a holding pattern. so they all where centered accordingly to each other, but hence 24 hours.. its impressive.. give me 2 years and I would still be drilling holes in that metal plate.
This was Amazing, & Educational as well. I don't know if I can do this. But it does give me *(Idea's). You sir have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.
Considering how you used a chainsaw to cut that piece of wood, I'm surprised you didn't build a nuclear power plant in place of the power supply for this project.
You could have spared alot of time for yourself by using CNC to cut those holes. I am working on a very similar project right now. It was great watching yours. I will take steps to avoid pitfalls like yours. 😂 Cheers!
You can also use a vlavro bed bottom plate, this plate provides already the required holes ;-) You can also take led strips (in black) with adhesive strip and stick it to the panel, will save you to drill 300 holes. Use small copper nails at the contact points and connect all strips at the back of the panel.
Hey look I'm not the only person who uses a zirconia flap disk to sand wood ...lol...I've been trying to get time to make an led wall for my gaming room for ages...I've made large outdoor matrices using water proof ws2812b strips... I do like the ping pong ball idea .
You should add some thin black plastic strips inbetween the balls to stop the light bleeding. That would help with the contrast i reckon.
Amazing work as always!
@Peter Unlustig for 24h I'd say it's pretty darn good
I agree about the light bleed. I would have sectioned it all off into individual squares around each LED and then simply placed one sheet of white plastic over it all......hey presto......you've got a dazzling light panel.
I'm currently working on something similiar. Only monochromatic (red) tho, but 64x36 pixels, so total of something like 2304 holes. I originally planned to use black acryllic and drill it using stand drill, but after like 200 holes i gave up, split the panel in half, put it into my CNC and let it drill it for me. It took like 6 or 7 hours, but holes are almost perfectly straight, perfectly aligned. I did broke it obviously, putting 2000 holes into accryllic makes it really fragile, but nothing few drops of super glue couldn't fix. Currently, i'm building drivers for it, and hopefully by summer i'll be finished. This is very nice project to inspire from, and it looks amazing! Great job, thanks YT reccomendations, you earned a new sub! :)
did you finish your project? can arduinio handle 2000 led lights?
This man really knows how to use music, I love it. Just by the music you know if it is going well or not without even looking
4:59 for fantastic paint effect!
I liked how happy you were when you celebrated and that you enjoy your work. I think I will attempt to do this as well.
"Thumbs up" for drilling all those holes
r/suspiciousquotes
@ "id just melt holes with soldering iron" did you even watch the video smart guy?
@ he literally did it with a soldering iron wtf
@@iamthetinkerman I would use a peg board.
@@DS1JohnB That's what I was thinking. Can always make holes bigger lol. Buuuuut he did have some pretty specific measurements to stick to because of the ping-pong balls.
Your joy finishing drilling the steel was fantastic! Loved it!!!
that moment when you finish drilling was priceless and then when you checked for continuity between vdd and ground and heard a beep , many thanks for the upload
Dude, you would find drilling the holes much easier if you put some spare wood underneath to stop the steel bending from the pressure of the drill!
uuuhm 3:20 ? seen that ? lul
@@Livingstonshoedios hm that would mean a massive hardwood Board which ist destroyed after Drilling it to pieces o.o i think The Angle grinder solution He mentioned in The Video would be The easiest and cheapest solution :) thanks Form pointing Out what He meant xD got him wrong at that o/
@Robert Livingston or Using a better Drill which Cuts better ... Which means He doesnt have to use high pressure Like He did and force the Material to "Bend" ... Maybe slowing The Drilling a Bit down and adding More Fluid... Its a Trial and error i guess The result in The end is still awesome :)
@@Max.Mustermann. Yeah, just a normal drill with the right diameter
And getting a proper drill bit
This was in my recommended. It's amazing. The level of work you put into this video is great. You earned yourself a subscriber.
"Bitluni's Lab - Using the right tools for the right job since 2013" :D
The woodworking part made me spill my coffee :D Great, funny video and a nice project as usual!
Cool project! You definitely deserve some respect for finishing this build... Many people would have given up when they realized the actual amount of work required.
The elation you feel when it works is priceless
The happiness of making something is priceless!
The best thing about this Video is, how happy he is!
When you came out with the chainsaw, it was then I knew I needed to subscribe, because this guy is gonna be unstoppable. No stunt doubles, real action, real pain. Authentic as it gets! Look forward to more!
Thanks!
You have so many fun ideas! I made this but only used 150 leds. Got the balls too but decided to use some magnifying plastic sheet from an old tv instead. It makes it look like there are 4 leds in one hole. Cool effect. I used wood for the panel.
I went overboard with this. 800 leds and balls.
Holey crap man! I cant believe you drilled all those holes, what a big project, it looks amazing in the end though :)
You make not only a great LED matrix wall, but an awesome video!
Are you saying that you have 300 ping pong balls laying around in your electronics lab? :D
you dont? :O weirdo! :D
I thought most people had a closet filled of them. I sure do.
Thankfully I'm moving to bigger lab and I will have space for such an important addition to my workshop. How many of these should I buy? :)
I've about a 150 in a box, made a slow colour changing led using 7 balls but had to buy lots to get them without writing g on them. I also found that sanding the LEDs defuses the light better.
He lives next door to Captain Kangaroo.
That's amazing! I'm really impressed you managed to make that in 24 hours!
I've drilled A LOT OF HOLES in my earlier days and that was A LOT OF WORK, but this, my friend, looks like far more work and A LOT LESS FUN!!!!! Good vid!!
Looks great. You made me want to make this in a large scale, covering an entire wall.
I wonder if it could be done in a honeycomb pattern, mainly because (I assume) all the LED control libraries assume a regular matrix arrangement.
Man, it takes a lot of balls to do something like this! Well done. :)
John Aldred I appreciate this joke
Paint the bottom part of the ball half way and paint it silver and then black. It will improve your contrast and brightness. Nice project. Cheers!
Amazing! I never see a project like this before, I definitely want to build one!
This video took me right back to the 8 x 8 x 8 led matrix project, soooo much soldering, I should really finish that lol!
I like this because it’s just like most people will do it. With what they have and no Worksop etc
This video was very satisfying to watch!
Great video! It is good to see someone with normal tools and construction skills make such a nice project. Definitely going to check out some more of your stuff! You sawing that wood was hilarious, hold the wood down on the side supported by the pallet then cut lol
Nice after you drilled the second row and the music I found it very relaxing and therapeutic Thanks I will put it on a loop
I built some nightlights for my bed almost 20 years ago with Christmas lights and some ping pong balls for diffusers. Works great.
That turned out brilliantly
The pingpong ball trick is also used in DIY mocap devices and VR systems. Turned out great.
Im glad to see other makers using hte wago lever nuts. they're awesome.
The real mvp is that drill battery.
So awesome!!! Great job! We are wanting to build a similar panel but extra large for our band to take on stage. We want to be able to use multicolor LEDs and feed full color MP4 videos to it. Do you know any software/hardware solutions? Could we hire you to consult? -Matt in Portland
Yeah these kind of things used to be really popular back in the 90s. You could program it to display messages and other funky visual displays
I've been waiting for a video exactly like this LED wall since two years ago...! Thank You!
Cool cool project!!! Loved your outdoor work bench too buddy!!! Haha brilliant!! Time to go buy more pingpong balls!
Yes I'm waiting to see a video on the making of that ankle height flexi-workbench - and what he did with the other half of the pallet!
your a genius ! amazing work !
Awesome work bitluni!
What is your POWER SUPPLY?? Good idea this video
Your thumbnail had all of front of house and I dying of laughter for a solid 5 minutes... good job.
just wanted to point out that there is steel perf sheets that could probably be used in this
really awesome build
Wow, looks awesome and very very well readable in even bright environments...
I got to see it @ Berlin MakerFaire. Seeing it with my own eyes and without a camera: Wow. Impressive.
Use a Punch Die Cutter for the holes. It leaves a smoother edge and saves time. It's also cheaper than a buying a bunch of drill bits.
Kudos to you for drilling 300 holes with a hand drill and battery at that.
OMG this is the best DIY Ever Seen.
You can use an angle grinder to cut straight easily and the sparks wont set anything on fire except flammable liquids
Oh hi! I talked to you at the Maker Faire in Berlin because of the power problem I had with my mate light. Well this world is small :D
Somebody get this man a CNC, great job!
I gotta good laugh > Love your work and your humor definitely a good job for those stay at home dads
1 You should NEVER be allowed around power tools lol.
2 You are very informative,and funny. I always give up on these videos,but your humor kept me here.
3 Looks amazing, good job.
4 MOST IMPORTANT -- Get a workbench ffs hahahha.
New sub here, loved the video. Thanks.
thats brilliant man, would like to make something like this myself.
What an awesome result! Wow!
Next week...more resolution with 11 more of those panels for a great outdoor display!
would have to automate the building process a bit more :-D
Nice work! I really need to do something like that.
FYI, at 0:54 -- you mean safety, not security. (The German word "Sicherheit" translates to at least three different words in English: "safety" is protection against injury, "security" is protection against attack/intrusion/theft/crime, and "confidence" means trust/sureness. If I had to come up with German words to describe these three concepts, I'd say "Unfallschutz", "Angriffsschutz", and "Überzeugung/Vertrauen", respectively.)
Very cool video... I like your funny style in combination with a top quality video.
I love your thumnail dude
This is an absolutely amazing project.
Dieser "Hahah" Moment... unbezahlbar. Hab mitgefiebert!
Did you really just use one drill bit for those holes? Impressive quality if so.
3:40 I can't imagine how much work there is!
Wow, looks cool! Thank you for sharing.
good vid , but if you had a powered mitre saw, but he made up time on the drilling.. world record!! great job!!
Awesome. I particularly enjoyed the 'Ach Scheisse' moments. It gives it a human touch :)
Congratulations for your lights project, you are very creative. Best regards.
The Hacker in me is clapping like a seal, the cabinet maker in me is crying.
How about perfboard? That's got the holes in it already. Just a thought. But what you did looks great, man!
Carbide drill bits would really help you, not sure if they make them that large tho
man, this a really awesome project. great idea with the ping pong balls. i’m going to make one myself :)
I must like the video for drilling 300 holes brother!!! Great job! Next time consider CNC or laser technology, you may finish the job in less than 8hrs!
Excellent project. Thanks for sharing
Anyone else think he looks like Dollar Store David Tennant? Anyhow, great outcome on the project, looks amazing!
That is cool as. Would love something like this in my beat lab
Amazing idea! Are you at all considered about the flammability of ping pong balls? Or are the ones you used made of some other material?
Looks solid.. well done.. a minor shame you didn't align the balls in a holding pattern. so they all where centered accordingly to each other, but hence 24 hours.. its impressive.. give me 2 years and I would still be drilling holes in that metal plate.
his reactions are as if he's a sims that can talk
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This was Amazing, & Educational as well. I don't know if I can do this. But it does give me *(Idea's). You sir have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.
Really worth it ! Good work
The Wilhelm scream made me sub to your channel.
For the drilling you could have had this laser cut or something, it's cheap if you consider the time saved
U deserve a salute bro...
1:22 you forgot to plug the handsaw in! 🤣
being a carpenter its difficult to watch a grown man struggle with a handsaw like that 🤣🤣🤣
I'm 44 and still experience the same issues every time I try to saw (which isn't very often as you can imagine).
Considering how you used a chainsaw to cut that piece of wood, I'm surprised you didn't build a nuclear power plant in place of the power supply for this project.
nice one, i was just lurking through the video, but this moment caught my attention :D
good job👍
You could have spared alot of time for yourself by using CNC to cut those holes.
I am working on a very similar project right now. It was great watching yours.
I will take steps to avoid pitfalls like yours. 😂
Cheers!
like everyone has a cnc machine at home
Oh man , so much work. I'm wondering if those metal square hole 30mm apart pegboards will do?
Love the wilhelm scream! 3:24
May you make a bigger one. Using 2 or more screens like yours
to be frank i love this kind of work.. your give some inspiration to work for fun.
Excellent... Enjoyed every bit of the video... 👌
You can also use a vlavro bed bottom plate, this plate provides already the required holes ;-) You can also take led strips (in black) with adhesive strip and stick it to the panel, will save you to drill 300 holes. Use small copper nails at the contact points and connect all strips at the back of the panel.
There are no strips in 40mm spacing
Just beautiful! It's just awesome how you made this! I want something like this in every room of our house, it's just stunning! 😂
For Nice animations you have to check the programs: jinx and Glediator out.
Hey look I'm not the only person who uses a zirconia flap disk to sand wood ...lol...I've been trying to get time to make an led wall for my gaming room for ages...I've made large outdoor matrices using water proof ws2812b strips... I do like the ping pong ball idea .