LED Acrylic & Wood Cube Lights

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I made a pair of led cubes using wood and acrylic with rgb 5 volt leds that mean it can be powered from any computer usb port or 5 volt power bank. You can daisy chain any number together and have them all remotely controlled.
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@zorkabaljak3919 4 ай бұрын

The author does like to from scratch, kzfaq.infoUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.

@smilewave6560 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to see the smile and the passion continue even through the tough times.. Keep up the great creative work. I love they way you document and show how to build these fantastic projects. Would you ever consider using reclaimed material for your projects? Re-purposing old items and using the material for a build?

@donmoore2049 6 жыл бұрын

This would make an awesome gift idea. Definitely on my list of things to try.

@Doughfam 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Another project I am going to try! I have lots of mahogany I got out of a dumpster at work when they remodeled and this is a great project to give a try!

@clex2349 5 жыл бұрын

I like how you have drawings to go along with the project. Good work here 👍

@joanperez966 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool project. Design is SO often a problem in DIY projects. It's as if saving money is the only reason some people think justifies making something yourself. I like that you do an artistic job, even if it's for a so-called utilitarian project. KEEP IT UP, it's great!

@terryannanderson8812 6 жыл бұрын

Love the looks of these lights. I never would have guessed how they were put together. Thanks for sharing.

@ADVBear 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, Lynn! Those came out pretty amazing! I love it!

@SnowRaptor 6 жыл бұрын

Loved the design! Also liked the idea that the hole saw marks on the acrylic work prety well as a diffuser!

@MarceloFreitas70 6 жыл бұрын

Well done. The result looks pretty nice. Thank you for sharing.

@freeelectron8261 4 жыл бұрын

Really creates atmosphere and doesn't look cheap like a lot led lights I have seen. Nice job!

@Nerdforge 6 жыл бұрын

Darbin + LEDs? Made my day!! Wood and acrylic just works so well together, don't you think?

@archerchance6214 2 жыл бұрын

You prolly dont care but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an instagram account? I was stupid forgot my login password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me.

@kamryntony3523 2 жыл бұрын

@Archer Chance Instablaster :)

@archerchance6214 2 жыл бұрын

@Kamryn Tony Thanks for your reply. I got to the site through google and im trying it out atm. Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@archerchance6214 2 жыл бұрын

@Kamryn Tony It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thank you so much, you saved my account :D

@kamryntony3523 2 жыл бұрын

@Archer Chance Glad I could help :D

@modelmanjohn 6 жыл бұрын

This might make a neat nightlight in a nursery! When my son was small, he had a white Teddy Bear that had LEDs inside it, when you squeezed the paw, it would cycle thru the colors (it was as soft glow). He would fall to sleep a light easier with it. I think it was called a Glo-Bear.

@AndreaFloresand1 6 жыл бұрын

You're a really awesome woman. I admire you so much, please continue doing this, your videos inspire me to build things too. Thanks a lot.

@KE4YAL 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Linn I really like the color change led lights those look fantastic

@abbashussain52 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, love it, so cool, great job, well done and thank you for sharing.

@tomsdreamshopworx 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool project! Came out great.

@MCsCreations 6 жыл бұрын

Really beautiful work, Linn! A tip I just discovered watching drone video buildings: try to find some silicone wire. The difference from usual wire and silicone wire is that the silicone is that the isolation won't melt with the heat from the soldering iron! I'm already looking for some of those. :)

@weststarr2046 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lamp...nice job!!

@ChippedBuilds 6 жыл бұрын

These look awesome! Good job!

@kentharris7427 3 жыл бұрын

To control the lights I would use an Arduino controller. It takes a little bit of programming, but there are a lot of people that have already done the programming for you. You just simply input the program into the Arduino controller and it's good to go. Nice project.

@reforzar 6 жыл бұрын

I love these! Looks awesome.

@upcycledscraps513 6 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your LED project!

6 жыл бұрын

@04:12 You use regular USB connectors for powering the LED Light strips. When I will be building this project I will use a different type of connector. Because of the RGB, you have power on D+ and D- leads of the connector too, and this is outside of the USB specification. I would warn the users, do not plug regular USB devices into those connectors on the cubes, to avoid problems.

@FredMcIntyre 6 жыл бұрын

Nice job Linn! 👍

@andhirep5376 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing...awesome creation and idea... Wonderful inspiration.... Tx very much from Indonesia

@monsieurm6975 6 жыл бұрын

Totally a wonderful gift idea for someone ... OR more accurately, more realistically, oh, a gift for me !

@robertmoreno3898 5 жыл бұрын

Nice project! looks great!!

@WRAND2208 6 жыл бұрын

super cool.super neat looking!

@jakeaustin9894 6 жыл бұрын

I need to try this project! Very cool!

@kaycox5555 6 жыл бұрын

Really, really build!!! I wanna get 'em!!

@SamfaidaMeRECREATOR 6 жыл бұрын

Bel progetto...Complimenti..🔨🔨

@Zenlot 6 жыл бұрын

Wow that looks freaking cool! Off to make some!

@zackrehman1423 6 жыл бұрын

Good work

@mahmouds.a.2590 6 жыл бұрын

Great Project and Great Explanation

@joshhibbs_nola 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool build! 👍🏼

@elainehaselan9907 6 жыл бұрын

They are beautiful lights.

@papadiositosamy 6 жыл бұрын

looks great! congrats!

@ledmk2 6 жыл бұрын

Great Design

@NoraBlidel 6 жыл бұрын

You're amazing please keep up the amazing work!!

@RUmlas 6 жыл бұрын

You rock! Very talented.

@sagguharjit88 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Madam A wonderful work that will light💡 the minds of your viewers also.

@antoniomiranda5124 6 жыл бұрын

Muito legal Very nice

@craigmunday3707 4 жыл бұрын

I really like this design

@pauldevey8628 6 жыл бұрын

Nice project. Your lovely assistant (Matt) is doing a great job. (: >

@FritsvanDoorn 6 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful idea!

@jasonenz4238 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool! I wanna attempt this soon with thinner wood (maybe 3-4 different species) and frost the acrylic. Probably use a simpler light...I'm a drummer, me and electricity don't understand each other lol. Very cool project indeed! :)

@phreak247 6 жыл бұрын

I think this is now on my project list:) looks great

@lornashandmadesoaps7034 6 жыл бұрын

Great job. Thanks.

@Pageportal455 6 жыл бұрын

I was hoping for something related to pvc pipes..!! Although really beautiful creation..😘👏👏

@LucasHartmann 6 жыл бұрын

Prety simple pretty project!

@chriskalisterra3676 6 жыл бұрын

très jolie la réalisation !!! hello de France

@bossecarlberg 6 жыл бұрын

Vackra lyktor tror jag skall göra något för utomhus tack för iden

@Loztc0ld 6 жыл бұрын

Looks great!

@therealdreamfurniture5876 6 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful act i love it

@tunintunin3417 6 жыл бұрын

Great project, keep it up. Just a few notes: perhaps one could use Super Glue in gel form? I would connect the second USB plug to the first USB plug where the power comes in and not at the end of the led strip, due to voltage drop... especially if one connects more of these in series... just my 5 cents. I hope you don’t mind,

@More-Space-In-Ear 6 жыл бұрын

I like that Linn. Well made. 👍🏼😊 Just a thought, as you were cutting the acrylic 4x4 you noticed it rising up which could kick back...use a pencil with its eraser to hold it down, hate for you do get hurt. 😢👍🏼

@rexsmith6431 6 жыл бұрын

Cool cubes Would also make blue tooth speakers too but thats my thinking

@kaycox5555 6 жыл бұрын

Oops....should have said .... really, really SUPER GREAT build!

@gregcartmill6337 6 жыл бұрын

Kayinfso Here i

@brukernavnfettsjit 6 жыл бұрын

looks great

@jmakes3745 6 жыл бұрын

Great project linn - what grit did you sand the acrylic up to?

@RedondoBeach2 6 жыл бұрын

Good work.

@Snipercastt 6 жыл бұрын

The best 🖖🇺🇸....

@garagemonkeysan 6 жыл бұрын

Great design and video. : )

@proyectosledar 6 жыл бұрын

I love it!!! looks like my vu meter tower. cheers

@mauriciojj7394 6 жыл бұрын

Proyectos LED Ste man, ligando 100% pillado :v.

@gtaj03l64 6 жыл бұрын

no one cares sikkkkkkkk

@pirouettefamily 6 жыл бұрын

J adore le mélange bois acrylique c est super beau Bravo Line

@priyangaperera3949 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work. Keep it up.. I also can make different shapes of objects but I don’t have much knowledge of connecting the electrical system. Can you explain slowly how you connect all wires, bulbs, USB port and etc. Thanks for your useful videos. Congratulations..

@muhammadakbar9568 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@iloveshw 6 жыл бұрын

Only issue that I have are the cables which are visible through the acrylic. If you made a hole in the dowel you could use that as a channel for those cables or just wrap the strip around the cables. Cool use of USB cables. Probably one note here would be - make sure they are good quality, especially if you're planning on making more lights - the data cables (usually green and white) can be quite thinner than the power and ground ones so they may not be great for larger current. I build a similar project with large Ikea standing lamp but I'm using Wifi (and recently HomeKit) to control it. Even thought about making a video about it :) And when using micro controller there's also a possibility to use neopixels and make cool animations, something I have planned for one of my next projects.

@lasserasinen7174 6 жыл бұрын

The LEDs in those strips are connected in parallel, so you don't actually have to connect cables on the other end of the strip. You can just split the incoming wires into two; one to the strip and one to the daisy-chain connector. As for cables, I've found old telephone cables and RJ11 connectors to be pretty neat for these kinds of projects. They're also dirt cheap 😃

@alexaxline6093 6 жыл бұрын

Where do you find your leather. Having trouble finding a supplier here in eastern Iowa

@michebling 4 жыл бұрын

I will definitely buy this light blocks from you because I don't have the skills or the tools to make such wonderful pieces.

@nuwansisilakumarapremachan3313 9 ай бұрын

Good jobs 👌

@bravo2581 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, about how you connected the controller to USB and the LED strip to USB, did you follow any guidelines on how to connect the wires? Could you share that please, if you have it? Thanks!

@Thomisshilbay 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice she is very creative and smart girl thanks for sharing your ideas 😋😘

@michaelthomas4640 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@dannyeaster1976 6 жыл бұрын

Cool girl u got some talent 👍😊

@Adi-S 5 жыл бұрын

Looks really cool; instead of gluing, I would have screwed the bottom piece into the acrylic so that you have access if the led's ever fail.

@SamSam-ud5jg 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@TheDakPak 5 жыл бұрын

Great! Which is the model of the cnc machine, and where is buy? Thanks!

@hugoruas 6 жыл бұрын

Very Nice!!!

@lalo075 6 жыл бұрын

Con pistola de calor industrial, los cantos del acrilico se hacen mas claros y cristalinos

@Theojopanoramico 6 жыл бұрын

This is great!

@stephan4ever64 6 жыл бұрын

snyggt jobbat

@jasonb4350 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice 🤗

@craigpereira6381 6 жыл бұрын

Very Nice

@tomgray7049 6 жыл бұрын

Not bad, looks good.

@sudhakargokulan7302 6 жыл бұрын

Superb work how is cost

@davewilliams355 6 жыл бұрын

Very stylish

@tanujagarwal94 6 жыл бұрын

lin you can make videos on pencil stand, ornaments box with Velvat cover, this will take less investment and moreover because you can't do Heavy load work, this will be more suitable , thank you 😊😊😊

@modelmanjohn 6 жыл бұрын

What CNC machine do you use?