Your name has become iconic in this space, but Made with Layers is very good too

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 KZfaq channels are of dubious value to society.

Wow the results came out amazing ! Made with layers really pops when you plug it in!

Awesome to see you back from your summer pause and with great news, too!

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!

Nice sign and I agree with the channel name branding. Fits perfectly.

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!

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

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!

Looking forward to the new brand love the sign. And the last shirt

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 :)

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 😁

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.

With some letters you could left more sleeves on led stripes to avoid these gaps, but still it looks so nice 👌

The sign looks great. Looking forward to the new "branded" projects.

It's kinda "nostalgic" to see old footage or even the stuff from 2 years ago. I do like that especially with that "chaos computer club"-ish music in the background! Originally found you via some learning DVDs which name I already forgot... To boldly go where the newest layers are made! Herzlichen Glücksstrumpf!

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!

Looks awesome! Congrats on the rebrand! Makes sense.

Awesome project! 2 years in the making...

Awesome and congrats on starting (finally?) doing the rename.

Congratulations on the number and great new name.

Great project, I love neon effects and i think this is fairly accurate to the old glass tubes

Thomas the Witcher will need only "organic" blue shirts to match the new logo. Thomas the Blue Witcher Made with Layers :) AWESOME. Thanks Thomas.

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!!!

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.

This looks amazing Thomas!

I've been watching your vids for years and just realized i forgot to to subscribe a long time ago. Love your videos. Came across your channel when i got my first printer in 2021 and have loved your old and new content since then.

Congratulations Tom! Love the new name; can't wait to see what's next! -Courtney

I love this change! Being absolutely curious about what comes next and after that. Love it!

Solid job. First video I'm seeing, but really enjoying it.

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.

That sparkle to the paint job is so nice.

Love the synthwave and the rebrand so far!

I like the font. I love the little glitch text. Hope you keep that in the intros or what have you.

Made with L4y3r5 😆 Congratulations, Thomas!

Getting better getting brighter. Always loved your contents.

Well made! And really good looking!

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.

Congrats, Tom! I've gleaned a lot of knowledge from your channel over the years. Thanks for that and keep it up! ⭐🙂👍

I've created a few LED neon signs and I faced the same LED spacing issue too. What I ended up doing was cutting the LED strip short, and leaving extra sheathing on both ends. There's very minimal fading at the edges since the sheathing does a great job at diffusion. It gives you more room for error when fitting it to your design.

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.

This is awesome Thomas 😎 love to see evolution

I can't believe it's been almost ten years! Glad to see you are doing more projects, I always loved those videos.

Good luck Tom!

This looks awesome!

Sign looks amazing. Great work!

Love it! Cool project and the "rebrand" is...on brand!

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 🙌🤘

Earth is made with layers. Your branding is spot on. 😁

Honestly man, when I tell people your name - most of them not being native germans - they always have trouble spelling your last name. I'm so glad I can tell them to look up "Made with Layers" now. You're one of the top content creators in this space. You have a moral fiber that many others don't.

Really excited about this new direction

Great project and very inspiring.

Looks really cool👏👏👏

Well done! One suggestion: move the power cord to go out (hang) at the bottom corner. Less visible and more natural.

17:36 this is a nice approach ! didn't expect that way for external squares

Love the channel name, and that sign is incredible!

AWESOME project !! 👍👍 ... Great idea to use the lighter color to accentuate the 'glow" ... Well done !!!

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.

My cousin has a bizarre lip-shaped mirror with a red neon backlight. When the neon died (as they like to do) she asked for my help. Lacking the equipment to test the absurdly high voltage of its transformer, I suggested replacing the backlight with the same type of LED strips you're using. The result is fantastic. I think it's even slightly brighter than before.

It looks so good! Great work. =D

Excellent sign. Love the branding idea.

Great choice for the channel! Spot on about how 3d printer has changed, now 9 out of 10 stuff just works. And DO WHAT YOU LIKE, otherwise, what's the point! And when out of ideas, just ask the audience!

Very nice job ! Made with care!

Love the channel and the new name. The sign looks great I would have thought it was proper neon if you hadn't explained otherwise.

Very nice sign. A really like your new channelname. ❤️

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.

Yay! Layers rock! 😁

Great work and I like it very much!

I have all the confidence that this will help you do even greater things.

i think this name change is a good thing, its better to have a brand that can stand out or be recognized.

It's looking great considering the design and limitations of the "fake neon" LED. I think I would have used a backlight instead but the results you got are super satisfying.

Looks really good 👍🏼

Awesome results to make those lightweight paint passes with that paint gun!

Congratulations on a nice project and a nice branding effort. Really enjoy your channel and looking forward to what comes next.

Good luck with the second chapter of the channel :)

Der neue Name ist sehr gut gewählt! Ich gratuliere auch zum coolen Eigenbau-Logo 🤩 Das ist dir wirklich gelungen, sieht hammermäßig aus! Danke auch von mir für all deinen informativen und hilfreichen content!

Congratulations, love it! If I would start a channel it propably would be called "layer shift". 😂😅

Not sure if you realized but "MWL" connected/semi-connected with curves like your font makes a very 3D pinting-esque figure!

GREAT name for a 3d printing channel. Surprised no one else though of it. Good job mate

IT'S PERFECT! ❤

Wow, I didn't get this chanel doesn't have subscribtion in milions because production quality is there already

In the last couple years (after you made the sign) a new 2-part type of led faux-neon has come out which is easier to work with, the led tape is separate to the strip so you can jusf lay it into your routed out tracks how you want, it can be folded and smooshed around corners and such, then the silicone neon bit just presses in over the top, the silicone has ridges that you can use to key it into the routed trench. Big clive has done a video on it.

Thomas, that is looking amazing! Indeed the neon sign was made in layers.

Nice job! Love the makita vacuum cleaner, i use it as part of a dust collection system.

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..

You can drill an extra hole and put the a part of the cutted off led strip in it, no problem anymore about the lenght.

That sign looks dope, the lighter paint really looks like glow.

Great name choice!!!!!

This was pretty cool.

0:45 This is why I made business cards for myself and not for the companies I worked for. I could pronounce my name and no one outside of Japan (and possibly Korea) would have any idea how to spell it. It sounds kinda weird, but it is a very effective way to promote yourself in meatspace: "Hey, are you doing a KZfaq video? What's your channel?" and whip out a card with a QR code that goes straight to your channel or website.

one of your best videos!

Well Done, Great work

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.

That's gorgeous! Good luck with the re-brand!

Like it, really effective. I'd have been a geek and made one of the sections blink like neons can do sometimes. I was sort of surprised you didn't make a cnc router table to cut these out. Keep up the good work, really enjoying your videos.

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

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.

That is an insane price for that Shaper Origin!!!! I did not see that coming at all. No way I would ever be able to buy it. :-/

That sign looks superb 👍