Making My Own Version of Nanoleaf Hexagons - DIY Project (No 3d printing, programing or soldering)
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Gorilla Wood Glue: amzn.to/3o3KfqG
Painters Tape: amzn.to/3pUMyh1
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OOooo! This is the best tutorial for these i think I've seen yet. I will have to try this.
Thanks! If you do, let me know if you have any questions!
These are absolutely amazing! This is not what I came to look for on CZcams, but I had to watch and have zero regrets. Thanks for such an awesome video!
Thanks so much for watching and you are welcome! Glad you enjoyed!! Thank you for the support!
I love how honest you are in the description. I suck at putting my mind to things, so I've spent most of my 40+ years being a dreamer. I'm trying to overcome that now, so I think I'll give this a try for my kids rooms. I bought some bulk individually addressable WS2812 strips from BTF lighting, but still need to get power supplies and controllers. Anyway, thanks!
Thanks so much for watching! For sure give it a try! If your kids are old enough, they might even enjoy helping! BTF lighting is now my go to for projects so great choice on those! Thanks again buddy!
most ingenious tutorial ever, awesome ! thanks a lot, just made one and it worked prefectly !!!
Thanks so much! Glad it worked perfect!
This will be a great weekend project with amazing results. Thanks man!!! Definitely one of the best tutorials I have seen so far.
Thanks so much! Its a fun project for sure! If you know more about LED's than i did when making this, I'm sure you can make it look even better by using some ws2812b strips.
So I followed your video, and I have to say I'm super impressed by how they came out!! I love it!!!
That's awesome! So glad they turned out good! Definitely a fun project!
Hey man. I was wondering. Does paper diffuse the light well enough?
@@Study_with_MeE132 The paper does a really good job of diffusing the light in my opinion. One thing I would suggest is you paint the inside of the HEX white to better diffuse the light.
Thanks a lot for the video! I just made 17 of them for my home office, they look great! My first big precision wood project...thanks for making it look easy enough for me to try. Had to make a jig to cut these all precisely since I only had a circular saw but worked out.
You are welcome and thanks for the comment! Glad you were able to make them yourself. So cool! If you have as picture or video of your finished project I'd love to see!
Very nice! I like yours better than mine! Looks amazing!
It looks noble, custom and great built quality... and all that for a reasonable price.
Well done dude â„
Thanks so much!! Appreciate the support and thanks for watching!
great job my friend this was a great video to watch and quite inspiring !! THANK YOU
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it as it was a very fun project to make. Hopefully i'll have my next video ready in a couple weeks!
This is probably the best of the maker videos for these....... nice work, looks cool and nice project to do. You can probably use chrome reflective tape inside of the hexagon and maybe get away with just using 1 LED strip. Just in case people can't find the double strip LED and only the single is available etc.
I'm going to look into that! If it looks the same using that reflecting tape but I only need 1 strip, that would be amazing!
Amazing work, Chris. Thanks very much for the video đ
Thanks so much and you are very welcome!! Glad you enjoyed!
Awesome. Beautiful. I will start this build tomorrow. I have the same exact sliding compound miter saw, I have the 1x2x8 furring boards, I have 1 package of plates, and the Goove RGBIC LED strips. EXCITED AS HECK. I've been going crazy, "smart-homing" and RBGing my house with all the fun stuff. Liked, subscribed, and THANKS!
Sounds like a fun weekend! Let me know how it turns out and you are welcome! Thanks so much. Also, what are the odds you have the same saw lol!
Good video. Clear and concise directions. I stumbled on your page and I think you've convinced me to make my own nanoleaf hex project. Thanks for keeping things simple
Thanks! I appreciate the feedback! If you have some of the basic tools it's a pretty simple and fun project. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
Awesome video! The instructions were very clear.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it! Definitely give it a try. Very easy to make and you will love the way it turns out! Looks better in person than in video.
I think you should raise some of the cells higher than the surrounding cell so you'll get more of a 3D effects. It'll look better than Leaf.
That is a really good idea! Might have to try that sometime down the road if I ever try a version 2! Thanks so much for watching!
The Hefty plates made me chuckle. This was a surprise, but it makes sense. đ
Thanks for watching! They worked perfect for this project! However if i wanted to make bigger hexagons, i would have to find something else as the plates are only so big.
Awesome idea for people who dont want to deal with learning to program!
Gave me an idea for my own video without any power tools :D
Thanks for watching! I appreciate the support! I'd love to see your idea! Let me know if you put a video together.
Iâm just waiting for the Led Stripes and then Iâm done:) Great Diy đ
Thank you for taking the time to share this, I hope I can try to make my own sometime!
You are welcome and thanks for watching! It was a fun project!
should have more views! People are missing out! definitely the best diy leaves i have seen! great job
That's super awesome! Well done! I'm working on a similar project. I love the look of black gap inbetween the hexes!
Thanks so much!! I love all your videos! I watched your sphere one yesterday. Blown away at how much work went into that and how awesome it turned out. My kids said "we need that Dad" lol.
Good job, might have to give this a try
Super easy! Would love to see how it turns out if you do!
This video is by far the best I have seen on how to DIY a killer project. What I greatly appreciate is there is no really annoying beatloop in the background during the entire video as others do. The only music is during the high-speed parts. I have subscribed and look forward to more projects.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I'm glad you liked the video! I will unfortunately let you know that most of my new projects do have the music in the background. But I try to make it pretty low volume so its not super distracting! Thanks again!!
I agree, prefer not to have the background music.
Love the video! This will be my next project. Thanks for the video. I subbed đ
Thank you so much!! Let me know how it turns out and how you improved things!
Right now we are remodeling our garage so I can use it as a bedroom and I will be making these Nanoleaf panels for the room
I'd love to see how they turn out and any ideas you have along the way to improve on how to make them!
This is fantastic! Great work! I will be making my own!
Thank you for the comment and let me know how yours turns out and anything you do to make it better or easier to build!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I certainly will! I have a few tools that have been waiting to be used so this is a great project to do so! Thanks again for sharing!
great job man, the issue with most of these diy builds are that they have led hot spots which take away some of the attraction but yours are among the few thst look perfect man also i had never thought about using wood but its a pretty good alternative to other materials if u dont want to 3d print
Thanks so much! Those were my thoughts exactly! I couldn't find a video on youtube that had the end result i was looking for since most had hotspots.
awesome work!
Thank you!
Before I saw this I was thinking of the diffuser panels for ceiling lights but that would involve a lot of cutting and waste I never dreamed of using styrofoam.
Dude you saved my life đ
Lol Jesus is the only one who can save but I'm glad the plates worked! Dude I was close to using ceiling light panels! However it was going to cost way more that I was willing to spend. I still might try to make something from puff cloud diffuser light panels since I love the way it looks with led lights but that will be down the road. Thanks for watching!
@@ChrisMaherDIY the styrofoam plates idea is genius, plus cuts down on the weight too.
@@LittleJa2002 That is true! So much lighter than pretty much anything else! Only downside is the size of the hexagons or whatever shape you want to build has to be pretty small since plates are not that big. But for the price, you cant beat it!
@@ChrisMaherDIY your hexagons are only 1 inch smaller than the large nano hex from point to point which is just fine. Iâve already taken your tutorial cuts and measurements and put it into AutoCaD to figure out how much wood it would take to build my design. $1374 for 52 Nano project is build cost is ridiculous! Your hex light build and tutorial is the perfect alternative! âSubscribedâ
@@LittleJa2002 Thanks so much! Yeah they are just crazy expensive! Even if i had the money, it would still be hard to justify spending $1,400 for the real thing. Let me know how yours turns out and thanks again!
Great job, I loved the project and its simplicity for that good of a result. I'd suggest that you add the same demo v roll of the finished project at the end. I felt that was a missing piece, like yeah I saw it at the start of the vid, but after the long vid I totally forgot that it looked and had to go back and look at how it ended.
Thanks for watching and for the feedback! I agree with you. I should have put it at the end. I'll for sure do that with my next how to led project!
I liked purely out of respect for the video format. Thank you for this.
Thank you and thanks for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed!!
Nice work and great instructions!
Thanks for watching an i appreciate the feedback! Not a perfect video but I'm glad you were able to follow along!
@@ChrisMaherDIY a few more videos and you'll find your editing groove, keep at it!
Great video, really good job!
Thanks so much!! Appreciate the support and thanks for watching!
This is awesome!
Thanks B! Appreciate it buddy!
Great tutorial! Thanks for all the hard work. ;)
Thank you and thanks for watching! Hard work but fun and it even looks better in person than in videos
@@ChrisMaherDIY I was thinking about this project last night when I was going to sleep and it occurred to me that it might be beneficial to use a more durable diffuser. If something penetrated the paper plate, it might be kinda of a hassle to replace. Thoughts?
@@mpalatsi That is a very good point. It would be hard to get a new styrofoam plate in there if one broke. Not impossible but probably have to take some things apart and re glue. Please let me know if you have any ideas of what could be used instead. I did look into different acrylics and types of glass but it seemed like it would be more challenging to cut that material and the cost was very high. I do think something like this: www.homedepot.com/p/Falken-Design-24-in-x-36-in-x-1-8-in-Thick-Acrylic-Non-Glare-Matte-P95-Sheet-Falken-Design-ACRYLIC-P95-1-8-2436/308669673 would be amazing to try as long as it created a nice uniform glow like the plates did. Thanks for the comment and for sure something i may try on future builds! let me know if you have any ideas!
This is an older video and I know you have a table saw now, but I wanted to comment for anybody watching as well. Cutting those slots in the little pieces would be done much easier with a tablesaw on the full length boards. Then you would cut them down to length. Great job coming up with a jig to get this done on a miter saw though! When I first saw you holding that piece like you were gonna cut it, it freaked me out. Thanks!
Just finished mine and it's up in my office! Thank you for the awesome guide. I ended up using a thin acrylic in front of the styrofoam plate to protect it long term since a broken plate would be terrible!
The Hefty plates also had a recycle imprint on them that showed through with the lights so I found an alternative dollar store brand that worked great
That's awesome and you are welcome! And I love what you ended up doing to protect them. Genius! Thanks so much for the comment!
Images of my completed build if you're interested :)
imgur.com/gallery/tNYGVrj
@@nydissa absolutely amazing!! I love the design and the empty hex in the middle! Soooo cool. Thank you for sharing!!
@@nydissa that blank space in the centre is such a cool idea.
Wow... it's so beautiful! Thanks for sharing how great yours came out. You and the OP did amazing jobs.
WOW! Super RAD! Great job! Stay clean my brotha!
Thanks so much!!
I believe you can solder a piece of a previously cut LED strip at the end of the first one so you can have only one input, or if you want to ârecycleâ some old piece of LED strip (meaning it wouldnât become useless when you cut it, providing you cut at the right place).
That's a good idea! I'll have to try that next time! Thanks for watching!
why do you look like the beans I ate for dinner
@@not.lynwood no cap I had beans as a side for dinner to ight
@@Re7nuh yes
That should work to extend the first strip with an off cut, just got to be a bit careful with the arrows and joining the same pads. But would you be able to get the 2 distinct colours like in the still picture? Now I'm torn between it costing me 2 strips and being able to control them individually , damn I hate choices , I want both đ€Ł
Great project - thx
You are very welcome and thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
That's look awesome man!!! I wanna try it out
Thanks so much and thanks for watching buddy!
Nice work
Thank you and thanks for watching!
2:10 "If you don't have one of these ask your dad" lol
Lol the older you get the more likely you are to have tools. That's my theory haha
@@ChrisMaherDIY wait "if you dont have one ask your dad" if you didnt have the machine how could your dad have it if your family does not own the machine lol
if you don't have dad ?
@@bobestbeau maybe a friend would have one? Or might want to just save up for one likes I did!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I was joking lmao
what a great idea
Thanks buddy! Glad you liked it!
Nice build. The plates are a true find.
Thanks! They really were! Just wish I could find ones that were bigger so I could use them in some other larger designs.
@@ChrisMaherDIY looking at their website, they make an oval platter that's 12x10 in the same material, since you are cutting it down, that's still slightly bigger if you don't need symmetry.
@@SethCohn23 thanks! That's so much bigger! Opens up a lot of different options. Thanks for the heads up!
Brilliant project. I might have a go at something like this myself.
You sir just gained a new sub :)
Make that 2 subs... So I dont miss the content (the DIY Amateur is my new channel for my projects lol)
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it! Love to see what you make if you do one yourself!
I'm your 350th subscriber bro best wishes for your next videos
Thanks! I appreciate the support! Working on the video now!
Looks like a nice project for wled and esp32/esp8266 - thanks for the inspirationđđ»
Thanks so much for watching! If I were to do this again I would for sure do it with wled/esp! Appreciate the support!
If you're going to do this again in the future, or with larger ones, I would suggest looking into Plastazote foam. It's commonly used in cosplay to diffuse LEDs.
I'll take a look for sure! That is something I don't think my many hours of googling came across! Thanks so much!
Hey, no problem! It's also known as LED foam sometimes, too.
Letting you know we did this for our sons wall. Smaller section of 12, used a nodemcu with Wled he controls with his phone. It came out fantastic and he loves it.
That's awesome! So happy to hear! Sounds like you made it much more customizable with the LED setup and WLed. Do you have a picture of how it turned out?!
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@@michaelsteven3990 Wow Very cool!! They turned out great! I love the effects you were able to make with the more advanced LED's. Thanks for sharing!
great video!
Thanks so much!
Try WS2812b led strip with a weMos D1 mini and flash that with WLED it's open source too that's the best way to control ARGB ledsđ„
Thanks for the update! Doing that would definitely make things look even better. Does it require much programming skills or soldering?
@@ChrisMaherDIY not at all
@@ChrisMaherDIY and if your intrested look at drZzz channel he haves alot of information about wled and how you could intergrate it to home assistant so you can controll it with google home or alexa and your smartphone
@@thepepishow9878 thank you! Just watched a few and great stuff! I am already thinking of ways I could improve on future builds.
@@ChrisMaherDIY good to hearđ€đ»đ€đ»đ€đ»đ€đ»
really nice project..
Thank you so much!!
Great video. Thanks you for all of your work. Now just need my wife to let me buy all the tools.
Thanks for the comment and it was a fun project. When your having fun it doesn't feel like work :) Facebook Marketplace always seems to have some good deals on tools! Thats where i usually buy mine!
Hexagons are the bestagons!
Lol amazing!
Good job Chris, like everyone had said, best video on DIY "Nano leaf" hands down, both cost and the outcome is perfect. Also easy to make, altho i will still 3D print mine just because i am a big 3D printing person.
Question on the LED tho, I saw some photos you've attached showing color of the lights matching the ambient/tv screen, was it done manually or did you somehow get it to mirror the color of the screen like "dreamscreen"?
also, look into amazon affiliate program (maybe you will need a few more videos to get approved) but once you're eligible, you can start posting affiliate links in the description for items used for your project, you'll get a small cut from amazon
Thanks so much! I would love to get into 3d printing as well but not enough hours in the day currently lol. I wish I was smart enough to figure out how to get the lights to match the tv but I just did it manually via either the app that's used with the lights or through alexa.
@@TeslaDIY I'll have to look into that! Thanks, I didn't know something like that existed!
Chris Maher itâs an awesome program! Letâs say you promote led lights, I clicked it because i want to see what u used, I ended up not buying it but within the next 24 hours I go back on amazon and bought something else, letâs say I bought dog food for my dog, totally none related, guess what, you still get a cut from that, not as much but still pretty awesome! Good luck and make more videos!
Chris, you did an awesome job on the creation and walkthrough. Way to go. I will be attempting this for my daughters and have been looking for a cheaper alternative than the Nanoleaf's. I may need to pick your brain or someone else's brain on the LED's.
Thanks so much! Feel free to message me with any questions! My girls love them!
I feel so dumbfounded after seeing you use plates thatâs genius!!! Going to try this soon
Lol Thanks! It is shocking that after everything i tried, they looked the best. Thanks for watching and that's awesome your going to try it!
Those plastic plates are actually a good idea!
Thanks so much for watching and the comment!
Thanks for detailed explanation. Now i need a miter saw đ
You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed! You could also do this with a table saw im sure! Thanks for watching!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I got bandsaw. Not the best option for this kind of purposes but it has ability to make miter cuts. Shall try. Or transform my circular saw to table saw đ
I cut out all my plates at once. Cut out the Hex shape, place on stack of plates supported by wood, use saw. Saved so much time.
Brilliant! Thanks for the great feedback and for watching!
This is a great video and using Hefty plates is genius... I've been searching for perfect diffusers and this is great. Also, with LEDs that are 30 LED/meter, you need 34mm from the light to the diffuser to get a "spotless" effect.... by using 2" boards with a slight indent (and considering the light source is slightly higher than the back), you managed to hit that 34mm perfectly, it seems. Did you plan that out ahead?
If you use LED strips that are 60 LED/meter, you can cut the side height in half... for any future projects.
Thanks so much for watching and the great advice! I didn't plan it out, it just was a lot of trial and error before I got the look I was going for! That's great advice! Cutting the side height in half would be great since keeping a low profile is preferred in my opinion! Thanks again and thanks for the feedback!
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I dont understand what you mean, why do you need 30 m led
Later he found that white acrylic with 32 percent transparency looks better, but it costs way more.
im building custom LED Stuff for 10 years and never came to the idea to use styrofoam as a diffuser! intersting! i will try it out. i always liked to use acrylic from the manufactor Plexiglas as they offer a wide range of different diffusing acrylic with different transluzient percentages and diffusing effects.
Great video please make more
Thanks! Almost done with a new build.
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Wow, hectic but great job
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If you use a strait thing at the top of the pices than they are very allient
Very nice! You can solder thin 24 gauge wire to the contact points to join them.
Thank you! I'm going to have to try that. I know the instructions on the box said they could not be cut and spliced together but it sounds like you have much more experience in this area than I do and I will take your word!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Look on amazon they have clip on connecters that don't need to be soldiered
if you use 2812b leds you could cut them and still make the rainbow effect y recomend you using the sp501e controller
sorry for my english its not my first langauge
Thanks for the comment and the recommendation! I'm going to have to try this! I'm also going to check out the sp501e controller. Thanks so much!
I am working on these at the moment with my dad! I will have a video showing them when they are done.
Awesome!! For sure I would love to see how they turned out!! Thanks!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Also what did you use to hang them up?
@@RaGPeyton I just used some picture hanging stuff I found at home depot. Here is the exact thing I used but I'm sure many different things would have worked. www.homedepot.com/p/PicGenie123-40-Piece-50-lbs-Picture-Hanging-Kit-Hangs-Pics-Up-4-Pack-M50-MK4/302044281
@@ChrisMaherDIY Thanks!
mine are finished but they look terrible on my phone. they are very nice in person!!
loks nice
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
This is awesome and I hope to make this too.
Thanks so much! Thanks for watching! If you try making it, let me know if you have any questions I can help with!
@@ChrisMaherDIY can i use a (1 by 1 inch) wood..?
@@cenote6492 I would stick to the 1 x 2 inch wood. You can certainly try and I could be wrong, but I think using 1 x 1 you would be able to see the individual led lights through the plates because the lights are so close. Using 2 inch wood keeps the led lights just far enough away so that everything is lit up evenly and you can't really see hot spots.
Thank you very much â€ïž
Hey just FYI, not sure if someone has mentioned this, but you could've gotten away with using only 1 strip to cover the whole thing without doubling over and/or back. Starting where you did and staying on the right just like you did, and circling around to the 10th one (where you circled all the way around) instead of going all the way around and coming back right there, stop where that last one (10th) connects with the center, go in the center, loop the full center piece, exciting back into the 10th where you came in, then finish the 10th till circle, go into the 9th, and continue back to the beginning now on the left side... Save you some led strip. Hope that helped if it hasn't already... Awesome job though man. Very impressed with all your work. You're about to save me hundreds, probably thousands of dollars without losing nearly any, if at all, quality to the look. So thank you for that my man.
Thanks for watching and for the great idea! I didn't think of that but it sounds like it would work great! Appreciate you taking the time to comment and help me out. Hope you have a good one buddy!
You can absolutely cut and splice addressable LEDs. You just have to make sure you splice them back together in the order you want the addresses to run. That's why they have the cut points in the first place, and why there are solder pads there.
You are 100% correct. I didn't know much about LED lights when doing this project. The manufacturers info on these lights said if you cut you can't use the rest and I didn't know any better. My only guess is maybe they meant you can't splice them together and have it work with the controller that the lights came with? I have successfully used the leftovers now using an esp8266!
I really do like this project. Looks really good. And you described everything exceptionally well.
You ever get the SKU number for the wood in the description? Because there is no way that was $1.85 for those boards. Looks like select pine.
Thanks so much!! Here is the link to the wood. Its from Home Depot. The link should work if you are in the US. Looks like the price has gone up a good amount since making this video over a year ago! At least its still not as bad as gas! www.homedepot.com/p/1-in-x-2-in-x-8-ft-Premium-Kiln-Dried-Square-Edge-Whitewood-Common-Board-914584/100037592
You're the man, these videos have been so helpful. On my way to home depot to get some materials now.
Thank you!! Glad you enjoy and hope it turns out amazing! Let me know if you have any questions at all!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I actually do have one! How come on a couple of these builds, you do soldering, and on others you just weave the LED strip through? (Also, on this video, the description says 1x4 lumber, but pretty sure you're using the 1x2)
@@kyleguadagno8233 good catch! I definitely used 1 x 2 in this video. I'll have to update that! As far as soldering, this was my first video and first led project I ever did. I really didn't know what I was doing and I had no idea how to solder. As I did a few more projects I realized soldering would give me the ability to do more customized projects. So I watched some videos and learned how to solder. If I had to do this over again, I would use ws2812b led lights and control them using WLED installed on an esp8266 or esp32 board.
However if someone doesn't want to solder, doing it the way I did in the video does work just fine. But the more I solder the more i think it's actually kinda fun and it's always good to learn something new!
@@ChrisMaherDIY so im just making this for over my desk, don't really need to be able to control it too custom. My main concern is the rest of my house is Philips Hue, so if I put a Govee light strip or similar its not going to work with the rest of my house. and Philips Hue strips are way too expensive to buy 32ft+ haha
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Thank you for watching!
How did you link both the LED strip animations together? Also did you plug them into 2 different sockets or did you get an adapter to plug it into one?
Thanks for the comment! You can somewhat control the led animations from the app. The big hexagon shape I made required 2 controllers because of its size so I am able to control those independently. I plugged them into 2 different sockets. Hope that helps but let me know if it's clear as mud. Lol
Just go to home decoration market you will find alot of cool and cheap stuff and then customize it
You can make alot of nice and cool stuff for cheap without any machines
Thanks for watching and the great idea! Definitely easier to start with something and customize vs building everything from scratch.
Hi Chris, love your projects! Have you looked into wled for your led controllers? You can then use individually addressable led's that can be spliced together to create that single strip you wanted. Also wifi controllable with a smart app and compatible with alexa/ Philips hue etc. Have some really cool effects that would really make these projects stand out more. Keep up the good work man đ
Thanks so much for watching and the comment! If i were to do it again that is exactly how i would do it! In my latest 3 projects I started using and esp2866 wifi board with WLED loaded on it to control some ws2812b led strips. I'm loving the customizability of doing it that way. When i made my first couple projects, I really had no experience with LED lights so i didn't know what all was out there. I'm slowing learning a little bit with each project that i do. Thanks for the support!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I recommend you check out a bit of kit called the dig-uno. Is a great bit of technology that will save soldering the led wires and also offers protection via a built in fuse. Maybe better for larger projects. Check out some great videos from a guy on CZcams called drzzz on how it all works. Costs about $20.
@@stephengrant6894 awesome!! Ill for sure check it out! Soldering is not too hard but I wouldn't say I enjoy doing it. Would be nice if I didn't need to do that anymore! Thanks!
Got the materials, im gonna try this today
Awesome! Let me know if you have any questions and I would love to see how it turns out!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I got all my pieces cut, and Iâm just waiting for the paint to dry. Only got one board so I made 5 hexagons.
When you strung the LEDs through like you did, how did you group them in each hex for programming? An example would be hex 1 you'd have LEDs 1-4 and then let's say 80-84. Can you group those two segments so they work together?
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Thanks Nate!! I bet you can make this yourself. Just make sure your dad helps you cut the wood :) you can call me if you have any questions at all!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Yea! I asked my dad to try it out!
This was So Dope to see being built and they turned out fricken rad man. For me as much as I would Love to follow this video i dont have any of the necessary tools to do so. Would be far to buy the tools and supplies rather than buying the actual nanoleaf lights and im pretty bummed about that
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed. I think my next video I'm going to try making something that requires no tools so hopefully people that don't have access to some of the things I use can make it. Thanks again for the support!
Try the SK6812 RGBW tape they save a bit of power by having the white led included so you don't have to use the rgb at full brightness white.
Thank you! That's a great idea! Love the recommendation and thanks so much for watching!
Hey Chris this is just what I was looking for. When you made the big one with I think 29 hex led panels. You say you used 2 packs of the 32ish foot kit. Did you waste any the led strip like mentioned on this smaller flower design? how much led strip is needed per hex? guessing 3ish inches per side. Its going to be a task but I am going to make all the cuts here in NC and take it out in pieces to CO for assembly. Im thinking cut a couple hex with grooves on all sides to have some middles and few with various combos and Im sure I can come up with something when I get there that fits the room and combo I have. I would like a way to be able to change it up without being a project itself
Thanks for the comment and I hope yours turns out great! I did waste some on the flower design. Just guessing here but I think I could have added maybe 5 or so more hexagons to the flower design and cut down on the waste. My guess is each side uses around 2.5 inches. I have not measured so this is just an estimate.
Correct me if im wrong cause im not sure either way. But I was told not to lift blade back up while its running to reduce chances of it catching on the cut piece and tossing it out.
I think you right! I'm not a woodworker so I'm not 100% sure but keeping it down until the blade stops does seem like it would be a lot safer!
I love this project and I will probably tackle it in the next few months. One suggestion: use a table saw to slot the boards before cutting the edges on the miter. Any thoughts?
Thanks so much! Let me know how it turns out! Someone mentioned the same thing and I was like yeah, that would be super easy! But then someone also mentioned that if you did that half of the slots cut would be in the wrong side since you have to flip the board with every cut on the miter. You would just have to make 1 extra cut each time in the miter if you use the table saw but in my opinion it would be worth it since using the table saw to make that cut would save a lot of time!
Chris Maher Maybe you could mirror the cut to the other side of the board as well to cover the other half of pieces, and then it would form the same continuous line on the exterior and would simply look like an intentional design.
@@berrberr3194 i think that would work and probably look pretty cool with a line on the outside as well! Thanks for the great idea! Brilliant!
What can you recommend a much cheaper substitute material to the wood frame? Like rubber or styrofoam that is enough as substitute, i want to try
I would say the only thing that might work is cardboard. Wood is pretty cheap where I'm at but requires more tools. I think if I took the time I could make a really sweet looking one using cardboard!
@@ChrisMaherDIY yeah i meant foam board , sintra board there but yeah cardboard is good. Thank you
Hi you can remove the silicon from the point to cut. Then you need to use the very first led set that is the driver ic to the cut point . That's it enjoy
the same leds can be spliced and cut and joined together. you just need some leads to be able to solder the copper contacts across. Great project btw!
Thanks so much for watching and great tip!!
Pretty sure you already knew this :)
@@Garage_gg lol well actually at the time when I made this video I did not! But now I know they can be spliced and cut and joined together!
I would paint the stick black then cut and retouch it up afterwards to make it look cool for day time and lights then itâs going to look cool
That is a great idea! Probably easier to paint before like you said and touch up after! Thanks for watching!
Nice tutorial! Instead of suggested WS2812b you can use newer WS2815.
It has DC12V input instead of DC5V. And "with 12v input , the WS2815 LED strip can run longer than WS2812B strip light because of less voltage drop."
I'll for sure take a look at those. Is Amazon still a good/best place to buy LED strips like this or is there a different place that is better?
@@ChrisMaherDIY aliexpress for sure. I just checked them there
@@fruferSK thanks!
Use a router or table saw on the 8foot piece for the slide cut. Time saving !
100% yes! So much easier than doing what i did for every piece.
@@ChrisMaherDIY That wouldn't work as you had to flip the board to get the same angle on each end of the 4" pieces. So you would end up having some pieces with the slide cut on the wrong side.
@@bonertv9375 yeah you are right! Half of the cuts would be on the long side of the wood when you need them to all be on the short side! Good catch!!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Still though, excellent craftsmanship. Your jig to bust those cuts out quick is wicked and the styrofoam plates for diffusers is brilliant. I'm an avid maker as well and watching your process was a lot of fun, cant wait to see what you post next!
@@bonertv9375 thanks! It was for sure a fun project! Glad you enjoyed it!
personally i like to see the end product at the beguining , just a little snipet then to see more details and angles and stuff at the end :) , end product looks good for a very basic build ! next step learn to solder haha :p
Thanks for watching! I will certainly make some changes in my next video of how/where i put the finished design. Yes, i do need to learn to solder! Doesn't seem super difficult and would give me many more options for designs!
Great work. Did you experiment with having the LEDs on only half of the hexagon? I'm curious to know how the lights would have looked had you not added the second, smaller strip.
Thanks!! I didn't but i am also curious now if they would have looked just as good or if it would be obvious. My guess is it would have still looked good but would maybe be not as bright but who knows!
The best video I've seen on this, keeping costs down and simple enough for anyone. Not sure if your know already but you can actually use the rest of the led strip you cut away.. It just requires buying a seperate power supply and you can buy crimping connectors which join the strips together.. So maybe you could have extended the first one you used.
Thanks for watching! I have very little knowledge of LED strips but I'm for sure going to try doing what you recommend. Sounds simple enough!
hi Chris
I compliment you for the really beautiful project
in italy there are no Hefty deluxe Extra strong & deep cymbals, and I am opting for a white acrylic panel, but I think it is not the same thing
the only dishes of that brand are Hefty Everiday Soak proof are they the same thing?
thank you
Thanks!! I don't think those soak proof ones would work but I'm not 100% sure. You could try using the acrylic I used in this project: czcams.com/video/cUV77NR-zWk/video.html but you might just need to use wood that is 3 or 4 inches deep instead of 2 inches to be able to diffuse the lights so that you don't see the individual LEDs.
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You are welcome and thanks for watching! If you make one yourself, I would love to see the finished product!
try using addressable leds.. Ws2812b or ws2811... that gives you the aurora effect.... it usually is a 5v led strip. its easy also to use sp107e sp108e controllers...
I love where your head is at! If I were to do the project over, that's exactly what I would use. In most of my newer projects I use ws2812b lights with an esp8266 controller and love how they look! Thanks for watching!