3 DIY Modern LED Lamps Under 10$

3 easy, cheap DIY lamps using RGB LED strips!
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PARTS USED:
- RGB LED strip: bit.ly/rgb-led-strip
- LED controller: bit.ly/led-controller
- Power supply: bit.ly/led-power-supply (12v 2amp)
- RGB extension wire: bit.ly/rgb-wire
TOOLS:
- Soldering iron: bit.ly/soldering-station-iron
- Hot glue gun: bit.ly/hgluegun
- Hand saw
- Router
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[@TheWilldrick]

I made a few lamps similar to those. One neat thing to do is stick aluminium foil on the back side, so that you get less light absorbed by the matte wood surface

[@soniccinos]

Love that they stick to this video format!

[@KaleoMgmt]

Love these. I took the concept from the first one, and added two small shelves: one longer one on the bottom for an Echo Dot and BT Speaker and a smaller one on top with a routed slot for a cellphone. It's now the entertainment center and night light for my daughters. They love it!

[@Iskelderon]

Great work! You might want to mention that it's usually a good idea to wrap that connection between the LED strip and the controller in heat shrink tubing, because that link tends to shake loose over time.

[@Nerdforge]

That's a good tip!

[@dianagamez76]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing!

[@edwinj12]

Thanks for the basics

[@christopherbushinski6656]

Core out the 2x2, coat the inside in reflective paint, double over 2 led strips in the middle, fed through the back

[@thestupidshow22]

Cool . Awesome work. Merry Christmas

[@ghost_in_the_city5015]

That is really cool. Lamp #2 is my favorite & I want to make a larger version of it

[@GreatSmithanon]

The second lamp looks awesome!

[@MrRedtaco11]

That was awesome. Very simple, easy to understand. Thanks for showing that to us. I have now Subscribed.

[@Solo-41]

I want to try this with Styrofoam blocks and panels. Thanks for the idea!!

[@francoislauzon7716]

Very nice, thanks

[@jerryknudsen7898]

First time finding this channel, looking for things to make my PC room awesome....think out found it. You are awesome

[@robotman96]

these lamps help me lose weight

[@chicamepa]

Thanks!!

[@celsothedevil]

The hanging cable is the only flaw, love the idea though

[@ryzo-rin3619]

For more lighting on the last lamp you could add mirrored material and feather out the inside carving a little bit more.

[@charlieday5]

Amazing.

[@danratcliffe4849]

I'm a little late to the rgb light party but there were a few moments where I went "oh yeah", thanks for a great tutorial!

[@frikkiesmit327]

Love it!

[@judylehman7997]

Have a wonderful Christmas.

[@teris.3770]

I know I'm late but I'm here this is AMAZEBALLS

[@redsuns1986]

thx!

[@ledmk2]

Nice made

[@froschcrzhs9564]

Nice as always :O

[@ItaloLima]

Cool Video !!

[@lfcbpro]

Love watching you guys vids, and I like you show the good use of safety stuff too, where are you based?

[@MCsCreations]

Beautiful work! Congrats! :D

[@Gantorin]

I am doing a similar project with hand carved angel wings, and rgb led lights.

[@bradenhopkins8017]

how did you keep a circuit? Did you put wires behind the wall or something? Are they wifi or something crazy? Like where is their source of power?

[@acbphoenix3037]

I've never worked with leds or soldering before, and I was wondering if you know any easy things to start off with before doing more complicated stuff?

[@kohlpierce5128]

Nice video

[@mr.unitato7955]

You should make a hand print/accses thing where you put your hand on a surface and it will open a door or unlock something :P

[@r00yce]

How's the first one attached to the wall? Any special brackets or so?

[@georgsarlin7894]

How did you put them on the wall?

[@pralhadhangal837]

I felt bit incomplete...but inspired me a lot

[@csilva7837]

Muito obrigada pelas legendas traduzidas para o português. ❤️🌸🙋🏻‍♀️🇧🇷. Tudo que você faz é tão lindo !

[@ericscott2173]

Have you found any controllers that will allow you to conect with bluetooth so you can get rolling lighting effects (using an android app) like you can with some of the Philips Hue colored RGB lights?

[@fitchyfpv225]

With the one with 3 panels you should mix up the colors so switch red to green when wiring cuz either way it's still a negative :) Nice vid!

[@music42380]

With the first lamp, did you connecy the two boards together so they were powered/synced together? I'd so, how did you hide the cable

[@JoeHobot]

Just a suggestion: you can also get usb kinds and then connect to powerbank. No wall wires :) Bit more work long term but for 10hrs of light a day its nice

[@nujanami8646]

I would like another diy led clock

[@burakgul5508]

RGB is absolutely life

[@fxnx38]

Awesome! What kind of paint did you use?

[@Nerdforge]

Mahogny stain

[@MarinStipkovic]

Thanks for the video. One question though: must I tin the strip connection points before soldering the wires onto them?

[@Nerdforge]

I always do that because it makes everything a lot easier and quicker, so I'd definitely recommend it :) - Martina

[@Raven-FPV]

I like the idea. try to Flame the Wood instead of Painting it Brings out the Structure and a unique look ;)

[@a.r.n.o5296]

Cool

[@SkyWolfSkydive]

Wonderful video, I just moved into a very small dark apartment I am I’m going to teach myself to solder and do this! My question is if I need to run a long distance of the four wires to extend to different RGB strips can I do this with the same power adapter that comes with one strip?

[@jackies_world]

Depends on length and amount of LEDs on the strip. The power supply may need to go up to 5A vs 2A. Those have a more brick like appearance than a small power supply she's using here.

[@IrvingNolasco]

woah!

[@windooo64]

Please do a wireless RGB lamp or light

[@SirDella]

What did you apply to the wood?

[@TrailersYT]

Where do you power them from?

[@nonameforyou2238]

7:02 VERY NICE CESAR-CHAN

[@QuranRecitations360]

Wow

[@BrandonsBees]

RGB IS LYFE

[@AliYassinToma]

Brandon's Bees life*

[@novathorn5482]

These lamps are so pretty.

[@renecastillo6805]

I love Norway

[@michanijenhof1309]

Don't know if someone will see this comment anymore but what is the yellow material at 7:36 called? The material she uses for protecting the solder.

[@tsaeed4245]

heat shrink tubing

[@831nightmare]

I want to go to Norway! I like Black Metal

[@markieguzman5383]

Where did you get your nerd Hoodie? its awesome!

[@Nerdforge]

Hey, thanks! I designed it and had it specially made for me and Hansi :)

[@Impetuss]

​@@Nerdforge Hansi and Martina? Dont tell me you say your names are that, when its actually Hans and Martine, to make it sound better in English?? Because Hansi and Martina are really uncommon Norwegian names

[@thexsalim]

what is the name of song in 4:05 please

[@AnthonyGoodley]

Your cat is beautiful. 😁

[@harika173]

Can you make steampunk light switch ?

[@Fuzzywolf10]

Omg that cat is so fluffy lol 😳😳😳😁😁😁🐱🐱🐱

[@iankaart]

anyone know a way to make it without cord to a battery pack instead of a wall socket?

[@randomperson-zs5wb]

As soon as I heard your accent, I knew you were Norwegian because I have several Norwegian friends.

[@adrianruelas1812]

cool

[@sameeryadav8857]

Where will you add egg controller and hide it?

[@boatshoes7131]

In the dark lol.

[@christopherworley5944]

i want to do this but make the panels accoustic panels.

[@_Mackan]

Should've thrown some acryllic into the sides of the 2x2 lamps

[@matybg4526]

ONLY 114k subs !!! +1sub nice video

[@knightstalker7108]

The wood isn't cheap anymore lol. Nice lamps.

[@matthewkesterson]

pre-drill nail/screw holes on thin materials...

[@francislambert5189]

Problems with the glue...hahaha..cool..! Peace :)

[@xragexxx]

Nice router from biltema

[@mjd2480]

Can ye do a Harry Potter diy? ❤️

[@Sttreg]

Actually, the darkest day was the 21st of december. Now it will only get brighter

[@Nerdforge]

That's true! I shot this some weeks ago

[@preyanshyadav916]

Love your videos. Waiting everyday for new videos. Pls try to make more projects.

[@lenze4084]

Love this vid! Aslo kittyyyy

[@rafiqkatana]

LED Forge!

[@deshawnagoode3266]

Where is the plug?

[@TheNorMan121]

hei har dere noen planer om å lage noen filmer på norsk :) digger kanalen deres å har sett alt dere har laget :D

[@Rachyta27]

I wonder if your RGB meet SimplyNailLogical Holos 😂

[@markhensens5989]

Please do a ps3 paint job video, just like you did with the xbox controller

[@heidimariel8933]

skulle ønske vi var bestevenner, så kunne jeg ønsket meg sånn til bursdag av deg, hehe. #liked

[@BrandonsBees]

I find the regional differences of woodworking terms very interesting. You call them 2 by 1's and we call the 1 by 2's in The States. Do you use the metric system in Norway? If so, what are they called in the metric system? Just curious.

[@Nerdforge]

Yes, we use the metric system in Norway, but strangely we still use the terms 2 by 2 etc. when talking about wood dimensions like this. I mean, when you buy it at the store usually the metric dimensions is what's written on the label, but we always use 2 by 1 etc. in our everyday language. No idea why that is, though.

[@azzag4704]

“I will make it cheap as possible” 5secs later *pulls out a £125 saw*

[@JimCarver]

Sounds like you are a cheap tool.

[@faitaza5354]

Is the led stripe adressable ?

[@NathanSalapat]

LED strips like this are not, all colors on the strip will be the same color. The addressable version will have three wires, power, ground, and data. If there are four wires, power, R G B the entire strip will always light the same color, or very close anyway, the LEDs will probably have some small degree of variance due to the low tolerances kept in manufacturing.

[@faitaza5354]

thank you very much!!!!!

[@WinchesterxNL]

Where are you guys? We miss you

[@Nerdforge]

We're working on some new projects, coming back soon!

[@Guash_]

задумка хорошая, но как то не аккуратно, провода желательно заранее завести что бы не видно было кабель канал(

[@zoebrugg7594]

How did you afford to do this for a livening?

[@ihechiegbuzie2113]

your the coolest girl on youtube

[@AboveAverageBob]

Where did natural nerd go? Anyone know?

[@Nerdforge]

We're still alive! Just taking a little break while adjusting to new jobs, etc. :)

[@AboveAverageBob]

Natural Nerd good to hear, love your channel.

[@mossdemo08]

That accent is incredible

[@InTheLifeOfAnArtist]

Lamps? The look like blocks

[@umersheikh8833]

Can you make one for me ? Love 💗 from pakistan

[@silkslow5032]

Please finish the secret door

[@Nerdforge]

It is finished a long time ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGfSiYqIfLZ3oKs

[@gabrielisrael2185]

Só eu de br q assiste esses videos sem intender quase nada ;-;

[@schizojr6071]

RGB DIY under 10$ with 400$ tools!!!

[@aylinhernandez6804]

it's under $10 if you have the equipment she used to make it.

[@marquart9449]

You are using a "gas filter", isnt helping much with dust