I Make a Door to Infinity…ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE

Go to TryFum.com/ALISPAGNOLA and use code ALISPAGNOLA to get a discount off your order today.
I want to make a door to infinity sculpture. So I'm going to fit one-way glass, a giant mirror and LEDs into a door frame and mount it on my apartment wall, Outrageous DIY style. Can I solder the rope lights to turn on with a switch when the door opens? Will the sculpture agree with me and stay in the perfect spot on the wall to use my previously placed doorstop? Or will I waste 11 days on a fail?
Go subscribe to the INCREDIBLE Ian Charnas!
/ iancharnas
Come see me at Makers Central May 18-19 in Birmingham UK!
makerscentral.co.uk
Subscribe!→kzbin.info?s...
Like it?? Join my team to help me make more→ / alispagnola
FOLLOW ALI!!!
------------------
Subscribe!→kzbin.info?s...
▶ / alispagnola
▶ / alispagnola
▶ And Snapchat! (add alispagnola)
JOIN our community of Ali’s best pal-ys→ / alispagnola
edited by Claire Wiley
Hey best pal-y! I’m your musician, comedian, internet buddy. I’m dedicated to giving you music & comedy & fitness awesomeness every Thursday. Thanks for joining me on my adventures and being a part of this band of outrageous friends I’ve got :)
- Ali

[@alispagnola]

Who caught the hidden PANTS shoutout? Thanks to FUM for sponsoring this video! Go to TryFum.com/ALISPAGNOLA and use code ALISPAGNOLA to get a discount off your order today.

[@syllo9063]

How do you manage to do all this without constantly having breakdowns

[@niklaswejedal463]

Yes - it was perfectly framed! 😉

[@freddychef123]

I'm going to binge on this channel next weekend!

[@tracybowling1156]

Of course we did!

[@JokinIsCool]

2:53 I found it.

[@genericbeansmile756]

"Where's the bathroom?" "Second door on the right" The second door on the right:

[@mous3y490]

LOL-

[@CrippleX89]

Poor carpet

[@ChristinaFunk-gx7hn]

@@mous3y490Ikr

[@AaronALAI]

The variety of things you do with safety scissors is absolutely astounding.

[@channelofchannels862]

one is be safe

[@haleighthegymnast6934]

Fr😂

[@leeannaames3912]

One time, my friend and I cut off my other friends cast off with pool water so we could swim, and we did. Swam all night till we heard big foot and ran inside. True story.

[@channelofchannels862]

@@leeannaames3912you should have brought safety scissors

[@Thatpaperfurry]

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@fasfan]

Working with mirrors is a job I can really see myself doing.

[@alispagnola]

BAHAHAHAH

[@matatath]

I’m going to need you to sit quietly and reflect on what you just said.

[@charlottebeads]

@@matatath 🤣

[@BobCtabtree-pl6xq]

And how long have you been waiting to use that one? ararar

[@morganisapro5]

@@matatathLOL

[@JohnDlugosz]

Re fixing the baseboard when you move out: Or you can just leave the door. That will make showing the apartment more interesting, for sure.

[@younscrafter7372]

Oh, if only landlords operated on this kind of logic

[@TechGorilla1987]

@12:16 - As a former service technician who has worked on many a device - never assume that the wires mean what you think they do. It can get expensive quick.

[@AA-zv6yo]

Yeah. Colors mean nothing. Gotta multimeter them

[@JohnDlugosz]

@@AA-zv6yoYea, she bought things in the wrong order. Should be multimeter before soldering iron.

[@AA-zv6yo]

@@JohnDlugosz tough lesson to learn

[@bearb1asting]

Too bad she didn't have a multimeter. Would have been easy. Also, a bit of math could have helped. Dunno why she blurred out the relays. Betting they had the wrong ones.

[@bearb1asting]

​@JohnDlugosz that's a very uncommon last name. My uncle Louie was an artist with the same last name.

[@mattl1598]

for anyone else working with LEDs like those, the colours are usually: Black - shared + voltage (12 or 24), Red - the ground for the red leds, Green - the ground for the green leds, Blue - the ground for the blue leds. meaning you can switch all of them off by using a relay or one of those door switches on just the black wire

[@freddychef123]

Looks like you bought the door in the Milwork department at Home Depot. Next time you are trying a project like this, ask the Milwork associate for assistance. They could have explained a Passive door handle (1 side only), the R/O measurement for installing the door, why you should not remove the black plug that keeps the door frame secure, etc. These guys & girls are my go to on all projects because they are usually retired with a huge base knowledge on several departments.

[@Kajenx]

90% of Ali's process is doing everything the wrong way and then forcing it to work, tho. 14:30 - for reference.

[@error.418]

@@Kajenx Yes, but also she does talk to people for help, tho. 9:48 - for reference.

[@mattw5265]

Every landlord is triggered.

[@Cotton-candyx]

So true😂

[@tankosaurus]

14:32 I prefer the way Adam Savage said it "I reject your reality and substitute my own" haha

[@henxdl]

same

[@chenisejenkins1786]

can you put foam strips on the edge of your tufting frame so that you can move it or bump into it without injurying yourself?

[@RozzoIsSwaggo]

You are the smartest person ever

[@rebeccaschmidt8167]

Pool noodles! Cheap and easy…

[@lauraslyricallife]

There's child proofing foam on Amazon in long strips that you cut to size, that would work!

[@SariaMarie]

Well, if Spags’ next video is late we know what happened….Infinity Door Hypnosis

[@flymypg]

That's so aDOORable!

[@Ladybugarianna]

Adoorable

[@Playwell.Studio]

@@Ladybugarianna she was making a pun

[@KSalmon331]

Man, you are a comedic GENIUS!

[@YukiIzcool]

Hey Ali! I just came to say. You don’t need to post every week and please! Don’t overwork yourself! Take a break if needed! ❤

[@2peoples785]

Are you Glumbo

[@YukiIzcool]

@@2peoples785 who is gumbo? 😐

[@Desmond.TuTu.]

You 😂

[@YukiIzcool]

Oh wait I understand, no I am not glumbo, my pfp is just that my mistake!

[@2peoples785]

@@YukiIzcool Ah yes, my deepest condolences.

[@jonathanwessner3456]

Silly question, why didn't you put a board across the bottom? To give it stability?

[@TheNymphillon]

No Time ! 😂

[@Kajenx]

@@TheNymphillon She literally recorded the amount of time she would have saved doing that.

[@ajbp95]

Or just a back behind the mirror?

[@TheNymphillon]

@@Kajenx yes… why the « 😂 « in my comment. 👌

[@twiteablation8255]

‘I am on the verge of insanity’ Same, Ali, same.

[@shortnes79]

Oop-

[@CarolineLurks]

This outrageous art has an added bonus of Ali becoming an all-round electrician 😄

[@That-one-idi]

I WOOD love that door!

[@CalliopeKitten]

You can blame me for any inguries. It was me.

[@unicorndonut466]

Should have used safety scissors my friend. 😂

[@ghali-ahmedidrissi1379]

What about injuries ?

[@CalliopeKitten]

@@ghali-ahmedidrissi1379 I can’t spell 💀

[@ghali-ahmedidrissi1379]

@@CalliopeKitten no problems, they're on me

[@LilSt4r00]

@@ghali-ahmedidrissi1379what-

[@weepingwillow1993]

For the tack strips on your rug frame try using a pool noodle. You could probably even cut it into fourths (long ways) to not need as many to cover your jumbo frame. It only needs to be thick enough to cover the tacks plus a little cushion. That way no more accidental injuries just by walking by it. Hope this helps

[@AttractionSpot]

Instead of cutting the molding on the ground why didn't you just cut off some of the backs of the door frame to match the molding so that it it's flush around the molding that way you could have kept the molding intact especially if you're in an apartment and then the door would still be flush to the wall and the molding.

[@andyjabez9780]

Mirror needed to sit flat to the wall.

[@AttractionSpot]

@@andyjabez9780 oh I see.

[@GuilhermePalacio]

Ali Spagnola: bringing you blood (sweat and tears) in art since 1984! (And occasionally Braxton hairs)

[@rendtech]

Each color represents a different positive wire in the led lineup. The grounds of each of the relays can be linked together and then each one of the colored wires can be soldered to each relay and the ground linked to one side of the reed switch and the other end back through to the last relay. That way you only need 1 reed switch and 3 relays.

[@Lizlodude]

That saga with the lights is the epitome of electronics projects lol. "This will be easy!" *2 weeks later* I hate everything and have burned down a shed.

[@kennyeliasonvideos]

The success of the switches was the happiest moment I’ve ever seen on your videos. Ha. Well done!

[@nzlemming]

For the baseboard issue, a) you want a multi-tool and b) make the cut in the doorframe instead, so you'll keep your deposit when you're forced to leave.

[@Desmond.TuTu.]

😂😂😂 I was shouting at the screen, cut the door not the board 😂😂😂

[@chrismathews663]

That was such a Clark Griswold moment! Also, according to at least one Tested video, Adam says you should always test because you can't trust the polarity is correct out of the box!

[@1Marikat1]

I'm so glad your art exists in this world.

[@andyjabez9780]

IKR, we are living in a time where artists like our pally not only exist and can thrive, not just survive.

[@GuillaumeLT]

At 14:12, the happiness curve when trying to solve a problem is so weird. You start up happy to try a new thing, then become more and more frustrated because you think that you are incompetent. When it works, suddenly it just goes up from the lowest point of downness to the most enjoyable feeling of self-satisfaction

[@LiqdPT]

You could have tied the bottom part of the door frame together with a 1x6 and it would have kept it square, made life a whole lot easier, and wouldn't have been terribly visible.

[@stormRed]

The thought I keep having while watching your videos is "Boy I sure am glad I'm not the one doing this, and yet I'm so glad someone is doing it."

[@Why24244]

A little bit of input for future projects like this you can use a couple of dots of decorators caulk in various places to stop it sliding out of the rails/ track and if you use ratchet straps it would hold the frame together whilst you do the work. Hope it helps

[@raabiaahmed2143]

Allliii oh my goodness, the injuries, the electrical finagling, the sheer devotion, just wow!! End result was so great!!

[@MichaelBeloved456]

7:15 THAT GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK

[@hazzard_destroyer]

I love all of Ali’s crazy, outrageous, insanely creative ideas! I never knew I needed outrageous art in my life until I found this channel! I love watching the whole process because I’m a pants paly! ❤️

[@DangerPinsX]

I've spent an inordinate amount of time wanting to step in and help you gently move a door frame in place or laying one way mirror stuff.

[@kate1830]

Hopefully the property owner isn't watching this🫣

[@JessH1992]

She has said in previous videos that they don't watch her channel

[@Grumpy_Slimer]

This is actually so creative! Always love to see ur work❤

[@racheln2668]

0:34 "imagine being a door that.." yes, Ally. that's what everyone thinks about all the time. what it would be like if they were a door. 🤣

[@evanault2185]

Yassss girlie, we live for it.

[@highschooloutcastrecords1055]

So, heads up from someone who works in Electrical, recessed door switch. It's less than $20, a single piece, you do need to need to make the hole on hinge side but it's just an on off switch so you can wire your LEDs power leg after the switch and the converter power in before it to hide it outside of the doorway (possibly behind it) and don't need the door to look any more bulky than normal. Now also from my experience in home building, they make a 1way door handle. No modifications needed, it's used for small hall closets.

[@Martiganz_]

0:40 is the most relatable thing ever 😂

[@ko-fearless9841]

Such an underrated artist

[@blubistheword]

I think this has joined Steve in my all-time favourite outrageous projects ❤

[@GeekeryMade]

For the rug frame thingy with the tacks pointing out, pool noodles. Just press one on each side as a bumper. Or if you have any extra foam from the foam room

[@CptFUBAR]

So awesome to see you making use of your new space! I remember when you first decided to do that sign-off/hand clap and you STILL do it! Man things may have changed a bit, but you keep staying outrageous 😛

[@LC_PoTAto_47]

I just started watching and I already know this is going to be AWESOME!

[@Why24244]

I love how when you encounter a problem you don't just give up you find a way to overcome it, such a inspiration to many thanks ❤

[@PureGlide]

You'll be thrilled to learn for next time, the output voltage and polarity are always printed on the power supply, often in tiny gray writing no normal person can read

[@channelofchannels862]

SHE SOLVED HOW THE FRIDGE LIGHTS TURN OFF IVE WANTED TO KNOW EVER SINCE I WAS A KID

[@tianthee]

You never found the button? It's the same as car interior lights.

[@tianthee]

I just realised I'm showing my age with the car thing...

[@Myshortlifelol]

The face of regret when she let go of the door 7:16

[@lamiglass1]

I would love to chill with you Ali, I’m willing to bet there’s never a dull moment with you around

[@VintageAnything]

Art Tour????????? PLEASEE I see some very amazing art in youre place ❤

[@Cyber-Riot]

You can buy one-sided doorknobs. Also adding a threshold across the bottom of the frame could help it stay together.

[@madwilliamflint]

I love it so much. You have absolutely captured that madness of "wait what? WHY!?!"

[@chiproush7480]

have always enjoyed Ali's outrageous art making; and delighted to also get satisfying ASMR content *and* some first aid bits, too!

[@dancingsmiler]

I was going to comment some tips that would have helped with building this art piece, but who am I kidding? I'd accrue way more injuries than Ali did! Thanks for the aDOORable and slightly unHINGEd video!

[@clairejackson4650]

SLAYY ✨ I LOVE UR WORK ❤

[@douglasboyle6544]

This is actually a great way to put a full length mirror in a room.

[@esthercrouse]

You should put a warning sign in your room for the tacs

[@nzlemming]

Or, you know, get a pair of pliers and pull the little buggers out.

[@George_vv]

I wish there was actually be a bit of real light tunnel that you can enter into before the mirror at the end of it so it would absolutely break people's brains.

[@maciej21]

3:53 now that is one record breaking tool!

[@burndtketchup7818]

The final product was fantastic!

[@ConfusedBurger-fo6vq]

Ali, you are the light in an otherwise dim existence. Please never change, you beautiful soul.

[@BassManBobBassCovers]

Absolutely incredible! No easy task hooking up a relay when there is no indication of what the wires do. Then installing a door without the surrounding framing is a huge pain. But you battled through and it looks insane!!

[@Nickdeaugustine]

Ok, that turned out pretty goshdoorknobsome!

[@bcassidydesign]

I think you just need a couple more tools to truly unlock you. 😂

[@thesisters8908]

1:26 not me thinking she was gonna take a chunk out of the wall 😭

[@backfloss1]

for the rug frame you can use your leftover foam from the foam room to cover the exposed nails

[@Farathus]

That poor relay.. you let all the magic smoke out that makes it work! Outrageous!

[@lemmingyellow3888]

Your absolute joy when you finally got the switches working was AMAZING. thank you for sharing that with us.

[@imacgra1]

I you feel the second one is always more satisfying just because it’s changing the colour of a lot as opposed to a little 3:39

[@TurtleShellTactics]

you could have hot glued the plexiglass into the frame to keep it in place, or perhaps a spray adhesive. General rule of not wanting things to move is to make them not move. Clear packing tape may have also worked to keep the entire thing rigid until you moved the frame into the final location. Sweet door though. Cool idea I might put in my house.

[@yatlibsff]

mirror pics would go crazy on that door

[@angeblack10]

Idk what you did with the little light things but I’m so happy you got it!

[@LaniDreamer]

Feels like you need to make your place into an art gallery so people can come see all art!

[@ThePinkPhantom]

*That* was a journey...into infinity!

[@ASMREUPHORICSTIMULATION]

One of my top 3 favs that you have posted

[@deathventure]

hindsight is 20/20, but you could have just cut the trim on the door frame instead of the wall. You could do this by using some thin trim, spacing the mirror and creating a frame for it inside the door frame as well. This would help reinforce the mirrors into the frame preventing them from falling out, and save the damage on the wall.

[@stevenrappaport7573]

This was one of the most satisfying videos! Loved it.

[@micheleromaine7782]

Your shenanigans are so fun and I am here for it!!!🤪

[@GB-zk6fs]

can you show us the front of the mirror, that would give the full effect! i get if you may not want to show the camera on video but i feel that angle was missing

[@HyenaBellaDanceNSing]

i genuinely want this in my house. this and a door with that mural from the barbie rapunzel movie that she paints and it becomes a portal. thank you for you videos Ali, they bring light to my days and remind me that we can be many "contradictory" things. i miss arting.

[@bethaniepetitpas5699]

You need one of those screwdrivers that is secretely a bunch of screwdrivers in a myriad of shapes and sizes. Inexpensive and a handy tool.

[@TomCee53]

The led string has 4 wires - red, blue, green, and common. If you switched the common it turns off all colors. There are also RGBW which have 5 wires.

[@NeapolitanIceCream_Toki]

this is ARTRAGEOUS and i love it

[@michaelsheffield6852]

Love the problem solving. Great life metaphor

[@megduncan3562]

I really really enjoy that essentially Ali just made a stargate.

[@SergeyChernyshev]

I only wish you owned the place and installed it inside the house frame like a full-on real door because this project is AWESOME!

[@jakekryn-wy5qf]

"Just imagine being a door thinking you gonna do normal door things and then being bought by me!" -Ali

[@xlnyc77]

*"That is what fate has decided."* stealing that

[@mszargiki]

“Why should we cut this on the carpet?” - Ali says after a thousand cuts done on the carpet. That carpet is a hero! So is Ali.

[@Ash_pain_a]

The end is never the end, is never the end, is never the end, is never the end

[@CryptoChef99]

Great idea. Love that u show all the steps

[@dustinroberson1865]

The whole time that I watched you maneuver the door and have stuff fall out, I kept thinking to myself, one bar clamp across the bottom would alleviate all of these issues. It wouldn't have been as fun though lol Very cool project.

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

I built an infinity box as my project for my Science Techniques Laboratory class. STL was the name the Bronx High School of Science gave its shop class. Because this was 1984, there were no LED strips, so I used white Christmas tree lights. I don't have that infinity box anymore because my Dad gave it to someone while I was away at college. Thanks, Dad. The door to infinity is much cooler, but I have a question. Why didn't you place the camera directly in front of the door so we could get the full effect?

[@edvard-swift3645]

😭 you are willing to injure yourself to make sure we stay entertained Thank you and I love your bubbly chaotic energy it makes it that much fun 😊

[@sparo_art]

Ali it looks so so so cool!!! Congraturation !

[@cassandrapeterson5572]

She is amazing! Ali literally does put sweat blood and tears to entertain us 💗💗 thanks Ali

[@waynethorne8542]

I am attending makers central and I have to bring you a new tape measure, although I’m certain you’ll never use it over your trusty ceaseless tape measure………I applaud your creative use of tools, and how you manage to use them for everything except their intended purpose hahaha. Truly OUTRAGEOUS!!!