Neil Patrick Harris Lasers with Glowforge!

While out with Neil Patrick Harris, he asked for some help with his new ‪@Glowforge‬
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[@Kevinjimtheone]

The DIY world needed this dynamic duo. I hope we get more of this.

[@UncleJessy]

What a great duo! So fun to watch these! Also, a glowforge ad before the video haha KZbin doing its thing

[@sporluck]

The High Five brothers. Dad Jokes for days. Now, with lasers.

[@3DJapan]

Ah is been a long time since I saw ads on KZbin. I'd be very sad if I had to go back to that.

[@3DMusketeers]

got that glowforge ad too! Algorithms be damned! lol

[@marcoreviews]

If you guys can't make 3D printing cool than I don't know who else could! I tried and failed! Great job!!! Long time fan here! Joel keep knocking them out of the park!

[@marcoreviews]

Big fan of your channel too Uncle Jessy!!

[@S_Roach]

Laser etch a "celtic" pattern into the border of a window, but the "celtic" pattern doesn't repeat and is actually a maze. Edit. Then put this window where the sun will catch it, and project your maze onto the floor or opposite wall.

[@toosas]

and it will focus the light on something and set it on fire on the hottest day of the year :D explain that to your insurance!..

[@S_Roach]

@@toosas It won't focus anything. It will selectively diffuse. To focus, you'd need a lens, and this wouldn't create one even by accident.

[@jamesrenforth]

maybe the end of the maze points to another puzzle?

[@Rebelliousjoker]

Laser etching the backside of a mirror would be pretty neat.

[@Youbite]

SVG = Super Very Good need more of this colab!

[@3DPrintingNerd]

I am *SO* making this a shirt.

[@Youbite]

@@3DPrintingNerd LOL ;D

[@torravengael4490]

This video pressed so many happy buttons in my brain.

[@UnjustifiedRecs]

Neil needs his own channel, I've seen him on other peoples Channels and he's always great (he was on a 'bourbon moth' woodworking video)

[@b3owu1f]

Couldn't agree more.

[@vinnycordeiro]

I must warn about materials that you should NOT put to the laser: vinyl and PVC. They release hydrogen chloride gas which, combined with the air humidity, generates hydrochloric acid, and that's not good both for the machine and the operators.

[@morrielewin1554]

Great collaboration. Seeing Neil in his home environment as relaxed as he can be with all the energy he contains is a treat. I enjoy seeing Joel going "on-site" to different places/people, really missed that during the pandemic shutdowns. I look forward to seeing the results of Neil's experiments!

[@coregeek]

Loving these collabs!!!

[@Daddio66]

Don't forget to tell Neil that gorilla duct tape lifted off the tape, wood and plexiglass protection film/cover easier than picking out or scraping out all the bits after the cuts & engravings.

[@jim2386]

Missed opportunity to have Dr. Horrible with all the lasers

[@DwenDooley]

I was hoping doogie would make Joel not need glasses. :-D

[@shawnolson8222]

Engraving Stone is a very cool look, You will find every time you are out for a walk things like rocks and wood sticks will catch your eye..

[@Quad_Father]

Love these Neil Patrick Harris shows…. Keep up the great work!

[@TanksWorkshopMinis]

You guys need to do more vids together. Period. Full stop. I'd watch them all. I love Neil, and I love people making stuff. DO MOAR! ...plz?

[@siddiaz1623]

I love the collaboration... I want to see both suiting up

[@JohnAldred]

The guy who used to work for Adobe can't remember what SVG is. Love it. 😂

[@3DPrintingNerd]

DUDE I KNOW. hahahahahah.

[@DisizitStudios]

I recommend a paper transfer tape that you would use for vinyl transfer instead of blue painter's tape. It's thinner and easier to remove. Sometimes, depending on settings, blue painter's tape melts into the engraving and doesn't come out.

[@prashanthan4]

Great video, I look forward to more from you two! Fun materials to engrave include: Cork, Acrylic, Glass, Card, any material with coloured layers so you can remove parts of one colour by engraving it away. Fun but stinky things: Leather, Foam, Felt, Neoprene, Bacon! Personally I never use the tape as it's a pain to get off and inconsistencies in the tape means the laser power that gets to your material may differ. If I use wood, I lightly sand the surface to remove any residue and there won't be residue from engraving metals. Plastics may need a different kind of cleaner if you don't want to scratch them up by sanding. Happy laser cutting and engraving!

[@Par_and_syv_lovers56]

Grew up on hilarious Neil Patrick movies as a teen. I also love diy and making so this is nuts to see him on yt.

[@makedaevilmage]

the vidswith you two together are such a joy to watch

[@hitechhooligan]

Excellent video. I absolutely love the collaboration!

[@Chad.The.Flornadian]

Always fun hangin' out with NPH. Such high energy!

[@legomovies99]

At the makerspace where I work we always like showing how certain cut patterns can make wood flexible. I bet you and NPH could have some fun with that. Other than that, engraving gradients and images is also really cool :D Great video, I love it!

[@nzlemming]

"Living hinges" look very cool on boxes.

[@PathosBedlam]

Such a great collab. You two work well together. After all the help you've given, I think it's only fair if Neil gets you a small part in one of his up-coming movies. You would do great as a quirky inventor type character. I'm sure all your subscribers would get a real blast out of seeing you on the big screen.

[@buildersmark]

Safety first? Eye protection while looking at pew pew light. 1) Try doing a custom engraved/cut card with message and image. 2) Show how how the laser can cut materials to create a 3D box with finger or dovetail joints. 3) Deep engrave one wood material, clean burn out, cut inlay from another material and install and finish.

[@jefish]

The top glass is IR-opaque. The light you see is the flame of burning material. Not harmful.

[@iamt00t]

the edits were fantastic, now I want one!!

[@ropeany1]

There are a lot of things you can do with one of these. One thing that is fun is to engrave a design onto a piece of cast ( not extruded) acrylic and then 3D print a box to mount it in on one edge. Inside the box put a strip of LEDs so they shine up through the edge of the acrylic and it will only show where the etching has taken place. Makes it so your design is floating in the middle of the piece of acrylic. For added fun get a set of color changing LEDs and have it slowly go through the colors as it sits on the shelf.

[@markomacdonald6420]

I think I remember reading somewhere that you could use a laser to engrave rubber and make a stamp, would love to see you 2 give it a try!

[@nzlemming]

I think that would smell really bad (and possibly be poisonous). I'd engrave wood or glass at the deepest setting, then use that as a mold for silicone to make the stamp. That way, you could make plenty of stamps with only one laser session. That said, engraving isn't very deep so it might be better to use NPH's 3D printer to make the negative mold for pouring silicone into.

[@edsunder]

Custom etch the connect four pieces behind you.

[@Repkord]

Just so unbelievably rad to watch you two make awesome stuff together! Cant wait to see whats next!

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Thanks so much!

[@josephsanti6219]

If you export the silhouette of your family, like people do when making custom photo pumpkins, you can etch faces into things. Also play with the interlocking boxes you can make. Your organizational life will thank you.

[@Kougrafighter]

You two are great combo. Hope we get to see more of you two together!

[@jasonwhisenant3162]

Awesome video !! Love to see more with Neil and the other things he’s about to make with this !! Great job !!🤚

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Thank you! Hopefully this isn't the last time we get to collab.

[@woogaloo]

I still love this as a collab or whatever you want to call it. Y'all are great together - you both have very similar energy you share. The mason jar lid was a neat idea. I have been wanting to pull the trigger on a glowforge for quite awhile...

[@artistrobfuller]

I love my Glowforge especially now you can get them in the UK! Sharing this to my Glowforge UK Facebook group! Loved you in Starship Troopers NPH!

[@brine1986]

This is so much fun to watch new people explore the wonder of the technology! I hope to see more Joel the prophet of 3D printing :)

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Aww thank you! I really love being able to bring more people into cool tech things.

[@patrickvdh]

Really enjoy seeing Joel and NPH.

[@Dexipixle]

Should totally etch a onto silverware for your own custom house logo. Lol, Sir Neil Harris

[@SwervingLemon]

I used my laser cutter to make custom scrollwork and embellishments for my MIL's grandfather clock. Given those baroque picture frames you printed, I thought you might like the laser's ability to engrave very intricate embellishments.

[@LisaHarsh]

Neil should design parts for magic tricks with it or make a large playing card for the reveal of a force type card trick.

[@AnalogX64]

We need more from these Dynamic Duos :) great colabs. :)

[@Bbeaucha88]

I would love if NPH had a KZbin channel where he showed himself learning all these new toys and his journey as a maker!

[@bobbylittle6996]

Mirrors are cool to do. Had a friend in the mid 80's that chemical etched mirrors, then would put colored film on the back of the mirror surface. He would light the back of the mirror. You can use runes and Keltic patterns to make magical mirrors. You can use different colors for different runes ect. (Added) You can chemical etch the glass after cleaning the laser passed glass. This will rough up the surface of the glass, it will diffuse the light better and give the pattern a glowing look to it. Use a test piece of mirror to check and see if the etching chemical will remove or blur the mirror backing edges. Have fun with your new toy!

[@3DPrintingNerd]

I really, REALLY like this idea.

[@huibvanderveur3015]

Why is this so wholesome??

[@WrenchingWarrior]

Chess boards, custom game boards, coasters, maps, label for jar lids was great, cut out of a large moon with engravings of the craters, solar system, puzzles, and those buildable plane models, etc.

[@JonS]

Laser engraving 3D printed parts would be fun. I was very happy to wake up and find this video.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

I'm very happy you found it! I like this idea - in fact - I have some purge blocks that I had an idea with. Going to flood them / cover them in resin. Then, slice into thin shapes, that then get connected together for something. I know Joe at Breaks n Makes did something like this, but without the lasering. I need to laser these :)

[@JonS]

@@3DPrintingNerd there isn't a single thing that can't be improved with lasers! I'm always joking with my team that everything can be improved with lasers and magnets. We do use lasers in some places for our product manufacturing. While developing our latest product we were struggling with something and ended up solving it with some laser processing. That made me doubly happy. Problem solved, and lasers!

[@soothingrelaxingmeditation3129]

tumbers look great too, his logo might go great on a black coated stainless tumbler.

[@Jedduh]

I had a bunch of fun making a haunted mansion sign on my Glowforge this Halloween. “Welcome Foolish Mortals to Funhouse Farm(s?)”. Would be a good future project.

[@kirknelson156]

I've seen people do some awesome stuff with ceramic tiles, depending on what you want you can paint them and do a reverse image that burns off the paint leaving the white underneath, one guy used 2 layers of paint, and was able to burn off just the top layer which was black, and then more power to burn off the second layer which was a green, leaving it with a very cool tri-color image. that unit might be powerful enough to actually etch a white tile on its own.

[@sinformant]

You can Laser etch a pane of glass with a family portrait. Put it in a shadow box and light it from behind.

[@Geeksmithing]

Joel, thank you for never referring to it as a laser printer. 👍

[@gravetotkd]

great show.

[@fooman2108]

And old trick I learned when I was a kid (Navy brat so learned to move/clean up from moves) is to get firm (not rock hard) to use an art gum eraser and it will take the stickum off and since it is a GUM eraser (no abrasive) it will not harm wood finish (if you do NOT go crazy with the pressure).

[@3DPrintingNerd]

This is a fantastic trip! I'll have to look for that.

[@axsdeny]

I would watch this show every day. More NPH!

[@ravendarkcloud]

Etch a family photo on plexyglass (cast acrylic sheet not rolled) and put it on A lighted base. This will make the etching glow. The reason for using cast sheet is to prevent cracking or shattering during the etch and cut phase, rolled sheet has stresses locked into the crystalline structure of the polymer that can release during cuts/etching.

[@UncleRons_3D_Pub]

I have the Ortur LaserMaster. Seeing the ease of use of the Glowforge may have me looking to add one to the list of toys residing at home

[@RFlintstone]

(For Neil Patrick Harris) Alright, here is my suggestion to laser cut. Laser cut the whole stage and all characters from your 2013 Tony Awards opening and then reenact the whole performace with all your new miniatures :P. To this day I just absolutely love that opening!

[@3DMusketeers]

Lasers are so much fun! Got that glowforge ad pre video too ha ha! The glow forge is really a decent machine, I wish they made something larger though! Here's to hoping for the future!

[@b3owu1f]

OMTech has larger and more powerful lasers.. for less. Take a look at what they offer.

[@3DMusketeers]

@@b3owu1f Definitely aware of OMTech :) Reached out to do a video with them, but never heard back!

[@hurricaneidaclips7928]

Awesome bros!!!

[@charkanami2256]

My supervisor got a Glowforge for our shop and one of the things he tried was to make custom shot glasses. Even though glass isn't an "approved" material. It still kinda works.

[@demonoftheweb]

reall cool and thanks for peaking my interest. I would suggest making a dice tower that's push fit that's styled to look like a fortress tower.

[@edwinirizarry9277]

I want a gloforge so bad! Lol love these episodes with Neil!

[@tiffanysandmeier4753]

Me too, but I can't justify the expense for the occasional project.

[@S_Roach]

@@tiffanysandmeier4753 You can get a CNC router or FDM printer, and get a laser add-on for it. You'll need glasses, as you won't have an enclosure, but it'll be a lot cheaper.

[@tiffanysandmeier4753]

@@S_Roach I don't trust those. Most are only powerful enough to engrave, and they really need an enclosure and exhaust system.

[@EvilSpyBoy]

The thing I did recently was I laser a path around some lettering on acrylic that was enough to score the protective paper/plastic and then I peeled that off. Then I airbrushed the lettering that I had removed because the rest of the surface was effectively masked off. I gave it primer, paint and a protective acrylic coat then removed the rest of the protective cover. I was able to get super fine detail that I would not have been able to with something like vinyl lettering

[@user-xm1ts5dt9v]

What a nice intro!!!

[@DJRockinRob]

You know..... I would love to see NPH laser etch a large version of the NPH Playing cards I got from Theory 11! That was a really beautiful deck of cards. I enjoyed the "Magic" included but unfortunetly for me, I was a few years late to the party and missed out on the "Prize". It was still a fun journey tho!! Thank you NPH!! So, imo... A GIANT NPH Playing card on a full sheet of Cherry would look amazing!

[@holemajora598]

Hi Neal you’re the dude! I’ve been a fan you’ve been the Doogie! You could cut tags for your products at the farm that double as souvenirs. You could change them from year to year or season to season or go really crazy… month to month. 😉love ya bud

[@GMen_3D]

I love these colabs! You might not need the tape with the can lids. I think the residue (if there is any with metal) could be cleaned off the metal easier than that tape was. Also, hoping for Box Two!

[@3DPrintingNerd]

BOX TWO! I sure hope so. Also, it's worth at least giving it a try yeah?

[@yogician]

I want to hang out with Neil!! Great video my favorite nerd.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

He is so chill in person. Just a fun human.

[@yogician]

@@3DPrintingNerd Did he show you any magic? You guys should come up with a printable magic trick

[@johnnypisciotto1506]

more NPH!!! Would love a video of odd things in the glow forge.

[@SchnoogansMcDuff]

I love NPH. You guys make a really great team.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Thank you! I hope this isn't the last time we geek out over lasers.

[@screwf4ce1]

You can cut / etch plexi glass and then edge light it. You can even do multi layer plexi and light them with different colors.

[@Davideturner]

Love it!

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Awww bro, thank you!

[@lacrimosavienna7713]

im working right now on my glowforge and saw this video on my startpage

[@3DPrintingNerd]

NO WAY. ha!

[@kylebrake1806]

I love your videos!

[@3DJapan]

I could never afford a Glowforge but the one thing that I really like about it is the camera, too line up your material, like that jar lid, perfectly. With my lasers there's a little guessing involved and it's not always exactly where I want it.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

The camera COULD be a bit more precise, and I'm not sure if it needs more megapixels, or if the routine to unbend the wide angle image needs a little tweaking. That said, it's VERY GOOD, but there is always room for improvement.

[@ToddChevrier]

Hey Joel! Hey Neil! Awesome collaboration! There are so many things you can use. There are some that can be a danger like a few have commented like PVC, vinyl, etc...Maybe come up with the most requested list on the video, twitter or instagram. The real question is how would you benefit with the Glowforge by making your own creations for whatever projects you haves coming up.

[@JohannesLauesen]

If you take a piece of rusty iron, you can etch the rust away.... looks pretty cool if you etch text or so in the rust.

[@facelessce]

We need more with NPH!!

[@fracturedfun2347]

etch a family portrait onto acrylic and light it up

[@NicMediaDesign]

It is still unreal to me, that 3DPN does now do videos with Neil.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

You and me both.

[@CoZmicShReddeR]

You could Etch the glass side panel on a computer or even the metal panels... You could make some amazing drink coasters with metal or cork or both. I'd love to own one of those. It's not to overly expensive at 5k.

[@DwenDooley]

I've met Joel, and NPH was in a movie with Kevin Bacon, so my Kevin Bacon number is now 2. Totally how that works, right?

[@dirmech]

Cool! I do like lasers

[@MegaYagiyagi]

Etched/engraved Cutting Boards as Christmas or Birthday gifts

[@powcar91]

Now we need Joel and Neal playing laser tag.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

OMG YES.

[@randbasic]

You’re turning violet! Violet!! Great video!

[@LaVictoria6751]

Fun guys, fun video

[@xSP3CTREx]

Yesss!

[@JohannesLauesen]

You can actually etch glass pretty nicely... it takes a bit of tuning to get the settings right.

[@mmofeaver]

handles of cutlery would be amusing to customize with the Glowforge.. permanent finger prints, or texture and patterns.. or ,of course, branding.. depending on your intentions..

[@EpicAwesomeWin87]

Images on the connect 4 pieces behind you. First that builds the complete picture wins an ice cream.

[@Skydive4ever]

Love love love the Neil PH vids :-)

[@JanithaKarunaratne]

Tortillas, do that next, they cut and etch great!

[@soothingrelaxingmeditation3129]

i like to etch dog pics into acrylic, also glass looks cool too.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Oooh, that sounds cool!

[@bluedeath996]

Make some cool signs to go with the cool signs behind you and put lights in them.

[@screwf4ce1]

Also you can make leather templates and cut leather for making wallets and keychains ect...

[@klinenator]

You can make your own connect 4 like the one in the background

[@terryd2023]

NPH should now try 3D printing MrBaddeley Printed Droids (Star Wars Astromechs and mini droids) for his kiddos! They make real fun projects for kids (and adults) to learn electronics, programming, modeling, and more....

[@didtoknan8128]

He neiled it !