Making a Japanese cityscape backlit mirror door with xTool P2

[@UJoyce]

First reaction when this popped up: this guy is always worth watching

[@mattevans7884]

Saw this come up and told the Missus to leave me alone for half an hour!! Beautiful work!!

[@stanmoderate4460]

Generally you are born with academic, technical or artistic skills. You on the other hand were blessed all three!

[@hsimpson6581]

Absolutely the best KZbinr ever!❤

[@jamespppyacek342]

This guy is Next Leven man. Far and away the most talented and skilled you-tuber around.

[@OdeInWessex]

Also try Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Restorations who restores Fine Art Paintings, identical perfectionist, painstaking approach. I think they'd get on...

[@frankmcgorman962]

Light years beyond the "old lump of MDF" ... and you very nearly killed me with "cleaning all the laser dust off the mirror with IPA" ... 😄 ...

[@Orocil2006]

My friend...even your WORK even your edit in the videos...is absolutely perfect...Your calmness is absolutely amazing... I want to see a restore of workshop with fresh paint walls and a nice clean floor...Keep up and thanks for yor videos

[@d.d.5633]

You’re an artist, man. Such patience.

[@29lookingood]

The 70s/80s references are bringing back memories 🤣🤣🤣. Great work as always Russ 👍🏾🇬🇧💙

[@stun9771]

Starts a job…more toys arrive just in time to do it…assemble new toys…adjust, calibrate, trial… ok let’s get on with it…just love watching your videos…they leave me in awe, and wishing I had saved up for a workshop half the size of yours, with at least one or two toys to play with…lol… keep up the fantastic work…

[@KenLongBurgheim]

I'm still in awe of the Wood Nibbler 300000001XL.

[@richards7909]

Lucky guy. Able to walk out the bedroom and straight into the workshop! ;D Living the dream…!

[@ronfinch5532]

Dude you are making the coolest house ever! Always waiting for the next video!

[@EricRoy85]

Years ago I used to engrave pictures into the back of mirrors with just a dremel and tiny engraving bit on it. It was a slow tedious process and extremely loud, but I made some really cool projects. This video brought back memories. Thanks for sharing.

[@waynemoate9401]

A couple of suggestions, if you don't want LED hot spots you could exchange them for COB LED strips. For the wiring you could use an intruder door loop. Or use each hinge for each power rail. For the ultimate LED control use addressable LEDs this way you can control the brightness and color and brightness of each LED, this way the water could be blue but the buildings white for example . Check out a project called WLED.

[@JohnnyMotel99]

Yes, I was going to post a similar comment about addressable LED's, making the building 'twinkle' in different hues. Still pretty awesome project!

[@__Timo__]

Would have commented similar as so-called "neon-LED"-strips would have more diffusion. Still Kudos for that effort!

[@__Timo__]

Would have commented similar as so-called "neon-LED"-strips would have more diffusion. Still Kudos for that effort!

[@cjay2]

Using each hinge for the LED power - excellent idea.

[@chucklenz9011]

All great ideas…but he has undo and redo. I concur great project. I didn’t know about individually programmable LED’s, now I have to look that up.

[@goodevins9408]

Amazing skills and creativity.

[@kris856]

This is what I love- a real artist at work- caring about how the doors looks and not worrying about the cloths just hanging around on a random stick LOL I love all your videos and superb work. You have inspired me to do some similar - however far less sophisticated - works. Keep up good work and all the best for Christmass and in the New Year !

[@vonHannersdorf]

Beautiful work. Your wife is lucky to have such a husband!👍🏻😂

[@billstevens3796]

We *needed* a reaction video of your wife seeing this for the first time!

[@MrIanspeed]

Maybe a single led strip around the edge, instead of facing out behind the mirror, facing across the door towards each other? No hot spots... Just a thought 🤔 The reflection, 3 stops less of light, that is the artist in you. Cool build. Keep up the good work 👍

[@padders1068]

Russ, amazing work, attention to detail and video. Great tip for de-fluffing the MDF, guess that's the opposite of being a Fluffer. Thanks for sharing, entertaining and educating!

[@davidbean6383]

Your skill set is staggering! Great videos. Many thanks.

[@opendstudio7141]

Nicely executed promotional and a creative application to showcase the machine’s capabilities. 👍

[@gib666]

Promotional, that's the word I was looking for, I think.

[@bradleytuckwell4881]

You never cease to amaze me with your skills and yes it does look way better than a lump of MDF

[@jeremypaulson4726]

You’re craftsmanship continually amazes me. I am surprised you chose mdf for the door

[@joesanders6069]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing so we can watch a master craftsman at play.😊

[@rockyrivermushrooms529]

your cnc table series is one of my favorites.

[@todde278]

You make the most amazing things!

[@DavidSmith-tu6jd]

Attention to detail 2nd. to none. Superb.

[@RaspberryWhy]

THE perfect start to a weekend. Thanks me ol' mucker...... BTW ASMR roller painting, it might be a new channel for you - really very satisfying!!! :)

[@geraldfitzgibbon7428]

Just simply fantastic

[@MrCytree]

Awesome work as always. Great video. It would be really cool to see your wife's reaction to your projects.

[@caz3949]

From watching some of your videos you obviously lean towards a modern slightly futuristic look, l don’t personally think it works for the age of your house but can’t deny the phenomenal craftsmanship of your work

[@andygrime]

Your battle with the door was magnificent ! Your skills are extra ordinary !!!🥷

[@g-daddy7669]

I’m loving your sense of humor. Wood Nibbler 30000001 XL… hahaha! I love seeing your sarcasm in the text of your videos.

[@yeagerxp]

LOL Your sense of humour "KNIGHT RIDER" 🤣🤣Excellent work 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦

[@LalehanLale]

I spent one day in Yorkshire and fell in love with this country, it was just like a fairy tale land to me...

[@forsakingfear3652]

I'm lucky enough to live right next door to York, the counties capital.

[@aam50]

Looks great. Superbly executed as usual.

[@troystaten5633]

Very cool, thanks for showing us

[@paulmanningremixes6408]

The hot spots don’t look as intrusive as all that, especially in the context of the image, they just look in keeping with the windows of the buildings. Another enjoyable video, thanks

[@billdoodson4232]

Before I even watched the video. A temporary door, and it has 4 hinges! I think I'm overdoing it with 3.

[@joroyle8108]

Beautiful job

[@PeterCut62]

Very nice ! Btw, if you don't want LED hot spots you could add a diffuser sheet, in between, from old LCD displays.

[@colinnicol9447]

As usual brilliant conception. I think your next project should be built in wardrobes.

[@idontthinkso666]

Ha ha ha, I was thinking the same thing. The wife must be saying "when are you going to finish the bedroom closet!!!??"

[@steveleatherby3700]

Just a thought but you could have used the diffuser sheets from a scrap led tv as that’s why the spots don’t appear on the tv. Fantastic job and channel

[@tima9790]

came here to mentioni this. DIY perks has a good example of this with his daylight led lights made from old tv screens.

[@twocvbloke]

The other reason for no spots with a rear-lit TV is the LEDs have lenses which fire the light out sideways directly onto the rear deflector which then illuminates the diffusers on the back of the LCD panel, I tried converting my uncle's old CCFL-backlit TV to LED, and even with the LCD's diffusion, it's "spotty", kind of usable, but looks rubbish for anything other than just using as a crap monitor or something...

[@FirepawBear]

Specifically the Fresnel lens diffuser. This lens attached to the mirror would make those hotspots disappear.

[@jeffeyman5535]

It’s good to see you again

[@pitsnipe5559]

Quite creative, nice work, as usual. 👍🏻

[@trackerdan1]

Great project and fun to watch it come together! And it almost seems like most of the LED hot spots landed on locations on the image where real building lighting might be expected - along roof lines, etc. Brilliant!

[@Saxonx500]

You never cease to impress and amaze me!

[@georgeburns7344]

FANTASTIC!!! That's a unique way to light up a door.

[@DavidLeeKersey]

I Love it. !00% pure art on the outside, 100% pure jank on the inside.

[@Petertronic]

All the best effects are like that.

[@greentelly280]

Everybody seems to focus on LEDs but the door by itself is just beautiful without all these lights. Probably I would have used panel LED (like the square ones for ceiling, some are multi colors as well) to avoid spots. But really... who cares about these spots ? It's just unique, elegant. Bravo.

[@damogranheart5521]

It is such a beautiful mirrored door! You are correct. A plain mdf door would have driven you nuts!

[@odjida213]

Mad respect …. Watched him build the CNC …..this guy is a freaking genius !

[@B.McAllister]

"Need more input." Loving the Short Circuit reference.

[@55ATA3]

As always the video and the project were done to a very high slandered, the door is the best I have ever seen. Thank you for making the video I enjoyed it very much.

[@liebertod]

I have been looking for part 1 on each of these xtool videos

[@tocador2247]

Your work is perfect as always. Respect.

[@martingoddard2171]

I just love your inventiveness and admire your ability to turn your hands to almost any sort of project. I'm so jealous!

[@d.beaumont9157]

That looks superb !!!!!

[@twocvbloke]

Nice work there, a tip for LED strips though is solder the positives at one end of the strips, and then the negatives at the other, this evens out any voltage drop issues that happen when everything is done at one point (where the far end LEDs are visibly duller than the ones nearest to the power input)... :)

[@ea6051]

there are electric transfer hinges out there that would tidy up the exposed wire and conceal it. fantastic work as always! well done!

[@Weissman111]

12 out of 10 - absolutely fantastic.

[@johnsmith5726]

Ace project, Norm would be proud of you.

[@phooesnax]

Nice work! Caution to viewers. Do not show this man’s work to your significant other!

[@David40S]

Fabulous stuff, looks amazing.

[@paulmcgrath552]

Wow! Doing rework at the point of installation rather than lugging it back to the shop. Just like a regular shlub like me would do.

[@smoothsilk47]

It looks fabulous, well done! How things have moved on in my lifetime. I used to machine engrave on silver or gold, occasionally the computer gremlin would creep in half way, and make it a nightmare to restore exactly to reset the engraving position. Glad it didn’t happen on your mirror!

[@kaunomedis7926]

Use hinges as low voltage connectors. No hanging cables.

[@waynespringer3320]

Absolutely amazing.

[@alexmacdonald4270]

Awesome one of a kind piece 💖

[@Amarand]

Your videos always remind me I need to work out more. (At all.)

[@Vickie-Bligh]

Wow, Russ. That's gorgeous. You are one majorly talented dude. Making your house, and your client's projects better one step at a time. Well done, sir. Champion.

[@videostarish]

Cool dude..! I'm a joiner from Aberdeen, Scotland, & you sir are the Chip Foose of woodworking etc...! 👍👍

[@bertmacdonald337]

Awesome job again Russ !

[@Wmu5]

Looks excellent to me!

[@jamesjacoby]

What a lovely project. Might try the stacked sheets of diffusers and fresnel lenses from a salvaged TV to eliminate hot spots if it’s still eating at you.

[@michaelm9871]

Maybe try replacing the led strips with "COB" Leds. COB means Chip on board, but the LEDs effectively look like one long light source instead of a bunch of individual dots. Space them closer together and you'd be in business.

[@stevedonalson5675]

Excellent work!

[@167curly]

That city-scape mirror door is brilliant. I like its changeable mood colours. Good memories of my Meccano set(s) during my preteen and early teen years. Windmills, planes etc etc. Next home-improvement project will be the bedroom closet?

[@seanpopecoffey1340]

Looks awesome!

[@derekhansen7508]

Another interesting and educational video. Lovely job.

[@denzilthick6421]

Brilliant well done

[@Kay-ng2uk]

I am impressed….. you are make excuses to buy the neatest toys!!! Genius

[@volkerkomnick]

You are an artist!

[@charliebadger]

Utterly superb :)

[@ko0ky]

awesome job, you make it look so easy, wish i had those skills!

[@mgdurandolo]

Wonderful! Try LED COB strips if you haven't...

[@loismaudson6322]

Another great piece of work,amazing

[@Nscale]

What a great work! It's always nice to see creative thoughts turn into real work.

[@Gargadeshi]

Great! You can also try backlighting from monitors. They have a LED strip on one side, and a diffuser makes the light uniform without dots.

[@richardpogue4959]

Great idea we’ll done!

[@brianwood5220]

Brilliant job. thanks for sharing.

[@bobbaggs6149]

Hi Yorkshire. Door was excellent but the issue of hot spots of the leds is best cured by salvaging frenel lens and obscure panels from scrap LED TV. The fresnel speads the light and the obscure softens it...thats why tvs have them. I've used them in several projects and the results are great.... Thought I'd mention it incase you have future projects using leds.

[@paulhume8083]

As usual, incredible.

[@MrVince8]

Wow. Amazing work!

[@patrickschutte]

you are the greatest of all time

[@TheDimentoGraven]

Man that looks great! I've done similar things, and it seems counter intuitive, but I've found that strips with more LEDs per inch plus the diffusers does really well at avoiding/hiding 'hot spots' on projects like this.

[@abesouth3805]

x_Tool made a wise decision picking the best 'woodworking' channel by an Australian country mile on YT to showcase their product. x-Tool just got a 'free' 30 minute advertisement for the donation of their product P2. I would hazard a guess that paying to have a commercial made and airing it for a total of 30 minutes would have cost them much more. Russ did them proud with a great project.

[@PaulNelson66]

Can you please link this? Many thanks 😊

[@Smudgie33]

Personally I preferred the mirror without the LED’s, just as an engraving. Great video to watch though, as always. ❤