Making a Japanese cityscape backlit mirror door with xTool P2

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[@UJoyce]

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

[@LalehanLale]

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

[@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

[@hsimpson6581]

Absolutely the best KZbinr ever!❤

[@KenLongBurgheim]

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

[@d.d.5633]

You’re an artist, man. Such patience.

[@stanmoderate4460]

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

[@mattevans7884]

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

[@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" ... 😄 ...

[@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.

[@29lookingood]

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

[@videostarish]

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

[@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.

[@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…

[@billdoodson4232]

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

[@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!

[@Weissman111]

12 out of 10 - absolutely fantastic.

[@boglebogle5576]

Yet Again ..........WOW !!!

[@joesanders6069]

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

[@venenareligioest410]

You my Yorkshire friend, have the patience of a saint 😇

[@rockyrivermushrooms529]

your cnc table series is one of my favorites.

[@davidbean6383]

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

[@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 !

[@ronfinch5532]

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

[@jeffeyman5535]

It’s good to see you again

[@bradleytuckwell4881]

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

[@richards7909]

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

[@Amarand]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@jamespppyacek342]

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

[@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)... :)

[@charliebadger]

Utterly superb :)

[@troystaten5633]

Very cool, thanks for showing us

[@vonHannersdorf]

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

[@DavidSmith-tu6jd]

Attention to detail 2nd. to none. Superb.

[@todde278]

You make the most amazing things!

[@geraldfitzgibbon7428]

Just simply fantastic

[@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

[@PeterCut62]

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

[@phooesnax]

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

[@d.beaumont9157]

That looks superb !!!!!

[@chriswild2458]

Blood and sand such a clever guy

[@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!!! :)

[@billstevens3796]

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

[@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.

[@Wmu5]

Looks excellent to me!

[@andygrime]

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

[@eaw68]

Beautiful CLEAN work!

[@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.

[@patrickschutte]

you are the greatest of all time

[@MrCytree]

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

[@richardpogue4959]

Great idea we’ll done!

[@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!

[@denzilthick6421]

Brilliant well done

[@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

[@georgeburns7344]

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

[@aam50]

Looks great. Superbly executed as usual.

[@allenzackery1639]

Idea ! See if power can be transmitted through hinge or two separate hinges ( low voltage) using vinyl spacers for positive and negative poles ... If wied right should not see any wires and constant supply to LED ! Magic" Anyway nice job and keep up the good work !

[@yeagerxp]

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

[@joroyle8108]

Beautiful job

[@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 👍

[@David40S]

Fabulous stuff, looks amazing.

[@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.

[@stevedonalson5675]

Excellent work!

[@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.

[@DavidLeeKersey]

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

[@Petertronic]

All the best effects are like that.

[@volkerkomnick]

You are an artist!

[@brianwood5220]

Brilliant job. thanks for sharing.

[@seanpopecoffey1340]

Looks awesome!

[@B.McAllister]

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

[@Nachesko]

Wow, beautiful

[@odjida213]

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

[@bbqlips]

Totally rad!!

[@ivanwill]

Simply impressive...!

[@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!!!??"

[@JWSJR]

Beautiful 😊

[@lauraweber9636]

Stunning

[@tjacksonwoodworker3726]

Beautiful

[@BeasleyStreet]

Looking forward to this🙂

[@TonyT-lo2sz]

One of a kind. Beautiful. To long between videos. LOL can't wait till the next one.

[@TwelvePaws]

Don't be too disheartened by the hotspots. I work with LED's in TV lighting - our custom arrays on the LED's all have lenses and then we use other materials to control the quality of light within the fixture, to ensure the business end gives a nice even wash on camera. It's somewhat of an artform I can assure you.

[@glenlongstreet7]

Thanks, I didn't know that could be done with LED's. Working on my kitchen undercabinet lighting.

[@martingoddard2171]

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

[@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.

[@pitsnipe5559]

Quite creative, nice work, as usual. 👍🏻

[@SverreMunthe]

It's a great looking door, but... Why didn't you have the cable go out the backside of the door and into the doorframe? That way, the cable could have been hidden. Even the transformer could have been hidden behind the wall and power taken directly from inside the power outlet. I'm crazy about hiding cables, though. 😂

[@ep1981]

I agree, the cable outlet is the only slight head-scratcher on this otherwise very impressive product. British building regulations are famously quite a bit stricter than most places with electricity in bathrooms - types of light switches allowed in the bathrooms (pull cord type), types of sockets (essentially none other than shavers), etc. Possibly it was done to avoid having to worry about any of that.

[@SverreMunthe]

@ep1981 I would believe 12V is OK. It is in Norway, and we invented strict. 😉

[@SverreMunthe]

@@unklian9221 Yeah, after a couple of meetings with some of my ancestors. 🤪

[@Saxonx500]

You never cease to impress and amaze me!

[@damogranheart5521]

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

[@jorgepasten5033]

From Chile. Awesome!

[@Nobe_Oddy]

Turning down the brightness will help A LOT! :) It turned out BEAUTIFUL!!!! I LOVE IT!!! Now you just have to make the closet doors that I see are missing lol - GREAT CHANCE FOR SOME VIDEOS!!! And you can make them MATCH THE BATHROOM DOOR!!! - It will look AWESOME!!!! ;)

[@johnsmith5726]

Ace project, Norm would be proud of you.

[@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.

[@leongrigson7390]

If you want more light defused. Try an old flat screen TV. Dismantle and take the different light defusers. And see what works for you.

[@dirkhoff1854]

Top idea 👍

[@Smudgie33]

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

[@theIMMUNICORN]

Might be late to the Comments section about this but for future projects & reference, you’d be shocked to know that basic printer paper lined on the back of the mirror would be THE solution to diffusing the LED light evenly. Maybe even something thinner like tissue paper but that’s admittedly unconfirmed speculation Plain white printer paper; This is what I do in my smaller LED displays for music toys & gadgets It’s cost effective, but you’d also be better getting a paper roll instead of individual sheets of printer paper (to avoid seeing tape marks shining thru) Everything else looks truly great Awesome videos & projects, my man. Really enjoyed watching this

[@tocador2247]

Your work is perfect as always. Respect.

[@claudej55]

BRAVISSIMO, Splendide.