How to Build a Custom LED Slatted Wall - Studio Tour (Part 3)

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1:37 Choosing the Slats
2:48 Preparing the Slats
5:15 Using a Router for LED Strips and Cabling
8:08 Selecting LED Strips, Power, and Controllers
12:41 Wiring and Soldering the LED Strips
16:56 Power Injection
19:00 Troubleshooting and Testing
20:58 Hiding Cabling
22:39 Installing the Slats
24:04 Recap
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[@sethl8905]

The way you ran into issues and then showed us how you solved them was extremely refreshing and appreciated. You used every obstacle as an excuse to learn more and complete your project.

[@Whiteinrevery]

thanks so much

[@TheLambLive]

It's a soft A, hard T.. Slatted. The vertical beams are called slats (not slates).

[@cosmogang]

You said exactly what I was thinking.

[@thormincks]

Thank you

[@ChristopherTesta]

Exactly. If you’re going to make a video make sure you know how to pronounce the title

[@HowardPrice]

You’re exactly right. It is a pretty wall though.

[@fxgraphicslive]

Thank you for typing that much nicer than I would have

[@brianlam257]

wow, amazing project! It looks like just a few LED strips on wood slats but turns out to be incredibly complex and headache inducing. Kudos for your patience and determination to go through all the troubles. It looks beautiful

[@kevinmummert601]

Thank you for all the great info. One suggestion is using 3/4” mdf for the slats. They stay straight and sand and paint well. Great job

[@Necronomicon636]

This was so incredibly informative and fun to watch. I'll be doing a custom room of my own soon and this was a real treat to watch and learn from. Thank you so much!

[@Roboccobo]

So happy to see this!!! Thank you for posting this! I especially apreciate how detailed it is!

[@whoismatt]

Learning so much and getting so many ideas! Thanks for making this! :D

[@Whiteinrevery]

thanks my friend!

[@nltemin2398]

After learning on how to do DIY PC build.Needed some new project and this is what i'm looking forward too. I always thought i was not good in any thing while most people are good at one thing that stays true to them like playing musical instrument or sports even studies.after this videos i can say what I'm good in. learning new things from amazing persons such as you.Life seems more beautiful and learning should never stop.God bless you Bruh.. . Lots of Love from Arunachal Pradesh, India

[@imdbtruth]

WS2812B are okay, but WS2813/15 are much better for a permanent application, because that "4th pin" is an extra data line for breakpoint transmission. If one pixel fails on a WS2812B, then the whole rest of the strip will not work, but with WS2813/14/15 (or SK6822/9822) if one pixel fails then the rest of the strip still functions as normal. Plus they have numerous other benefits over the outdated WS2812B driver. But really for a project like this, you'll want to be able to produce a true white color, so I would really recommend an addressable RGBW or RGBCCT strip such as WS2814 or SK6822. Overall he did a great job and I'm jealous.

[@woodpecked3D]

You mean your envious

[@ASJerrell]

This video is pure quality and education. Thank you.

[@FrozenThai]

I recommend checking out black diffusers. They blend in with the black slatts, but also great when you have lighter slatts and have leds in between.

[@jackhagerman]

This is cool! I recommend SK6812 LEDs as they have a white channel so the white is much more balanced and brighter. Also would highly recommend WLED

[@mikeytrippz9453]

dude its truly amazing. cant imagine what that first breath felt like after it was finally all done.

[@kevin-haggerty]

A year later now after watching this the first time I’m finally building the wall love this dude and thank you for the led tips. The wood I’m ok with but the led, powered injection, etc is definitely what I need tips on

[@infinitexbox4life]

Yo this is more impressive than most woodworking videos or home DIY projects I’ve come across on KZbin. Just a look at your channel shows me this isn’t even your main skill, even more impressive. Filming and editing 10/10 because that’s what you do, the project is beautiful and outstanding-the details are filled with effort, overall this is easily one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on KZbin. Consider a damn career in internal design or something similar.

[@sabetion]

This was an excellent, informative, well-filmed video. Thank you!

[@lukewalker5111]

Imperial is so fustrating. Fantastic outcome!!

[@DeanxPatrick]

been checking your channel every week to see if you have a new video. Finally!!

[@aggressivli]

Holy shit, I dont know how I got here, but this tutorial has absolutely everything. Great work, definitely going so save this for a future project.

[@abchasin]

SICK!! Not much else to say. Been waiting for this follow up for some time. You NAILED it.

[@Whiteinrevery]

Glad it was worth the wait.

[@FamilyFunTime69]

I love the details of this video. Fantastic job!

[@CalvinBramlett]

I can only imagine all the frustrations along the way. It turned out amazing though. Great job!

[@KeranMcKenzie]

Wow 🤩 love the look and your attention to detail.

[@EddiTaru]

This is insane amount of work. Nuts.

[@stimey0000]

Looks incredible! The sanding paid off big time. For your flickering, best guess is you had a short on one of the backup data connections. I have soldered hundreds of LED strips together and use a magnify glass and bright light. Even then sometimes you can't see the one strand that bridges the data to ground or power. Those 4 pin strips are a MFer to work with. You deserve a medal for getting them to work.

[@Whiteinrevery]

Thanks for the tip. Yeah it took a lot of patience for sure.

[@AffyBoy]

thank you -- just at the stage of doing rebuild #3 for my studio -- so some great ideas -- THANK YOU

[@stillavenue]

Really great video! Thanks for being so thorough and informative. The Tips really help making sure every point you made was clear. Cheers!

[@tiltonR2]

Can’t believe this doesn’t have more views. Great project!

[@robertrickman3531]

Well done. Explained Very well... You just opened up a Completely NEW Project for me

[@ShinobiVuDU]

Best tutorial for this project on the Internet

[@Kiwi-ie1us]

This project inspired me to do my own slatted wall. Thanks for this great video

[@TomBetGeorge]

Love this! Will copy your wall concept if that's ok! By the way, you should have connected the red and black all the way. You don't connect the red (positive) when you're power injecting from a different power supply. Your flickering at the end was likely a ground issue.

[@jimcasso407]

Nice! Looks amazing. Great work!

[@MissionControlBand]

This is sick! I'm gonna make one of these and put some acoustic treatment behind it for my studio.

[@KaoticENT2263]

You might wanna consider using something like WLED and an ESP8266 chip. The amount of customization is AWESOME.

[@chuckkimble8633]

Wow- ridiculously incredible - nice work!!

[@MayhemPhone]

Finished product and the video production both look great! When selecting wire gauge, it’s not about how much power they will let through, it’s about how much the wire can handle at safe temperatures. Using a smaller gauge wire than needed can result in melting / starting a fire. Definitely research the amount of power you are sending, and for what distance when selecting wire for a project. No LED slatted wall is worth burning your house down.

[@MayhemPhone]

And as far as selecting those terminals, it again comes down to the gauge of wire. Those WAGO terminals (snap down) look to me to be for a bigger gauge wire. Thsts not the terminal’s fault. For those that are not very familiar with wiring, I recommend them over crimping. This is another major source of fire. Having a loose crimp can cause an arc, which heats up, melts and can start a fire. This low voltage stuff is less dangerous, but still can be a hazard. Moreover, these are good habits to form for when you are doing higher voltage wiring, like working on a home circuit. Those splicing connectors are notoriously untrustworthy. This is again where you use a WAGO that takes 3 wires. I don’t have specific knowledge on 8212b wiring, but I would suspect that they potentially were picking up noise, since they run parallel to the power wires. With enough noise, perhaps the chip thought that cable was being used and it was trying to switch to it. Total random guess. It was always a big no-no when installing car audio back in the day to run your power and audio cables next to each other. Granted, it was typically very high gauge power wire in comparison with these LEDs. Edit: I commented before finishing the video, and see you had the same thought 😂

[@MatthewEncina]

Really cool idea! Well done, and thanks for sharing!

[@ukastroimaging1016]

Incredible work.....being devoid of DIY skills, you lost me a bit half way through but if you ever want a holiday in the UK and want to build me one of these for my observatory then look me up!! 😁

[@saradaigle2607]

Man this looks fantastic. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@ShotgunKlaus]

These strips are much easier to solder when you sacrifice a LED per cut so you can use the whole solderpads instead of half ones. Anyway great work!

[@newbreaker0403]

This is a great result! Very nice!

[@Chris_P_Bacon]

Super great, in-depth video!

[@cconwayphotography]

I do love a slatted wall, especially when they're like real walnut ones. But you might want to update your title, as it's SLATTED, rather than SLATED. I thought the video was about adding slate tiles to your wall :D

[@takeonevideo9726]

Thank you for sharing. Very well done.

[@1vegasdood]

amazing and thanks for sharing all your details.

[@refsvik]

Wow. Found this just now, and am amazed by the amount of work and problem solving. End product looks killer. It´s been two years. What would you change (if any) looking back?

[@RestNPizza]

You should look into WLED as a controller. It's awesome!

[@EmmetLouisM3]

Awesome tutorial. Just what I was looking for in terms of details. Thanks a lot!

[@michaelduke4500]

That wall is a winner for me.

[@maartenkneiseler]

Absolutely brilliant video and tutorial. Result looks great. A bit too much effort for a non-experienced handyman like me but amazing to see what can be done. Especially, the wiring seems like a challenge 😄😄😄

[@xpontiac]

kudos to the well-put-together tutorial! I know that it took a lot more work than many could imagine, so I just wanted to point that out and show my appreciation! Plus, the outcome looks incredible!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

not sure which is bolder, that wall or that shirt. Great video dude!

[@DIWHYDOTLIFE]

Looks great, fun build. I need to up my background game. Cheers!

[@massivedeemon7972]

I've been a low voltage tech for many years now and I think you data problem is because you need to run a shielded wire for your data... Electrical interference is scrambling the signal. Shielding the data wire with a 18-2 Shielded wire from the other wires will fix it. Hope this helps.

[@g.mschoonheidfernandeslama1522]

might also be a issue in the different power supply`s i a work in security en when we injecting new power source in to a data bus we always connect the minus voltage line to eachother so it has the same level as it might otherwhise cause some problems , never do the plus voltage line offcoarse as that wil bring a lot of other problems if it doesnt damage it

[@patrickh9810]

Beautiful and amazing. I would do all the work before painting them.

[@randomfrankp]

Hey man! Would love to get you on my setup series Room Tour Project!

[@Whiteinrevery]

Feel free to reach out at [e-mail].

[@randomfrankp]

@@Whiteinrevery Just shot you an email!!

[@alaris1077]

yoooo frank

[@trimonmusic]

Excited for this episode!

[@IliadDreyfus-js9oe]

​@@randomfrankpgood job! No one cares, not even Buddha

[@andys8805]

Great video. Looking to do something similar with my room project. How did you hard the wires at the top of the LED strips?

[@christian84726]

the data connection needs a refresh after a certain length, all leads do this so that's why long strips work, there are signal refreshers available, u have them just cut some led from the stipes and use them every now than to refresh the signal, or use shielded network cable for the signal wire and false don't use 5V Cable and signal wire that is wired parallel, twist them and also add capacitors for shorting the noise on 5V

[@franciscomorales8586]

Looks amazing!!!

[@GurtejSingh1000]

looks amazing!

[@JohnnyBoyGee]

Give wled a try... I use them for all my LEDs now!

[@IXISSV]

Great looking wall, but its slatted, slate is a roof material here in the UK.

[@BrunoMartinsHertZ]

thank you for the explanation, a lot of good tips on how to do it. I will steal the idea to make in my house :)

[@phamaral249]

The walnut stain actually looked pretty good

[@josepheustaquio5544]

Legit project. Legit build.

[@stevecory1]

Great content! Thanks for taking the time to create this informative video.

[@Whiteinrevery]

Your welcome. Glad it was helpful.

[@davisexton8952]

Looks good and clean. Just curious what the lenses of the LEDs look like when the lights are turned on during the day? How visible are there where is the slats are black?

[@jaddofficial]

Wow! Amazing diy wall🔥 Note: you could split data if you want mirrored functionality of a length of leds

[@oterosocram25]

beautiful work

[@thatBrianKimGuy]

Amazing instructional video!

[@thomazmelo5827]

Wooowww Very Nice Man! Congrats!

[@thegoldenmaestro]

the amount effort maaaan well done

[@vynce1091]

I think adding another step and sealing the wood would be beneficial. The wood over time(although probably a long time) would take in moisture from the air and warp slowly.

[@MayhemPhone]

Agreed. Sanding the paint coat would look nice as well. Also, help keep dust from collecting, and make dusting them off easier

[@AhsanKhanVlogs]

wow just wow you explain ever single step bravo!!!

[@kchart47]

Very useful information!

[@aaronfish2691]

This is great thank you, this has been the inspiration for me to build my own wall. What did you put behind the slates? Is there felt or sound board or just painted drywall?

[@JavonDGreen]

I imagine the backup data cable was working as an active antenna causing you issues. Very thin unshielded cable picking up noise. Doesn’t take very much noise to create a signal especially if it’s being amplified by the controller.

[@BrandonDoyleMN]

Looks nice!! a friend of mine did something similar but the LEDs go all the way up/down the wall. I’ll have a tour on my channel tomorrow

[@naterobinson5141]

Nice work!

[@159CHAPPELL]

Where did you get the 2x2 squares on the left wall. They look really clean and would like to add them to my setup. Thanks!

[@BattOnly]

This is sick man!

[@pkalwak]

Great tutorial, nice place to play! What about that colorfull wall on the right side? Are these some panels?

[@Waterbottle365]

I've got a 25 foot wall I'd love to do this to, if you ever find yourself in PA :) Awesome video though, the wall looks great.

[@brandonmakridis1565]

If you're a little more advanced with electronics, I recommend getting something like an ESP32 modemcu and running WLED. $10 and you get the app and web-based control, plus the WLED software is just amazing, considering it is completely free and open.

[@RareComputers-iy5nv]

How did you prepare the wall behind the slats? Did you use it as a noise/echo control mechanism, too?

[@PhilippinesScam]

I think you would get around 30-31 slots if you just ripped an MDF 1/2 4x8 sheet. it might have been a lot less prep with just very light or no sanding. I think MDF would just be a lot more uniform and no warping. I might try this with MDF at my house in a close or something.

[@RAC7012]

Great Video!

[@TAGSProle]

With the power issue, i would run one adaptor and no injection. What the best option is to use a junction box, so rather than daisy chaining them with varying cable thickness you would run the power to a central position and have a led junction box where you have have upto 10 4 pin connections so your cables are of a simular lengths but mainly they receive equal power to each strip. Ive previously done this with a pure white setup (which is the most power intensive) but was rgbw strip for a customer. An for the data cable run that into a large wago box and back to the controller. Or run a larger power supply with 2 outlets from the center and daisy chain them outward from the central position

[@ShanesVlogs]

Very intuitive! Love this

[@Whiteinrevery]

Thanks Shane.

[@spazoq]

Wait, why not put the LEDS in the dark recesses where they won't show up till you turn them on?

[@rodimousa9503]

Wow great work 😁

[@beatbuildersstudio]

cool idea and video. It took a lot of work but was worth it.

[@ryanhaney]

I wonder what would happen if you mounted the power and controllers in the middle instead of the right or left?

[@gyagzyabdul6505]

Thanks for the great work Where can I buy the Led diffusers..??

[@BlissJungian]

What a beautiful wall. Never going to do this but throughouly enjoyed your video and how cohesive and well put together it was.

[@mic159]

Maybe try putting a resistor on the data line. Or try running a seperate wire for the data, so it's not getting interference from the power line.

[@ledlightingaccessories-led5160]

Nice job

[@danielboes]

Looks amazing man

[@Whiteinrevery]

Thanks Daniel.

[@badhonebrahim7707]

Beautiful