Making A Giant 100W LED Laser Gun!
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Today we start building an epic LASER GUN prop!
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PART 2 OUT NOW!
• I'm Building A LASER G...
SCHEMATIC: imgur.com/a/jr...
3D MODELS: www.thingivers...
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MATERIALS:
- Plywood sheet
- 50mm acrylic tube (www.simplyplas...)
- 150w boost converter: * bit.ly/150wboost
- Switch: * bit.ly/heavy-s...
- 2pcs 60mm 12V fans: * bit.ly/12v-fan
- 100w LED, cold white: * bit.ly/100w-white & green: * bit.ly/100w-green
- Heat sink: * bit.ly/heat-sink or bit.ly/heat-sinkk
- Springs
- 4mm & 8mm metal rods
- 3D printed LED socket
- 12V power supply
Materials coming in later episodes:
- 2pcs 7V batteries + sockets (NP-F960/F970): * bit.ly/NP-F960 or www.ebay.com/i...
- Arduino Nano: * bit.ly/a-nano
- Buck converter: * bit.ly/buck-co...
- Relays: * bit.ly/re-lay
- Trigger button / momentary push button: * bit.ly/tinyswitch
- RGB LED-strip: * bit.ly/5v-rgb or bit.ly/side-em...
- Flat wires: * bit.ly/flatwires
- EL-wire: * bit.ly/EL-wire
- Colored GELs
- EVA-foam
TOOLS:
- Our 3D PRINTER: * bit.ly/Crealit...
- Voltmeter
- Ammeter: * bit.ly/am-meter
- Soldering iron + soldering supplies: * bit.ly/solder-...
- Heat shrink: * bit.ly/heat-sh...
- Monocular: bit.ly/mono-cular
- Wires
- Jigsaw and other saws
- Drill
- Epoxy glue and wood glue
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Step 1: dye your hair purple
Step 2: build a lazer gun
Step 3: bring on the cyberpunk
Step 4: be really cool
Her hair is violet, not purple
京 *lilac
@@kyokoyumi i'm a man. For me it's just purple. Neon purple if you will.
@@kyokoyumi For me it's just blue... I'd love to have your color depth, but I'm colorblind :(
The name of a color depend on which country you come from, and also whichever dialect of English you’ve been learning in the school... stop picking on such trivial things
The little larva moving around in the garage was great.
her: tests on cardboard before using the real thing
me: tests on paper before using the real cardboard
I recently stumbled across your channel through the model castle and the elemental tomes, and I just wanted to say a) i ADORE everything you do, it's super cool and damn u have talent and b) I am LIVING for the cyberpunk witch aesthetic 😍😭👌👌
if the glass tube diffused the light it would probably look awesome as a wall decoration.
8:29 i came here for the Caterpillar
Martina , why is watching you build stuff so freakin calming and satisfying? :D You should drag Hansi more often in front of the camera though, i love to see the two of you as a team :) Next best thing to the intro in this video was the wood cutting part, where the cuts where matching the music so very very well. Awesome video, i'm excited for the next part :D Thank you!
You are such a Geek. The expression on your face when you took the Clear tube out the packing was priceless. I like your truly casual presentation style. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos.
At the 30 V supply you are drawing about 0.7 A at most in your tests. So in reality your 100 W LED is just a 25 W LED at most. (This happens a lot when buying these from China)
We noticed this as well. Two theories: our bench power supply can't go higher than 30 volts. The LED i tested needs 32-34, it may draw a higher current at a higher voltage, which we will test. I remember having read someone had to drive it at over 36 volts to get it up to anywhere near 3 amps, which I guess sucks for the longevity of the chip. The second theory is that it's just a bad chinese product.
@@Nerdforge Honestly 25W is a comfy enough value and quite a good amount of light, i don't think you necessarily want to push it much further than that. Let's say it's a 10-series LED (i remember bigclivedotcom looking at these, should be about right), you're driving it right around the bottom of the threshold range and i'd say looks about right to me. Tried it with a super low current, seen whether it lights up consistently at all? If it does, and you can tell that there's 100 LEDs in there, 10 rows, 10 columns, all lit up, then i'd say it's a perfectly great product, but you might have a bit of difficulty finding one that isn't made out of junk LEDs. Banggood stuff sure usually isn't the worst though.
I mean neither your LED mount nor your cooling arrangement nor the spring contacts seem even borderline fit for a 100W heater. And the further you push it beyond the threshold, the less efficient it will be, so it may not even be necessarily worth it.
@@SianaGearz Thanks, that's a good tip! I'll explain a bit more in the next video, but the idea was never to have the gun permanently powered. The arduino will control how long you are allowed to hold the trigger button down, before having to do a cooldown period. Hence we can carefully adjust it so it's allowed to cool enough before blasting off again! The brighter the better!
You have to drive those leds with a constant current instead of constant voltage. Otherwise you can destroy the led.
@@farbenformenlicht Constant current and constant voltage are strictly equivalent to each other - if they're actually constant. You have more leeway to get the current regulation wrong than voltage regulation, but with these 10x10 array LEDs, it balances out anyway. According to how these LEDs usually react to voltage (like they light pretty brightly sub 30V and don't reach full brightness until 36 or 38 or so) there's probably plenty of resistance in the bond wires within the LED package which contributes to current limiting. It should be just fine, and if the LED unit dies, well that's just the quality of individual LED elements, nothing you can do about that other than underdrive it on the whole. There is some temperature dependence, with bond having PTC characteristic and LED having NTC characteristic, but that's like tens of millivolts, not enough to matter.
I love what you do! This is such a great video. Who else stops a build to check out a weird caterpillar walking by? Can't wait for part 2.
10:50 goodtimeswithscar here~~ xD That song always reminds me of his timelapses lol
You: "I'm a big boy now." Look off screen.
Me: Roar with laughter! Loud, long and hard! Thank you!
Try using a Fresnel lens to effectively direct the light from the LED.
It's a little late now, but you could have frosted the tube by sanding it so the whole thing would light up. Great project, can't wait to see it finished!
I loved the caterpillar bit :D Thank you, and fine work as always
100W lazer, you must be crazy. But a 100W LED that is doable
same. I was like *100W laser* THATS CRAZY... does she want to cut thru things???
..., ofc its just 100W LED light... that is not even running at 100W (1:13)
Styropyro has a 100w Laser. This is extremly Powerful.
anybody can make a 100W laser gun.. you just need to lay down the 170USD for the NUBM31T (95W) and then overdrive it a tad.i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZpIAAOSw17lecafX/s-l400.jpg
It's 20x 455nm blue lasers in a sink array.. www.opli.net/media/3597/laser-multi-chip-package-osram-june.jpg
the biggest issues are to get them to align in a single beam with a decent divergence as the ball-lens top layer will splash it, to the moon and back...
can purchase one atm for 170USD incl, delivery to Denmark, but simply don't have the optics to make anything beautiful out of it.
and yeah, nothing laser in the above video, just tacky clickbait but whatever some people roll like that for attention and get strangers to nurse their weak ego online.
Tired of misleading click baits and seeing videos that has nothing in common what their title..
@@JAKOB1977 What kinda heatsink would you use for such a powerful laser diode? Could you link a few with a fan that arent too expensive?
@@JAKOB1977 Wtf are you talking about it says in the title 100W LED no clickbait. Just pay more attention reading stuff
I don't know if you've already filmed Part 2 or not, but you can get switches shaped like triggers so you can activate the laser just like you're firing a gun. You could have a separate switch for the EL-wire and LED strips.
i don't understand much about this but i enjoy the creative process of making stuff :D
Who else loved seeing the fuzzy caterpillar just run around the ground😂😂
😊So cute
You are an insane genius and this world needs more of you!
Whoa using that notepad for epoxy mixing is brilliant! Also that face at 17:22 is pure happiness :D
Very nice job! But a little tip for the led mechanism, about a possible thermal issue: now, when you want change color of the led, you disconnect it from the heatsink. This mean you don't use a thermal paste, usefull for the thermal exchange from the led to the heatsink. Without the paste, if you will running the led at maximum power (how the other guys said, with the actual voltage and courrent, the power is under 30 watts), it will risk to overheating. So, if you can, change the mechanism, so that the heatsink is permanently connect to the led, with the thermal paste.
@Martina it's spelled laser because it's an acronym of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
Just ordered my Bonnie merch! I am so excited, you are the second RUclips channel that I have ever brought merch from 😁
That's so awesome, I really hope you like it! 😊
I LOVE her!!!! She’s the dopest creative mind out there!
@8:25 In the US we call those Woolly Worms, or Woolly Bears, and the all black ones come from the Giant Leopard Moth. A white moth with black leopard spots and also blue iridescent spots. I'm not sure about the ones in Norway though.
I like that you guys do things in parts so it's very detailed and thorough
Just started to watch this and I like how you wanted to be able to switch the LED from ‘kill’ to ‘stun’. Yes, this was the term you were looking for..😲
Love the video! And as a fellow Norwegian, that catepillar is some sort of bjørnespinner, though I can't say which. They're often called woolly bears in English, for their fuzz.
It's actually a type of moth larvae though the exact species escapes me.....
Make LED holder out of aluminum as would make good heat-sink, plus plastic may melt. Put regular computer heat on back of LED. Rotational disc with different color “filters” for different colors of light?
"Good morning gamers! How nice to see you here *in my basement"*
[kunsern noises]
So envious! LEDs and electrical are a challenge for me! Great work!
I'd love to see you guys do a collab with Colin Furze!! He doesnt really draw things up AND has excellent electronics knowledge...yet his projects turn out insane!! PLLLEEASE make it happen!
Ha ha when Nerd girl sneezes at 4:12 I yelled ahhhhh COVID!!!!!🤣🤣
Can't wait for part 2
I love the use of note pad stack to mix epoxy. Amazing idea!
If you made the tube opaque, it would glow when you switched on the LED. You could do that with some acetone if it’s the right type of plastic.
i love watching your Videos!
You are so creative and talented!
I like how your little dinosaur is hiding behind your rainbow curtains
4:11 Epic cuteness!!
use the green gel at the back on permanently at a reduced draw. Wire up a bunch of capacitors to pulse a couple of these puppies left white near the end of the barrel when you hit the trigger. BOOM - 'Nuclear' powered pulse laser'
The hot glue gun looks like something out of the Blade Runner movies. :P
Its looking coooool! 😀
You might wanna think about making a matching scifi battle armour next! 😉👍
Fantastic work, girl!!! 😃
Anyway, get some XT60 connectors! It's much easier to use them than making connections with metal parts. 😊
haha, thanks, ordered some :)
@@Nerdforge Great! 😃
looking forward to seeing the finished weapon :)
Garage Avenger ...shhhh not weapon. ... its equipment for the furture!
8:25 we call that piris in our country and we do not dare touch em cause they say it will make us get a fever but i think it's just poisonous
"Idk where you guys are from, but I live in Norway and lasers are illegal" hold up.. how far is Norway in the future, and how do I get there??
why do her ear "rings" look like Oreos ?
That look at the camera with the zooms in time with the music around 8 reminds me of the baccano opening for some reason lol
stop infecting me with your cool ideas. I still haven't finished the spell books.
Lens(colimator) before tube and try to slide it when it's get very tight beam
Necron gauss flayer?
Bless you.
I would love to have an hour or two inside your heads. The projects and skill set you show is fascinating. Electronics and programming, also your kaleidoscopic (and most times spectacular) ideas. Maybe only a few minutes. I'd probably go nuts. Love your channel
"I'm a big boy now"
*immediately regrets what she just said*
This is already so fabulous!! I can't wait for the next episode!
Schematic was beautiful and easy to read
I wonder if you could fit a Fresnel lens in front of the led. That would certainly help you focus the beam.
I gotta give it to yah, you´r not only awesome at arts and crafts, but you are right out BADASS in electronics and engineering too, you really have multiple skills all over the place :) it´s empowering to see that more and more females are rocking these skills too, I took electronics in High School, and I was the only female...so....this makes me SO SO happy and somehow proud! :)
Keep up all the amazing stuff you do :) can´t wait to see how this turns out :D
Cheers from Sweden! ;)
Man, I love Norway... How is the climate up there, are winters really so hard?
I need that gun....congratulations from Chile
How did that tube not break in transit?!
Green glowing tube as the center piece? The Void Dragon demands you build a necron gauss flayer out of this!
Very nice ! Well done
A light up display prop 😀😀😀
Still waiting on that kitteh mecha build! I'm thinking that the laser gun should be able to mount on the top of it.
The design of the gun kinda looks like the laser rifle from DooM 2016
I could watch your videos all day long!! They are the BEST!! Not to mention you’re wicked pretty!!
Keep it in the pants, uncle Tat!
I think It would be better if you use BEC and step down from a 6S lipo battery or higher. Because step up requires lot of current to reach higher voltages
Good Job Fantastic Gun
5:53 That's what she said....^^
6:00 aaand again...^^
6:24 aaaand again... XD
🤣
4:11 bless you
Looks like a flood light. If you collimate the beam, then it looks more like a laser gun.
This anticipation of the 100 watt led light being bright was mildly disappointing.
That’s a really cool flashlight
Nice video!
Mentions lasers
*styropyro wants to know your location*
All you need is aluminum foil & a magnifying lens. Just find the focal point.
you could get styropyro onboard with this title
Very cool, cant wait to see the finished product.
This is gonna look sick!
you can buy projector lenses for LED's on the internets, that would help you focus the light like a laser.
17:23 to be pressed repeatedly or 17:24 (like sound of laser gun ?)
that already looks AWESOME!
I've been lost in the part for using coolers. Have you measured the heat on the circuit? Why did you use 100w led in the first place and not a 60W or 40W led instead. It wasn't powerful enough to produce the desired effect? Thx
see a nordic girl building things
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that makes me happy
A fricking LAZEEEEEERRRRRR? Sounds like a great idea 🙂
Looking dope already!
LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!
You make things that we love :)
*NOICE!* 😉
Can't wait for the next video now!!!
Love, love this :) can't wait to watch it all in the morning! :)
Super cool project, I thought it was a Necron Gauss Flayer when I saw the video, also jokes were surprisingly funny with the cuts, keep it up :)
8:29 that's a wooly worm
What plastic is the bracket printed in? Won't it give up from the heat? What thermal interface to heatsink?
The heatsink looks like a 40mm heatsink, so it's going to have... with airflow, maybe 1-2°C/W performance? Ooof that'll be narrow, i mean, even at 1°C/W, you can reach 130°C... i know, a sloppy estimate on my part, i guess you'll see in the build what works what doesn't.
I'm also worried about the colour gels, i mean, when you're putting 100W of power into the LED, you'll get about 20W hitting that sheet of plastic, most of that passes through, but you filter down about 1/2 to get the tint, that's still 10W that it somehow needs to dissipate.
Obviously if you underdrive the LED to about 50W, most of these issues pretty much disappear.
Appropriate lens? Mhm Google Cardboard has some lenses with a known focal distance, and V2 has slightly larger ones than V1. Standard 5x loupe from 1€-store or a book store has 5cm focal distance. Usable.
The heatsink won't be able to dissipate all the heat, I had the same thoughts about the 3D printed Bracket, if it is PLA it will start to melt at 180°C, and the led will get fused to it... it would be best to print it in Nylon or Carbon Fiber enriched filament... it will give a Better resistance...
@@riccardofinotti1019 The figure you're looking for in plastic usability at high temperatures in a mechanically loaded part is Heat Deflection Temperature, basically the temperature at which the material loses the bulk of its strength but doesn't necessarily begin to melt, it's directly applicable here because of the spring force that is being applied. It's generally MUCH, MUCH lower than the melting point! Here are HDT figures for some materials.
PLA (L-Lactide type): 50°C
PLA, after annealing: not known with high enough certainty, might be in the 60-130°C range.
ABS: 95°C
PETG: around 70°C
ASA, SAN: around 95-100°C
HIPS: around 90°C
PA-12 nylon: 98°C
PA-6 nylon: 160°C
PA-66 nylon: 200°C
Polycarbonate: 116°C
Nylon filament will be a blend material, heavily biased towards lower-temperature chemistry. Carbon, glass or metal filling is likely to increase HDT.
Don't kill me if the values aren't quite right, they're kind of from memory and various sources.
So using PLA near heat sources is quite a difficult to recommend undertaking, but it can be done via annealing.
@@riccardofinotti1019 Hey turns out they're only driving the LED to about 25W at most as someone else in the comment section spotted. That is obviously a lot easier to cool, avoid melting the mount, and avoid damaging the gel than at 100W :D
@@SianaGearz your explanation is impecable, but even with 25W... if not properly dissipated with thermal paste... the beacket will deformate... enameling PLA is not simple for those who don't have experience
SKJERA BAGERA as we say in Norway and today I'm going to break the laws of my country by building a big Lazer thingy
Genius! The best of the best 😊
5:53 ...sa brura/ that's what she said 🤣
Got a whole mustache crawlin around
Cant wait to see the end result!!!!! Awesome content guys
Great video! What would it look like if you stuffed crinkled up cellophane in the acrylic tube? Might be a cool look :O