Cool project! Small nitpick though, wouldnt you want the speakers on the side? Wouldnt having them on top make them too prone to being damaged by spillage? Edit: Plus you are slightly decreasing the surface area you can use as a table.
Spillage is a good point, but the surface area loss likely doesn’t matter much since it is just a party “coffee table”. If he had built it to be a dining table then the speaker placement would really effect usable surface area.
Considered it, but then realized I want to have the people on the porch enjoy the music, not my neighbors as I would be blasting it at their houses. And these are marine speakers, so spillage is no issue.
I like the fact that you didn't hide all the small mistakes you've made during the build, but shared them with us to help us make our own projects better... AND it turned out awesome too :)
Cool table! If you do anything similar in the future, you should try a neat trick I discovered that works well for turning on LED strip lights: For my undercabinet lighting, I used a capacitive touch switch. They're fairly cheap, and just plug in. That part isn't the trick, though. I wrapped aluminum foil tape (used for HVAC ducting) around the case of the switch, then ran it to the edge of the cabinet, and put a 1 foot long strip along the edge. You can't see the switch and you just touch under the edge and the lights magically come on. The switch also works as a fader. I found out, there is a limit to how much tape you can use, as at some point (about 3 ft for me) the aluminum tape affects the capacitance of the switch.
Nice project, it looks great! Those end grain mitre joint glue ups, I felt your pain. Been there, done that, same frustration. A boatbuilder friend gave me the answers; 1. Always wipe joint off with acetone first. 2. Tape joint edges to mask anything you don’t want epoxy on. 3. Prime joint faces with thinnish epoxy, about like unthinned varnish is just about ok, but definitely not thicker. Allow to go off until just curing but tacky to the finger. 4. Mix epoxy, then add either silica fibre or microballoons to achieve a smooth peanut butter consistency, or slightly thinner in a pretty close joint. Silica fibres tend to make a stronger joint but it’ll look more obvious where the glue line is exposed. 5. Clamp up, wipe off excess squeeze out and open a beer. 6. Peel tape as soon as squeeze out has stopped but before cure kicks off, extremely satisfying with a beer in hand. 😁 Hope that works for you, it has for me.
Great project, Brad~! Nice to see that you included the footage of how you avoided disaster instead of letting it hit the cutting room floor~! Something like this might wind up on our deck. Thanks for the inspiration~!
This is the most well thought through RGB strip integration I have seen. - doesn't look shabby when it's off - functional and not all to distracting - looks awesome and fluidly when its sync to music Thanks for the inspiration!
Appreciate the video good sir. I'm a software engineer nerd who got into a lot of wood working so this was a great video for me. Love the epoxy cuts going down the sides as well. Also love that CNC machine you are using!
Very Very Cool! A lot of work but man what a beautiful table! Outstanding work and creativity, love the end result. Very clever all the way around! Thank you for posting, GREAT
That catching the edge of the frame on the clamp transition was great! I legitimately thought you had caught on something and were about to knock everything off your shelves at first! I've never seen a cut like that before. Very fun!
These power tool batteries usually don't have any undervoltage protection, since the protection often is built into the tool, not into the battery. I would highly recommend to add some sort of undervoltage protection into the circuit. Also these small step down converters are only rated for 3A, which is only enough to power 50 addressable LEDs at full brightness in white. Also due to the higher current required for 5V LEDs (which causes a voltage drop along the led strip) you usually shouldn't use more than ~150 LEDs in series, unless you splice in the 5V again. But overall I really like the project.
If this is going to receive any sunlight, you will want to make sure your finish is uv protected, with several coats. The Total Boat epoxy resin will soften in sunlight, which could cause it to drop.
Great project and build. The led effects look cool. I like the running lights, it needs one where it starts in the middle and runs outwards, like a dual water fall. Nice save with the frame. I think the frame makes the table look better from the sides, not just 3 mitred planks. You also have a nice flow of the frame around the electronics panel. I'm surprised that you didn't pocket hole from the frame to the leg panels. Wouldn't it of given some extra strength to the miter and tightened the glue joints?
Early 80's cassettes came with a free rewinder...had a point on one end, and a soft rubbery end on the other.but i was happy when the power rewinder came standard with all tape decks. :-D
Agree with the person about the speakers being on top (spills) and also some kind of cool looking boxes to house the speakers for a bit more bass response. Nice job 👍
very good. I would round off all corners and edges because I have a thing about someone falling on sharp edges. Also, reinforce the underside just incase the table is used for spontaneous after hour activity 😊
This is really nice! Can you update on what playing time you get from those batteries? Curious if they would last a whole party or just an hour or two. An in depth follow up video about the electronic parts would definitely be interesting! Thanks for the great build video!
I can't really give you a definite answer but we could calculate the approximate consumption of the components: the D1 Mini is well below 100 mA (so let's just ignore it) and each of the LEDs (or rather LED-groups, but keep it to LEDs for now) of the WS2812b strip below 50 mA (50 mA is the maximum for full brightness). I'd suppose he uses the strip with 60 LEDs per meter and I think his wooden board was around 2 meters before he cut it, ie probably a maximum of 100 LEDs per column (there are four full-length columns and three with the bottle-cutout. Let's be generous and assume 600 LEDs. This would sum up to 600 LEDs * 50 mA per LED = 30 A. All those are at 5V. Now take the 20V battery with 6 Ah which provides (20V*6Ah=120Wh) 120 Watt-Hours of Energy. Typically, not all of this energy can be used (there are different processes where loss happens), so perhaps around 105 Wh are effectively usable, which would be 87.5% of the rating (I also implicitly added the loss for the step-down of the voltage from 20 V to 5 V, here). So, the battery provides 105 Wh, the LEDs use a maximum of 30A * 5V = 150 W. This would leave us with only 42 minutes of LED-fun (105 Wh / 150 W = 0.7 h). Now, you probably don't want to use the full brightness exclusively (it would be just a bright, white light strip). Each LED-group consists of three individual LEDs (red, green and blue) and you'll probably use a mix of them. So, instead of 50 mA for each LED-group you only use 30 mA (a 66% increase of battery-time up to 70 minutes). Additionally, not all LED-groups are on all the time (they are addressable, hence the D1 Mini), which can easily double or tripple your battery-time (or even further, depending on the LED-mode you program).
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looks really nice, as long as you don't look at the bottom ;-) maybe a nice panel to cover everything up? (which you can remove if you need to fix things)
Wow you’re amazing. What a beautiful pay-off for all that hard work! Love all those lights with the music. You have so many skills. Thank you for sharing them💕👏🏻
Cool project! Small nitpick though, wouldnt you want the speakers on the side? Wouldnt having them on top make them too prone to being damaged by spillage? Edit: Plus you are slightly decreasing the surface area you can use as a table.
had exactly the same thought, plus they'll fill up with crap pretty fast especially outside.
Or even flush mounted with some anti spillage material covering then
Spillage is a good point, but the surface area loss likely doesn’t matter much since it is just a party “coffee table”. If he had built it to be a dining table then the speaker placement would really effect usable surface area.
Maybe try sound exciters
Considered it, but then realized I want to have the people on the porch enjoy the music, not my neighbors as I would be blasting it at their houses. And these are marine speakers, so spillage is no issue.
The beer holder insert should have been wired for lights as well, with a clear bottom (at least) to light up the ice and the bottles with color, too.
@@nomicwave I agree, provided it didn’t lessen sound quality.
My thoughts exactly!!! Also having speakers with some LEDs aswell would have been nice
@@davidmontgomery9570 S (=smile)
I like the fact that you didn't hide all the small mistakes you've made during the build, but shared them with us to help us make our own projects better... AND it turned out awesome too :)
Wow! Blown away, the LED integration is incredible!
Thanks, dude!
Cool table! If you do anything similar in the future, you should try a neat trick I discovered that works well for turning on LED strip lights: For my undercabinet lighting, I used a capacitive touch switch. They're fairly cheap, and just plug in. That part isn't the trick, though. I wrapped aluminum foil tape (used for HVAC ducting) around the case of the switch, then ran it to the edge of the cabinet, and put a 1 foot long strip along the edge. You can't see the switch and you just touch under the edge and the lights magically come on. The switch also works as a fader. I found out, there is a limit to how much tape you can use, as at some point (about 3 ft for me) the aluminum tape affects the capacitance of the switch.
Braaaaaaad!!! Perfect. Good job. I don’t believe. Congratulations.
Thanks, dude!
Awesome project man. Way to think outside the box with the white pigment.
WOW!!!!! The day you posted this, Timberland is already sold out of those boots........BUMMER!!!!!! AWESOME BUILD!!!!!!!!
Considering you’re a woodworker not a videographer. you do a phenomenal job with your video edits
Thank you, but all the credit goes to Chris our editor 😀
Yay, new video by my favorite woodworking channel
Hope you liked it!
Nice project, it looks great!
Those end grain mitre joint glue ups, I felt your pain. Been there, done that, same frustration.
A boatbuilder friend gave me the answers;
1. Always wipe joint off with acetone first.
2. Tape joint edges to mask anything you don’t want epoxy on.
3. Prime joint faces with thinnish epoxy, about like unthinned varnish is just about ok, but definitely not thicker. Allow to go off until just curing but tacky to the finger.
4. Mix epoxy, then add either silica fibre or microballoons to achieve a smooth peanut butter consistency, or slightly thinner in a pretty close joint. Silica fibres tend to make a stronger joint but it’ll look more obvious where the glue line is exposed.
5. Clamp up, wipe off excess squeeze out and open a beer.
6. Peel tape as soon as squeeze out has stopped but before cure kicks off, extremely satisfying with a beer in hand. 😁
Hope that works for you, it has for me.
The project is awesome, and you are a delight to watch!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That transition at 07:43 was nice!!!
Thanks, Jay. Chris is killing it on the edits!
Great project, Brad~! Nice to see that you included the footage of how you avoided disaster instead of letting it hit the cutting room floor~! Something like this might wind up on our deck. Thanks for the inspiration~!
glad it sparked some ideas for you
Very cool project! Nice touch with the music. I mean... who doesn't love music with an ice cold Sam Adams!
Nice LED table!
thanks!
Your enthusiasm makes me happy
This is the most well thought through RGB strip integration I have seen.
- doesn't look shabby when it's off
- functional and not all to distracting
- looks awesome and fluidly when its sync to music
Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you! I put a lot of time and effort into it, so I'm glad it came off well
That turned out AWESOME......great job!!! You've got the coolest table ever!
Thank you, Lori! The kids LOVE it :)
Love the table Brad! Pretty cool seeing the lights working along with the music.
Thanks, Travis! 💪 💪
super cool table! I'm glad it all worked out
Truly Awesome!!!
thanks!
I thought the LEDs were gonna be too much, but it turned out amazing. Awesome table :)
Thanks!
@Lourdes My thought exactly. "Why mess it up with LE...wait a second!"
Best hosting iv seen man!! Great project!
Loved the transition as 2:33
Loved the end result! Looks awesome!!!
Appreciate the video good sir. I'm a software engineer nerd who got into a lot of wood working so this was a great video for me. Love the epoxy cuts going down the sides as well. Also love that CNC machine you are using!
That’s pretty cool, I like how it goes with the music
Love the table, Brad. WOW.
Very Very Cool! A lot of work but man what a beautiful table! Outstanding work and creativity, love the end result. Very clever all the way around! Thank you for posting, GREAT
Appreciate the support!
It turned out great.
thanks!
That catching the edge of the frame on the clamp transition was great! I legitimately thought you had caught on something and were about to knock everything off your shelves at first! I've never seen a cut like that before. Very fun!
Seriously cool!
💪💪
Holy smokes!! Well done!
Yeah, That's bad ass. I can imagine the results of the final product made all the challenges worth it!
Thanks, Scott. It was definitely a labor of love. Kicked my butt for quite a while, lol
That saw setup is simple, but brilliant!
That's a pretty sweet table! Great job.
Wow thats so cool!
thanks!
You are so cute dancing to the best! 😆 Love that project, you did a great job!!
😀🕺
Yooo! That table is SICK and MAD XD Totally Awesome!
AWESOME table. Like the way the music makes the lights change.
That is the definition of a cool build. Well Done 👍👍👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥
thanks!
So awesome you had your daughter in the video to help.
Love this one! So splufty!
Wow, Brad! So, so cool! Yeah. Now, your dancing really was the icing on top. 😂
This is so cool. Way to go!!
thank you!
"It kinda looks like a cassette tape ... if you know what that is."
I remember. Peppperidge Farm remembers too. :P
Now I'm craving a Milano
@@Fixthisbuildthat Oooh I'll take orange Milano and a bag of Chessmen. 😁
These power tool batteries usually don't have any undervoltage protection, since the protection often is built into the tool, not into the battery. I would highly recommend to add some sort of undervoltage protection into the circuit.
Also these small step down converters are only rated for 3A, which is only enough to power 50 addressable LEDs at full brightness in white. Also due to the higher current required for 5V LEDs (which causes a voltage drop along the led strip) you usually shouldn't use more than ~150 LEDs in series, unless you splice in the 5V again.
But overall I really like the project.
Such a cool project!! Outstanding.
So coool! Love this!
Very very nice!
thanks!
Pretty good!
That is soooo cool! Great video thanks! 🇨🇦😊
The best part was when the LEDs got synced with the music 👌 very cool!
yep, it felt good to see it work!
Really cool! Nice work!
Awesome design Brad!! Always great videos.
thanks, dude!
Nice build! “Life Moves Pretty Fast. If You Don’t Stop And Look Around Once In A While, You Could Miss It.”
That is really Cool. Great job.
Great Job. Very well done.
Thank you very much!
Well, Brad, it's about time you have a sponsor I can relate to. Sam Adams! Cool table too. 🙂🍻
Loved the wipe at 2:30 :D
WOW, indeed! Great thinking outside the box-and table.
Looks like a Star Wars Empire wall design. Love it!
That is super awesome!!!!
Really Really nice it looks awesome
Wow! That’s awesome! I’m inspired.
Thanks!!
Seriously cool build!
If this is going to receive any sunlight, you will want to make sure your finish is uv protected, with several coats. The Total Boat epoxy resin will soften in sunlight, which could cause it to drop.
On a covered deck with minimal exposure 👌
Great project and build. The led effects look cool. I like the running lights, it needs one where it starts in the middle and runs outwards, like a dual water fall.
Nice save with the frame. I think the frame makes the table look better from the sides, not just 3 mitred planks. You also have a nice flow of the frame around the electronics panel.
I'm surprised that you didn't pocket hole from the frame to the leg panels. Wouldn't it of given some extra strength to the miter and tightened the glue joints?
That is really cool. Love it
Really nice project 👍🏼
Thank you!
Early 80's cassettes came with a free rewinder...had a point on one end, and a soft rubbery end on the other.but i was happy when the power rewinder came standard with all tape decks. :-D
until it popped the tape on you, lol
nice effect with the LEDs… and excellent beer in the tub…
you have good taste in beer. Interesting clip.
ok, that was incredibly cool. wasn't digging the LED's until it synced to the music, but that's slick.
What a GD delight! So fun
Extreme;y well done, good sir.!.!.! GREAT JOB.!.!.!.!
Agree with the person about the speakers being on top (spills) and also some kind of cool looking boxes to house the speakers for a bit more bass response. Nice job 👍
This is epic!!!
Awesome!!!😍👍🏼
Thanks for sharing that tip on how to glue the boards up. That was awesome for a beginner to know. I also like the epoxy and LEDs. That was cool.
Glad it helped, that's one a lot of people miss
I liked that tip too. Now if I can just remember it when I go to glue something up. 😂
Dude...that looks sick. I have to build myself one.
Ok, the video was great and all, the table is neat and all, but that transition at 2:30 was next level, my friend!
awesome table... sounds and lights.
very good. I would round off all corners and edges because I have a thing about someone falling on sharp edges. Also, reinforce the underside just incase the table is used for spontaneous after hour activity 😊
Oh man do I want one of those! Nice work Brad
thanks, man!
Great video great woodworking great job good show
That’s one cool table you made. Impressive design and well executed. Kudos!
Really nice job! congrats
This is really nice! Can you update on what playing time you get from those batteries? Curious if they would last a whole party or just an hour or two. An in depth follow up video about the electronic parts would definitely be interesting! Thanks for the great build video!
I can't really give you a definite answer but we could calculate the approximate consumption of the components:
the D1 Mini is well below 100 mA (so let's just ignore it) and each of the LEDs (or rather LED-groups, but keep it to LEDs for now) of the WS2812b strip below 50 mA (50 mA is the maximum for full brightness). I'd suppose he uses the strip with 60 LEDs per meter and I think his wooden board was around 2 meters before he cut it, ie probably a maximum of 100 LEDs per column (there are four full-length columns and three with the bottle-cutout. Let's be generous and assume 600 LEDs. This would sum up to 600 LEDs * 50 mA per LED = 30 A. All those are at 5V.
Now take the 20V battery with 6 Ah which provides (20V*6Ah=120Wh) 120 Watt-Hours of Energy. Typically, not all of this energy can be used (there are different processes where loss happens), so perhaps around 105 Wh are effectively usable, which would be 87.5% of the rating (I also implicitly added the loss for the step-down of the voltage from 20 V to 5 V, here).
So, the battery provides 105 Wh, the LEDs use a maximum of 30A * 5V = 150 W. This would leave us with only 42 minutes of LED-fun (105 Wh / 150 W = 0.7 h).
Now, you probably don't want to use the full brightness exclusively (it would be just a bright, white light strip). Each LED-group consists of three individual LEDs (red, green and blue) and you'll probably use a mix of them. So, instead of 50 mA for each LED-group you only use 30 mA (a 66% increase of battery-time up to 70 minutes). Additionally, not all LED-groups are on all the time (they are addressable, hence the D1 Mini), which can easily double or tripple your battery-time (or even further, depending on the LED-mode you program).
Great works I need to upgrade mine now. Lol awesome
Thanks, James!
Very well done.
thank you!
Super beau 👍
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So cool!!!!!
Wow the video composition is tight as the wood! Pretty well done!!
looks really nice, as long as you don't look at the bottom ;-) maybe a nice panel to cover everything up? (which you can remove if you need to fix things)
That is fantastic, not just the end result but the journey to get you there. A pleasure to watch 🙂
Such a cool build, and a great reveal ;)
Thank you! 😁
Wow you’re amazing. What a beautiful pay-off for all that hard work! Love all those lights with the music. You have so many skills. Thank you for sharing them💕👏🏻
You're welcome!
Looking good 👍