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How to make a Huge Light Up LED Sign

2015-11-15

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Home Improvement Store:

250x90 1.6mm thick MDF board

150x90 1.6mm thick MDF board

"big ass screws" aka 6.0x100

"screws for the wood sqaure" aka 5.0x45

"screws for the acrylic glass" aka 3.5x12

4x spruce wood 34x54x2500

wallpaper, terminals, mounting clamps, acrylic glass

Amazon.de:

1x Spray Adhesive: http://amzn.to/1lpFtEa

1x 5m RGB LED Strip: http://amzn.to/1lpFyaL

2x 5m warm white LED Strip: http://amzn.to/1lpFEiP

1x Foam Tape: http://amzn.to/1lpFI1U

Ebay:

1x Spray Adhesive: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575101368&toolid=10001&campid=5337582279&customid=&icep_item=301443804108&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

1x 5m RGB LED Strip: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575101368&toolid=10001&campid=5337582279&customid=&icep_item=161255347539&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

2x 5m warm white LED Strip: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575101368&toolid=10001&campid=5337582279&customid=&icep_item=381217842760&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

1x Foam Tape: http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575101368&toolid=10001&campid=5337582279&customid=&icep_item=321220564286&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg

​In this video I will show you how to build a huge sign with a custom lettering that can light up through the help of RGB LEDs. But the sign can also be used as your primary light source in your room by using warm white LED strips.

Music:

2011 Lookalike by Bartlebeats

Aduro by Jens Kiilstofte

https://machinimasound.com/music/


start with the back sides by firstly creating a square
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flip the board around to the front sides
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secure everything to the wall
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secure the overhang of the paper onto the backside
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continued by gluing small wallpaper strips into the edges
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secure them to the boards with a lot of small wood screws
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applying foam tape onto the back
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drill two big holes into the wood square
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