hey guys I’m Nate welcome back to the
workshop where today we’re going to be
building a brilliant board a light-up
announcement board that’s easily visible
in daylight or dark the supplies for
this build are very simple we have just
a scrap of wood board that was about 1
inch thick before it was planed we’ve
got a sheet of acrylic plastic 8 inches
by 10 inches a set of poster lights
which is a string of battery-powered
LEDs and some wood glue we’ve also got
some liquid chalk markers which we’ll
use for writing on our board once it’s
complete you may have also noticed that
there is a table saw on the workbench
with me and that is what we’re going to
be using to cut up this board we’re
going to be building this board in a
little bit of a strange order because to
get some of the exact measurements we
have to cut a piece and then measure it
using our clear piece of plastic as a
guide for what width to move on to so
the first step is going to be cutting a
long strip off of one edge of this board
with our blade tilted at an angle our
blade is going to cut the board at an
angle so we want to set our guide to a
point where we have about 1/2 of an inch
on the bottom being cut that will of
course give us a wider amount at the top
we’ve now got our board and the piece
that we cut off of it which fit nicely
together of course but the other
advantage of cutting it at an angle like
this is we can now flip that piece
upside down and when we line it up with
the edge we get one continuous angle
from one piece into the next that’s what
we’re after after cutting off that first
strip we can now cut our board and the
strip down to the width that our
brilliant board is going to be it’s
going to be based on this 8 by 10 sheet
of acrylic so we can make our board 8
inches wide let’s measure that off on
both of these pieces and cut them on the
let’s cut a second eight-inch piece off
of our trimmed bit
now here is why we wanted to cut these
two pieces before we cut the rest of our
board we want to be sure that these two
pieces perfectly sandwich the acrylic
board that’s gonna be in between them so
let’s take our acrylic board sandwich it
between the two thin pieces we’ve cut
and now we can line it up on the base
and measure exactly how wide we want the
base to be now this line along the top
of our board indicates where we want the
highest portion of our angled cut to go
so to figure out where we want the whole
slope let’s line one of these other
pieces up and Mark that along the edge
of our board this should help us line
with that side cut we should be able to
sandwich our plastic board in between
our two top rails and have it line up
just right to make a nice continual sort
of pyramid shape that’s looking at
excellent we’ll be using this string of
battery-powered LEDs to light up our
board and those need to shine through
this piece right here so in order to do
that we need to drill a lot of holes to
let a lot of LED light through this LED
string is super basic
it just has a battery box with a switch
that goes from off to flashing to on and
this string of 20 LEDs this is designed
to be used as a decorative element
around some sort of poster that you
would make for a school project or
something like that but I think what
we’re using it for is a lot more fun
we’re gonna want to drill 20 holes in a
line down the middle of this piece of
board so let’s measure off where those
go get the right size drill bit and
throw it on the drill press to get all
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got the holes drilled now let’s just
sand down to get rid of any of the burrs
on the top our string of Lights is
lining up nicely to fit into the holes
that we’ve just drilled into our block
of wood but we can see that when we
start putting all of the lights in place
we have quite a bit of extra wire looped
at the bottom let’s add two more rails
of basically the exact same size and
shape onto the bottom of our board this
will continue the same slope that we had
before while leaving enough space that
we should be able to conceal the wires
entirely inside we’ve still got quite a
bit of wood left on our original board
so let’s cut off another strip at an
angle and then cut that to the right
we’ve now got two rails that will run
along the top of that block and to the O
run along the bottom
I’ll start by gluing the two bottom
rails on and once that’s dry I’ll move
all right looking good the word fits in
and back out we’ve got our little
pyramid going now these pieces are all
together and before we install our LED
lights let’s take some measurements to
cut out a base piece we’ve got the rest
of our board which already has our
angled cut on one side so we just need
to measure where to put it on the other
side now of course we don’t need this
whole block back to the chop saw with
our base block cut we now want to
install our lights before we glue that
down otherwise we’ll never get those in
there now to make this fit we just need
to take all of these wires and sort of
press them down into the gap there’s
plenty of space in between our two side
runners we just need to make all the
wires you know agree all right now that
we’ve got all the wires just sort of
pressed in there let’s add some glue
onto the sides and then fit our base
block down on there and clamp it in
that’s a good-looking base the lights
turn on they are entirely contained
within the structure that’s just what we
want to see let’s clean this up just a
little bit so let’s take some sandpaper
and bring these edges down to one smooth
I don’t want to leave this wood colored
so I’m gonna tape off some of the
exposed openings and a little bit the
light strip inside and then hit it with
our paint is dry let’s peel off the tape
we want our battery case to be somewhere
that we can easily access it to change
the batteries and to turn the switch on
and off this battery pack comes with
these two pads of sticky foam tape with
a protective backing we should be able
to peel that off and stick it on to our
base now let’s try and take this extra
wire and fit it back into the empty
space inside now we’ve got our eight
inch by ten inch sheet of acrylic
plastic and this has a protective film
on both sides of it let’s peel off one
side but not the other side just yet
the bottom of this sheet of acrylic is
pretty nice and smooth it’s not
perfectly clear but it’s really close
and we want to leave it that way so the
light can easily shine into the board
the other three sides however we’re
not only are we gonna sand the very edge
but we’re also going to sand a little
bit of an angle which will help it be a
lot more visible if you’re looking at
the front of the brilliant board with
the edges sanded let’s now wash off our
board using water and a soft cloth we
want to make sure that we aren’t using
anything that will scratch the surface
of the plastic because any scratches
will show up with the light and there’s
not going to be a good way to get rid of
them at this point we need to take our
chalk markers and decide what we want
our sign to say be aware that when this
fits in the very bottom of the board
isn’t going to be visible so make sure
your design starts above the level of
the base I left the sticky sheet on the
back of this piece of acrylic so that I
can easily lay it down on the table
without worrying about scratching up my
sheet in the future I’ll have to be sure
that I always lay this down on a nice
soft clean surface so I don’t scratched
up but for now we’re ready to peel off
the back let’s take our board and fit it
into our stand now
these markers are pretty opaque so of
course this sign is visible in the
daylight but the real advantage is that
when it’s dark you can turn the light on
and it’s visible in the dark too but
let’s turn out the light and see how
this thing looks Jarvis Culpeper
you can use these signs for all sorts of
things
menus business signs announcements or
even just the fun night light hey guys
thanks for watching if you’re not a
subscriber yet just hit the bomb to get
in the club if you missed our last video
we need to check it out again click up
here at the top click down there if you
want to see what the internet thinks
that you should be watching next that’s
it for now have fun be safe and see you tomorrow
workshop where today we’re going to be
building a brilliant board a light-up
announcement board that’s easily visible
in daylight or dark the supplies for
this build are very simple we have just
a scrap of wood board that was about 1
inch thick before it was planed we’ve
got a sheet of acrylic plastic 8 inches
by 10 inches a set of poster lights
which is a string of battery-powered
LEDs and some wood glue we’ve also got
some liquid chalk markers which we’ll
use for writing on our board once it’s
complete you may have also noticed that
there is a table saw on the workbench
with me and that is what we’re going to
be using to cut up this board we’re
going to be building this board in a
little bit of a strange order because to
get some of the exact measurements we
have to cut a piece and then measure it
using our clear piece of plastic as a
guide for what width to move on to so
the first step is going to be cutting a
long strip off of one edge of this board
with our blade tilted at an angle our
blade is going to cut the board at an
angle so we want to set our guide to a
point where we have about 1/2 of an inch
on the bottom being cut that will of
course give us a wider amount at the top
we’ve now got our board and the piece
that we cut off of it which fit nicely
together of course but the other
advantage of cutting it at an angle like
this is we can now flip that piece
upside down and when we line it up with
the edge we get one continuous angle
from one piece into the next that’s what
we’re after after cutting off that first
strip we can now cut our board and the
strip down to the width that our
brilliant board is going to be it’s
going to be based on this 8 by 10 sheet
of acrylic so we can make our board 8
inches wide let’s measure that off on
both of these pieces and cut them on the
let’s cut a second eight-inch piece off
of our trimmed bit
now here is why we wanted to cut these
two pieces before we cut the rest of our
board we want to be sure that these two
pieces perfectly sandwich the acrylic
board that’s gonna be in between them so
let’s take our acrylic board sandwich it
between the two thin pieces we’ve cut
and now we can line it up on the base
and measure exactly how wide we want the
base to be now this line along the top
of our board indicates where we want the
highest portion of our angled cut to go
so to figure out where we want the whole
slope let’s line one of these other
pieces up and Mark that along the edge
of our board this should help us line
with that side cut we should be able to
sandwich our plastic board in between
our two top rails and have it line up
just right to make a nice continual sort
of pyramid shape that’s looking at
excellent we’ll be using this string of
battery-powered LEDs to light up our
board and those need to shine through
this piece right here so in order to do
that we need to drill a lot of holes to
let a lot of LED light through this LED
string is super basic
it just has a battery box with a switch
that goes from off to flashing to on and
this string of 20 LEDs this is designed
to be used as a decorative element
around some sort of poster that you
would make for a school project or
something like that but I think what
we’re using it for is a lot more fun
we’re gonna want to drill 20 holes in a
line down the middle of this piece of
board so let’s measure off where those
go get the right size drill bit and
throw it on the drill press to get all
one two three four five six seven eight
nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
got the holes drilled now let’s just
sand down to get rid of any of the burrs
on the top our string of Lights is
lining up nicely to fit into the holes
that we’ve just drilled into our block
of wood but we can see that when we
start putting all of the lights in place
we have quite a bit of extra wire looped
at the bottom let’s add two more rails
of basically the exact same size and
shape onto the bottom of our board this
will continue the same slope that we had
before while leaving enough space that
we should be able to conceal the wires
entirely inside we’ve still got quite a
bit of wood left on our original board
so let’s cut off another strip at an
angle and then cut that to the right
we’ve now got two rails that will run
along the top of that block and to the O
run along the bottom
I’ll start by gluing the two bottom
rails on and once that’s dry I’ll move
all right looking good the word fits in
and back out we’ve got our little
pyramid going now these pieces are all
together and before we install our LED
lights let’s take some measurements to
cut out a base piece we’ve got the rest
of our board which already has our
angled cut on one side so we just need
to measure where to put it on the other
side now of course we don’t need this
whole block back to the chop saw with
our base block cut we now want to
install our lights before we glue that
down otherwise we’ll never get those in
there now to make this fit we just need
to take all of these wires and sort of
press them down into the gap there’s
plenty of space in between our two side
runners we just need to make all the
wires you know agree all right now that
we’ve got all the wires just sort of
pressed in there let’s add some glue
onto the sides and then fit our base
block down on there and clamp it in
that’s a good-looking base the lights
turn on they are entirely contained
within the structure that’s just what we
want to see let’s clean this up just a
little bit so let’s take some sandpaper
and bring these edges down to one smooth
I don’t want to leave this wood colored
so I’m gonna tape off some of the
exposed openings and a little bit the
light strip inside and then hit it with
our paint is dry let’s peel off the tape
we want our battery case to be somewhere
that we can easily access it to change
the batteries and to turn the switch on
and off this battery pack comes with
these two pads of sticky foam tape with
a protective backing we should be able
to peel that off and stick it on to our
base now let’s try and take this extra
wire and fit it back into the empty
space inside now we’ve got our eight
inch by ten inch sheet of acrylic
plastic and this has a protective film
on both sides of it let’s peel off one
side but not the other side just yet
the bottom of this sheet of acrylic is
pretty nice and smooth it’s not
perfectly clear but it’s really close
and we want to leave it that way so the
light can easily shine into the board
the other three sides however we’re
not only are we gonna sand the very edge
but we’re also going to sand a little
bit of an angle which will help it be a
lot more visible if you’re looking at
the front of the brilliant board with
the edges sanded let’s now wash off our
board using water and a soft cloth we
want to make sure that we aren’t using
anything that will scratch the surface
of the plastic because any scratches
will show up with the light and there’s
not going to be a good way to get rid of
them at this point we need to take our
chalk markers and decide what we want
our sign to say be aware that when this
fits in the very bottom of the board
isn’t going to be visible so make sure
your design starts above the level of
the base I left the sticky sheet on the
back of this piece of acrylic so that I
can easily lay it down on the table
without worrying about scratching up my
sheet in the future I’ll have to be sure
that I always lay this down on a nice
soft clean surface so I don’t scratched
up but for now we’re ready to peel off
the back let’s take our board and fit it
into our stand now
these markers are pretty opaque so of
course this sign is visible in the
daylight but the real advantage is that
when it’s dark you can turn the light on
and it’s visible in the dark too but
let’s turn out the light and see how
this thing looks Jarvis Culpeper
you can use these signs for all sorts of
things
menus business signs announcements or
even just the fun night light hey guys
thanks for watching if you’re not a
subscriber yet just hit the bomb to get
in the club if you missed our last video
we need to check it out again click up
here at the top click down there if you
want to see what the internet thinks
that you should be watching next that’s
it for now have fun be safe and see you tomorrow
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