MM-Inspired Build - Chris Gagnon's DIY Pendant Double-Ring Light

Chris Gagnon shared a video documenting the build process for a double ring light, which he indicates was inspired by Rings of Saturn light.  I think it came out pretty cool - well done Chris!

Modern LED Segmented Rings Light This Project was inspired by a light I saw on pinterest called rings of Saturn. Here is a link to the video on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7A8h72RwdY I wanted to put my own twist on it by using segmentation.

Here is what Chris said about the project: 

“I wanted to put my own twist on it by using segmentation. I have always been interested in wood segmentation and the projects that you can make with it. This project is inexpensive and requires very little tools. All your friends will be so impressed when you start making things using this new skill you are gonna learn here. One thing I want you to take away from this video is that you don’t need to spend hours building a fancy jig for your table saw to do perfect segmentation projects and I am going to show you how right now. so lets get started.”

And, in case you haven't seen it, check out the original video for my Rings of Saturn light.

This video shows how to make an LED pendant light from plywood, LED strips, and flexible LED channel. Since I designed this for my living room, the music reactive / sound reactive mode had to be incognito. With this in mind, I used warm white / cool white / amber LED strips, instead of RGB strips.

DIY "Rings of Saturn" LED Pendant Light w/ Music Visualization Mode

I made this LED pendant light from plywood, LED strips, and flexible LED channel.  Since I designed this for my living room, the music syncing had to be incognito.  With this in mind, I used warm white / cool white / amber LED strips, instead of RGB strips.  In solid white mode, the rings give off various shades of white for a sophisticated modern look that hides the wild side when you switch the light to music visualizer mode.

The build is fairly simple.  Each of the two rings is made of a stack of three plywood rings, where the middle ring has a lesser radius to create a groove for the LEDs.  The rings are simple to cut using a circle cutting jig and router.  While I programmed an Arduino Mega to do music visualization based on input from a microphone, you can very easily buy an off-the-shelf music controller for individually controllable LEDs, which is basically plug n’ play for the LED strips.