I made a guitar out of LEGOs and epoxy resin, aka – the Legocaster!! I’m so excited to share this Lego epoxy guitar build. I had no idea how the Legos would hold together with the epoxy resin, but in the end, I think the guitar came out pretty sharp looking.
Read MoreThis time I’m making a bench (or table) from white concrete, melted crayons, epoxy resin, and plywood. Building this epoxy crayon concrete bench was a crazy project, but a ton of fun. We used all kinds of techniques - woodworking, concrete, CNC digital fabrication, pouring epoxy resin, and more, so grab some popcorn…this one was fun! Hopefully it inspires some of you to get out there and use crayons and concrete to make a bench, table, or even something else!
For the concrete mix, I used glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) mix so the bench could be poured thin. We made a drip-shaped foam knockout for the concrete form using the X-Carve. This left the drip shape in the concrete. We could then pour a 2:1 epoxy resin layer in the drip inlay, before melting crayons on top of the epoxy. For the last step, we poured another layer of thick set epoxy resin (a deep pour epoxy) on top of the melted crayons. Lastly, we used the Shaper Origin handheld CNC to cut the legs out of plywood.
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This video is sponsored by Kreg Tools.
This video was also made possible with support from Inventables, Total Boat, and Metabo HPT / Hikoki Power Tools.
This video shows how to make a wireless DIY rainbow epoxy resin LED lamp that transforms between a sconce, table lamp, and task light.
This is a simple DIY woodworking and epoxy resin project. I used a layer of white epoxy resin covered by a layer of clear epoxy resin to diffuse the LED strips. The lamp is made of three pieces that connect with a clever system of magnets and steel washers, that allow you to transform the lamp from a vertical sconce, to a horizontal scone, to a desk lamp or table lamp, to a task light. And since the lamp is battery-powered and rechargeable, it is easy to use in many situations. (The batteries last about 3 hours under normal use.) To top it off, the LED controller I used has a Bluetooth app, that allows the LEDs to be controlled via a Bluetooth connection to your phone.
The lamp base and light bar are made from hardwood maple, and involve fairly simple woodworking skills. The support block was 3D modeled in Fusion 360 and 3D printed using my Anycubic 3D printer.
The LED strips I used were SK6812 RGBWW LEDs. These LED strips are individually controllable neopixels that have RGB LEDs and separate warm white LEDs, so the lamp can do colorful displays and operate in a music syncing mode, or serve as a more refined and sophisticated warm white light source.
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In this video, I show how to make a DIY wireless-charging battery-powered epoxy resin LED cube lamp. Since this DIY LED cube light is battery powered and wirelessly charged it is totally portable and has a ton of uses -- a mood light, a party light, a night light, etc. The video also shows how to make the custom wireless charging pad for the epoxy LED cube, which an easy woodworking project. This LED cube light is battery-powered by a LiPO.
I used Total Boat 2:1 epoxy resin to make the cube, doing small 1/2" epoxy pours to build up the epoxy in the melamine form. All the electronics are off the shelf parts from Amazon, including the music reactive sp106e LED controller.
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In this tutorial video, I show how to make a modern DIY LED table lamp or desk lamp from concrete, a 2x4, epoxy resin, and a water pipe. This is a fairly simple DIY woodworking and concrete project with a modern look. To make this modern LED light I cut a channel in a 2x4, and put a PEX tube in it, then poured epoxy over the tube. This created a hollow channel where I could insert an LED strip. The tube and epoxy act as a diffuser for the LED lighting.
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This time I show how to make a DIY Epoxy LED pendant light.
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This video shows how to make a DIY Plywood and Epoxy Resin River Bench.
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