OMG, not only did I get an amazing sign, but there's an amazing video to go along with it?? Thank you SO MUCH, it's been glowing in my workshop ever since I got it!! Also the template is big brain! You did an amazing job!!!
So awesome! Glad you are enjoying it! Thank you for the kind words as well!! And THANK YOU for sharing it out, just saw that notification! You are just awesome! Regards, User of all of the exclamation points, and apparently, an over-user of the word awesome. 😉
I can indeed imagine many people going in feet first into a project like this and try to wing it without a template only to realize their mistake 3 letters in. And it is a lovely way to make a sign.
@@Hans-gb4mv I made that mistake early on a couple years ago when making one of my first signs... I templated every sign for positioning after that! Another option is engraving the lettering out for positioning, which also works, but you have to tweak the sizing just a bit of the letters and the engraving for a good drop-in fit. A template is just easier to do IMHO.
Oh no! Someone beat me to it! (is what I said to myself as I found your video) I too took inspiration from her challenge to make a sign and I started working on a very similar acrylic design back in March but I got discouraged trying to figure out how to make the lighted backbox and started procrastinating. I recently ran across a video showing how someone used the innards of an LCD monitor to create a compact lightbox-style light and I'm working out the details. Hopefully I'll get it completed in the next couple of weeks. Anyway, great work and congrats on getting it done first! :)
Thank you! I thought there would have been more of a deluge of people making her signs, but I saw her shortly after she posted the shop tour video, and there was no one at the time. Apparently she did receive a couple more as well over the past couple of months! The more, the merrier? :) If you're using a laser, check out www.makercase.com to build a box to spec, and then engrave a channel inset on the insides of the box sides the width of your material, and then the sign front and back can just slot in. I have the SVG for all of the parts available here for free if you want to check out how I did it: shop.thenewjankyworkshop.com/products/botal-toat-acrylic-led-sign-downloadable-svg Good luck on building it, would love to see it once its complete!
Thanks man, much appreciated! Yeah, I discovered debonder via a video from Adam Savage years ago, so its been in my arsenal for a while. It is not a magic wand, but it helps!
Yes, you can use isopropyl alcohol to clean that up a bit, or even some acetone. I didn't worry much about it, as it was in the guts of the sign... much like the back of a canvas painting or the underside of an upholstered chair... no one ia going to see it, so it can be a bit messy :) It's the accelerator which really exacerbates the white residue. Leaving the CA glue to cure on its own would have less of it. I did a short on cleaning that stuff up here: ua-cam.com/users/shorts1B8x9bUilyw
4:35 dumb question, but does it being glass keep it from glueing together, so you can reuse the syringe? I know CA doesn't really stick to glass, but didn't know about the plunger, needle etc. Or is there a cleaning process to do after using? Like flushing with some kind of solvent?
Thanks for watching & the commentary! :) I have not had an issue with any of the needles. Been using that trick since March-ish (learned it from either Jimmy DiResta or Derek from Malden... or both... I forget). They usually come in a multi-pack however, which is nice. I am sure if you dropped the syringe in some acetone, it'd clean it right up. You can also get thinner gauge needles to if you need to for more precise application, as well as probably needing to stick to a thinner CA glue as well if going that route.
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop I will definitely be buying some then! Added to my cart and will order when I remember what the other things I needed for my current project is, lol
Yep, Weldon #4 is my go to for acrylic. But this was for a TotalBoat "store" in her shop, and ToralBoat just released their TotalBond CA glue. So it was a little collab.
I agree. I usually use Weld-on #4 for acrylics. But this project was a perfect synergy for TotalBoat's new CA glue (at the time, it launched at the event where I talked to Xyla about making the sign), and the BotalToat sign. I was showing that it could be done, and also allowed for me to toss in some CA glue tips in there.
nice work but I would probably have cut a hole in the black boat so the blue would have also illuminated to but without all the fuss & maths of inlaying it, just a cut out 3mm smaller than the blue to give you room for glue
I tested out a few designs, inlaid into the white acrylic and the black acrylic (which didn't give enough glue surface to work with using CA glue (which was my plan all along for this sign for the TotalBoat tie-in). I did even resort to weldon #4 for one of them, but it tarnished the acrylic all around it. So, finally settling on the design that I did. This was one variation I did not try however. Where were you 3 months ago when I was making this?! 😃 Thanks for the watch!
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop I worked as a sign maker for 30 years but never actually tried CA glue, for something like that I'd have used a dichloromethane based glue which would use capillary action to go between the surfaces
@@neilsullivan6416 Very cool. I am but an infant as it relates to sign making in comparison! I can now add dichloromethane to my vocab, sounds much cooler than "Weldon #4" :)
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop I know what you mean, I said that because here the product we mostly used was Tensol (12 I think) though we did buy unbranded back in the 90's which is were I learned the name. With a bit of practice you can even laminate clear acrylic without seeing air bubbles
I have been scratching my head for the past half hour wondering why you don't have more subs. Your sound is good, content is interesting and well presented, you post regularly, you have even done a bunch of shorts. Yet, I have never had a single video suggested from you. WTH? I only see one thing that might be holding you back. Try filling out the "other stuff" part of your page and promote other channels you like and are well established. I would start with Adam Savage, the TheCrafsMan, Skill Tree, ivanmirandawastaken, DanieleTartaglia, laurakampf, simonegiertz, woodwhisperer. Xila isn't even in there . It is possible your name might be too close to that well defended property, but NewYorkshireWorkshop isn't suffering. Again, weird. Otherwise, maybe you have a vindictive ex working at UA-cam? :)
LOL... that was an awesome comment man, thank you 😂😂😂 Thank you for the extremely kind words! I have always wondered if my name was too close to that property. As some backstory, I used to run the website for NYW for years. So I used to go out to Russ' house every couple of months to do some planning for the site. I got to step foot into The New Yankee Workshop quite a few times. And meet Norm. If only I was into woodworking at the time... :) So I have not had any problems with using the name thus far (thankfully)! I'll try adding in some other channels in there, and see if that does anything. Used to have quite a few in there, but changed it up about a year ago. So, thanks for the suggestion! I'll get that done ASAP!
@@brocktechnology I did that for a LONG time, and just cannot pump out halfway decent edited content like that (the videos from that timeframe). I do toss out a short every couple of weeks to keep things fresh while I am working on a long form, which I will post when they are ready, rather than on a schedule.
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop Many of the very best channels do once a month or less (applied science and slowmo guys come to mind), sadly the current algorithm doesn't respect such channels.
You are not wrong - my usual go-to for acrylics is Weldon #4. If you check out my video on the lightsaber mount build, I use that exclusively, and it's still holding like a champ with several lbs of lightsaber on it for well over a year. That being said, I wanted to specifically work with TotalBoat and their TotalBond CA glue for this project, since at the time it was a new product on the market, Xyla has them as a sponsor, and it was for her "TotalBoat Store" in her shop, so, it all just seemed fitting :) And this stuff with some surface prep worked out extremely well.
While at WorkBenchCon earlier this year after seeing Xyla Foxlin's new shop tour video in which she hinted about someone making her a BotalToat sign, I went and talked to her about it, and threw my hat into the ring. Using a sticker she gave me of the BotalToat "logo", I went off to make the sign entirely out of acrylic, an LED strip, and using ONLY TotalBoat TotalBond CA glue (and a little of their 4 minute epoxy) to hold it all together. Save $15 of your order of $125 or more on TotalBoat products using this link: geni.us/TotalBoat 👉 *FREE DOWNLOAD* of the SVG files used in this project to make your own BotalToat sign just like this one: eekboy2v22jtj2n3-68875321661.shopifypreview.com/products_preview?preview_key=643694bb2efc4d95da5686343a781cc6 🛠 *Tools and Supplies* Tools and supplies used in this project: kit.co/TheNewJankyWorkshop/botaltoat-sign-for-xyla-foxlin 🙃 *Products, Plans & Merch* shop.thenewjankyworkshop.com ✅ *Related Videos* Xyla Foxlin's Shop Tour Video: ua-cam.com/video/xqqTJdNGSL4/v-deo.htmlsi=cYVERJ903__TfAWB Xyla's Zen Garden with FIRE video (featured at the end of this video, showing the sign!): ua-cam.com/video/t8iPNAY94Hc/v-deo.html Jimmy DiResta's Glue Tips video: ua-cam.com/video/4JrfkOeAxG8/v-deo.html Adam Savage's Favorite Tools: Superglue and Glue Accelerators!: ua-cam.com/video/VZqf5rOJNCE/v-deo.html For more laser cutting and engraving videos (laserworking), check out this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLSkvrm-RbSKFeox7btB87UHJKvMyf6X0y.html 📱 *Follow me…* www.patreon.com/thenewjankyworkshop instagram.com/TheNewJankyWorkshop facebook.com/TheNewJankyWorkshop www.tiktok.com/@newjankyworkshop www.youtube.com/@TheNewJankyWorkshop www.youtube.com/@musicformaking 📧 *Mailing List* Join my mailing list to be notified about new videos, merch, and general information from time to time: geni.us/jankymail 🎵 *Music* Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound: geni.us/esound ⚠ *DISCLAIMER* My videos are for entertainment purposes only, your safety is your responsibility. Please do not follow my actions if you find them unsafe. Which, they probably are. I'm a bit janky. Some of these links go to one of my websites and some are affiliate links where I'll earn a small commission if you make a purchase at no additional cost to you. 🥔 *Hashbrowns* #xylafoxlin #diy #sign #signmaking #ledsign #ledsignage #ledsigns #caglue #superglue #maker #lasercutting #laserengraving 📖 *Chapters* 00:00 Setup 00:19 Intro 00:47 Replicating the BotalToat logo 01:24 The box 01:37 How to put it all together 01:55 Testing the bond 02:48 Acrylic protective transfer paper be like... 03:12 Assembling the box 03:44 The front of the sign 04:24 Adhering the lettering 05:05 Adhering the boat 06:00 Did it work? 06:57 Un-cure/debonder 07:28 Putting it all together 08:28 Adding the LED lighting 08:52 The reveal! 09:25 A Zen Garden Except the Sand is FIRE Join this channel to get access to early video edits, exclusive content, and more: ua-cam.com/channels/3Hiwvbiwfw0zZXftY-sNvA.htmljoin
OMG, not only did I get an amazing sign, but there's an amazing video to go along with it?? Thank you SO MUCH, it's been glowing in my workshop ever since I got it!!
Also the template is big brain! You did an amazing job!!!
So awesome! Glad you are enjoying it! Thank you for the kind words as well!! And THANK YOU for sharing it out, just saw that notification! You are just awesome!
Regards,
User of all of the exclamation points, and apparently, an over-user of the word awesome. 😉
I can indeed imagine many people going in feet first into a project like this and try to wing it without a template only to realize their mistake 3 letters in. And it is a lovely way to make a sign.
@@Hans-gb4mv I made that mistake early on a couple years ago when making one of my first signs... I templated every sign for positioning after that!
Another option is engraving the lettering out for positioning, which also works, but you have to tweak the sizing just a bit of the letters and the engraving for a good drop-in fit. A template is just easier to do IMHO.
This sign turned out amazing!
Thank you! TotalBond really did the job amazingly well! 💪💪
Also, 10/10 Total Boat for supporting people who are (slightly) misusing your brand instead of sending in the lawyers!
@@JimOHalloran Agreed!
Thanks for supporting creators and letting Xyla dyslexia your name without cutting her off. ;)
Great video. Love the final result.
Thanks man, much appreciated!
I had to watch because your channel name is genius, and I'm glad I checked it out. Nice vid.
Thanks my friend, much appreciated!
Nice work, it turned out awesome!
Thank you good sir!
Awesome video, and amazing sign. Acetone also works as a CA debonder.
Thank you! Much appreciated! And yes, acetone also works well as a debonder (for a lot of things 😉)!
Good job man. Great sign
Thanks brother!
I think the best video editing/story telling I’ve seen come out of your shop. Solid my dude!
Aww shucks... thanks man. ♥
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop time for quick call?
@@Stillworks Yeah dude, sure
Your best video yet! Keep them coming!!
Thank you so much!! Glad I caught a peep of the sign in Xyla's most recent video so I could post this finally :)
Very nice!
Thank you!
Oh no! Someone beat me to it! (is what I said to myself as I found your video)
I too took inspiration from her challenge to make a sign and I started working on a very similar acrylic design back in March but I got discouraged trying to figure out how to make the lighted backbox and started procrastinating. I recently ran across a video showing how someone used the innards of an LCD monitor to create a compact lightbox-style light and I'm working out the details. Hopefully I'll get it completed in the next couple of weeks.
Anyway, great work and congrats on getting it done first! :)
Thank you!
I thought there would have been more of a deluge of people making her signs, but I saw her shortly after she posted the shop tour video, and there was no one at the time. Apparently she did receive a couple more as well over the past couple of months! The more, the merrier? :)
If you're using a laser, check out www.makercase.com to build a box to spec, and then engrave a channel inset on the insides of the box sides the width of your material, and then the sign front and back can just slot in. I have the SVG for all of the parts available here for free if you want to check out how I did it: shop.thenewjankyworkshop.com/products/botal-toat-acrylic-led-sign-downloadable-svg
Good luck on building it, would love to see it once its complete!
Nice job. You got me.
Thank you! 🙏
Nice work. Never knew about debonder
Thanks man, much appreciated! Yeah, I discovered debonder via a video from Adam Savage years ago, so its been in my arsenal for a while. It is not a magic wand, but it helps!
Nice work!
Thank you man!
Words ARE hard!
Right?!
That's awesome!
Thank you so much for checking it out!
4:56 Spaceballs!!!! They went plaid!
😂😂
I think you notally tailed it!!
Thank you!!
Well done on the subscriber increase. Looking at your previous videos I am confident you will succeed in increasing further.
Thanks man, much appreciated!
Can anything be done about that white "bloom" that the CA glue leaves on the acrylic?
Yes, you can use isopropyl alcohol to clean that up a bit, or even some acetone. I didn't worry much about it, as it was in the guts of the sign... much like the back of a canvas painting or the underside of an upholstered chair... no one ia going to see it, so it can be a bit messy :)
It's the accelerator which really exacerbates the white residue. Leaving the CA glue to cure on its own would have less of it.
I did a short on cleaning that stuff up here: ua-cam.com/users/shorts1B8x9bUilyw
4:35 dumb question, but does it being glass keep it from glueing together, so you can reuse the syringe? I know CA doesn't really stick to glass, but didn't know about the plunger, needle etc.
Or is there a cleaning process to do after using? Like flushing with some kind of solvent?
Thanks for watching & the commentary! :)
I have not had an issue with any of the needles. Been using that trick since March-ish (learned it from either Jimmy DiResta or Derek from Malden... or both... I forget). They usually come in a multi-pack however, which is nice. I am sure if you dropped the syringe in some acetone, it'd clean it right up.
You can also get thinner gauge needles to if you need to for more precise application, as well as probably needing to stick to a thinner CA glue as well if going that route.
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop I will definitely be buying some then! Added to my cart and will order when I remember what the other things I needed for my current project is, lol
@@justinbanks2380 Nice! I just order things as I remember them, so some days I have 3+ orders placed on Amazon lol :)
Cool
@@michaelmcfadden9595 Thank you!
3:08 that game graphic to tell the story of a common pain 😂
It really is just annoying... I had to have some fun with it :)
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop understandable and we appreciate the humor
I think I'd have gone with weld bond adhesive for acrylic instead of glue, that way it'd be one piece after it dried.
Yep, Weldon #4 is my go to for acrylic. But this was for a TotalBoat "store" in her shop, and ToralBoat just released their TotalBond CA glue. So it was a little collab.
How do you only have 2k subs? You just got another one.
Thanks man, much appreciated! UA-cam's been hiding me under a rock :)
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop I hear your name every week on Making It podcast!
@@DavidPlass Happy to support those guys. Love that podcast! It's really the only one I listen to.
I think using acrylic weld would be better than CA glue and accelerator.
I agree. I usually use Weld-on #4 for acrylics. But this project was a perfect synergy for TotalBoat's new CA glue (at the time, it launched at the event where I talked to Xyla about making the sign), and the BotalToat sign. I was showing that it could be done, and also allowed for me to toss in some CA glue tips in there.
Do not use a liberal amount of accelerator when using CA glue on you’d body “a cut”. The heat caused by the chemical reaction is a 9/10.
😂 Good safety tip! Thank you!
So this is where Norm went to.
🤣🤣
nice work but I would probably have cut a hole in the black boat so the blue would have also illuminated to but without all the fuss & maths of inlaying it, just a cut out 3mm smaller than the blue to give you room for glue
I tested out a few designs, inlaid into the white acrylic and the black acrylic (which didn't give enough glue surface to work with using CA glue (which was my plan all along for this sign for the TotalBoat tie-in).
I did even resort to weldon #4 for one of them, but it tarnished the acrylic all around it. So, finally settling on the design that I did. This was one variation I did not try however. Where were you 3 months ago when I was making this?! 😃 Thanks for the watch!
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop I worked as a sign maker for 30 years but never actually tried CA glue, for something like that I'd have used a dichloromethane based glue which would use capillary action to go between the surfaces
@@neilsullivan6416 Very cool. I am but an infant as it relates to sign making in comparison!
I can now add dichloromethane to my vocab, sounds much cooler than "Weldon #4" :)
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop I know what you mean, I said that because here the product we mostly used was Tensol (12 I think) though we did buy unbranded back in the 90's which is were I learned the name.
With a bit of practice you can even laminate clear acrylic without seeing air bubbles
@@neilsullivan6416 Is the solution just dichloromethane? If so, that's super cheap compared to the Weldon brand stuff.
I have been scratching my head for the past half hour wondering why you don't have more subs. Your sound is good, content is interesting and well presented, you post regularly, you have even done a bunch of shorts. Yet, I have never had a single video suggested from you. WTH? I only see one thing that might be holding you back. Try filling out the "other stuff" part of your page and promote other channels you like and are well established. I would start with Adam Savage, the TheCrafsMan, Skill Tree, ivanmirandawastaken, DanieleTartaglia, laurakampf, simonegiertz, woodwhisperer. Xila isn't even in there . It is possible your name might be too close to that well defended property, but NewYorkshireWorkshop isn't suffering. Again, weird. Otherwise, maybe you have a vindictive ex working at UA-cam? :)
LOL... that was an awesome comment man, thank you 😂😂😂
Thank you for the extremely kind words! I have always wondered if my name was too close to that property. As some backstory, I used to run the website for NYW for years. So I used to go out to Russ' house every couple of months to do some planning for the site. I got to step foot into The New Yankee Workshop quite a few times. And meet Norm. If only I was into woodworking at the time... :) So I have not had any problems with using the name thus far (thankfully)!
I'll try adding in some other channels in there, and see if that does anything. Used to have quite a few in there, but changed it up about a year ago. So, thanks for the suggestion! I'll get that done ASAP!
Upload frequency is too low, the algorithm likes weekly and no skips, it's advertiser friendly.
@@brocktechnology I did that for a LONG time, and just cannot pump out halfway decent edited content like that (the videos from that timeframe). I do toss out a short every couple of weeks to keep things fresh while I am working on a long form, which I will post when they are ready, rather than on a schedule.
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop Many of the very best channels do once a month or less (applied science and slowmo guys come to mind), sadly the current algorithm doesn't respect such channels.
@@brocktechnology Even a lot of big names in the maker space have also reeled back from the weekly content. Oh well...
Not panhandling for subscribers 😂💀
:)
Boogie2988 is that you but skinny?
I have no idea what this means?
Adhesives on plastic will never hold well enough. You need to use a solvent made for that plastic type, which is like welding, they become one piece.
You are not wrong - my usual go-to for acrylics is Weldon #4. If you check out my video on the lightsaber mount build, I use that exclusively, and it's still holding like a champ with several lbs of lightsaber on it for well over a year.
That being said, I wanted to specifically work with TotalBoat and their TotalBond CA glue for this project, since at the time it was a new product on the market, Xyla has them as a sponsor, and it was for her "TotalBoat Store" in her shop, so, it all just seemed fitting :)
And this stuff with some surface prep worked out extremely well.
Yay,another shill for the completely annoying epoxy company.
Thanks for watching!
@@TheNewJankyWorkshop Dr StrangeGlue, or how we learned to stop worrying and love the VOC fumes...
While at WorkBenchCon earlier this year after seeing Xyla Foxlin's new shop tour video in which she hinted about someone making her a BotalToat sign, I went and talked to her about it, and threw my hat into the ring.
Using a sticker she gave me of the BotalToat "logo", I went off to make the sign entirely out of acrylic, an LED strip, and using ONLY TotalBoat TotalBond CA glue (and a little of their 4 minute epoxy) to hold it all together.
Save $15 of your order of $125 or more on TotalBoat products using this link: geni.us/TotalBoat
👉 *FREE DOWNLOAD* of the SVG files used in this project to make your own BotalToat sign just like this one: eekboy2v22jtj2n3-68875321661.shopifypreview.com/products_preview?preview_key=643694bb2efc4d95da5686343a781cc6
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Jimmy DiResta's Glue Tips video: ua-cam.com/video/4JrfkOeAxG8/v-deo.html
Adam Savage's Favorite Tools: Superglue and Glue Accelerators!: ua-cam.com/video/VZqf5rOJNCE/v-deo.html
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📖 *Chapters*
00:00 Setup
00:19 Intro
00:47 Replicating the BotalToat logo
01:24 The box
01:37 How to put it all together
01:55 Testing the bond
02:48 Acrylic protective transfer paper be like...
03:12 Assembling the box
03:44 The front of the sign
04:24 Adhering the lettering
05:05 Adhering the boat
06:00 Did it work?
06:57 Un-cure/debonder
07:28 Putting it all together
08:28 Adding the LED lighting
08:52 The reveal!
09:25 A Zen Garden Except the Sand is FIRE
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