How I Made A Lit Prom Sign - 384
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- A quick and easy build for my local high school. The cost of renting a lit up prom sign was $900! That's crazy! Instead of renting, I made a set of letters they can keep for less than $200 in material cost (150-ish for melamine and electrical + the lights they bought). I donated my labor cost to help out.
Each letter is made from 3/4" melamine and lit with a chopped-up string light kit that was provided to me. Each letter plugs into the next one so next year it can be used without the 22. Or a 3 can be made to add to it.
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Jay,
What pocket hole machine do you use and what hot melt system? Thank you
This one is the Castle TSM-12: castleusa.com/categories/machines-and-tables/pocket-cutters.html
Adtech Pro80 Hot Glue Gun: amzn.to/3KP91XR
@@JayBates Thank you
Uses CNC ✅
Uses pocket screws ✅
Uses hot glue ✅
Internet explodes 🤯
Thanks Jay ... nicely done! Thanks for sharing
Nicely done ✅ I actually used to make a lot of these for weddings and events. You can buy white sockets separate and white wiring so it can be flat on back of letters. Only male plug on each letter and use a multiple spaced outlet extension cord allowing spacing and letters rearrange options. Simple black hinged folding open triangle supports in rear folds flat and can stick small black sand bag to weight it. 1/4” x 2” white vinyl trim around glued and screwed on edges (heat gun the curves) gives the letters some visual dimension and makes letters look more substantial. I use dots of blue tape to place bulb locations by eye viewing from far back till spacing looks balanced. I’ve made most of the alphabet and quite a few multiples of certain letters and vowels. A really common one is ALOHA and sub the O with pineapple 🍍 shape or heart ♥️ or Mickey Mouse 🐭 head, etc.
Did you make a video on your process? You sound like someone that knows a couple tricks... Thanks
@@apeterson23 I tried… But to be honest as it was a work project I would turn the camera on and forget and just keep working or I’d be with my back to the camera the whole time it was like watching bad security video. I have pictures! Ha ha Ha
Congrats on your thoughtfulness and kindness toward your local high school.
The sign is outstanding. I love it.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Great project. the prom committee and high school must be psyched. Spray paint the back small support boxes black and solves your white box problem.
Im glad to see you got help from your twin brother, without him this wouldn’t be possible. :)
I hate it when they fight😪
Nice Jay. As a high school teacher it’s nice to see people helping out. Thanks for that
What a kindness you did for those kids, Jay. And if the boxes really stand out behind the letters, they can get some cheap black fabric and drape it across the backs. No biggie.
They could drape black cloth over the boxes to cover them also
If I were the school, I'd just use batting to cover the boxes/surround the letters. It would look like clouds and conceal everything. Furthermore, you could splice in Christmas lights and make them light up if they wanted.
Way to go Jay. Love that you supported the school!
How awesome to give back to the community. They look great!
Cool! And a nice light show at the end. Thanks for posting, and thumbs up.
Hi Jay,
What a great project. Love how large you made the letters and how retro it looks.
Giving back is a great feeling . Great project Jay. Michelle and I always get a kick out of the twins lol 😂
Impressive, nicely done Jay.
Great way to help out the community, good work Jay.
Great job Jay!
Really nice, Jay. It's great of you to help your local high school like that. Take care.
Bill
Great job and good on you sir!
Great job! Definitely cheaper and better long term as they can just reuse it. $900 bucks for rental? Yikes!
Awesome job considering the intended use! After all, it is just one night a year. Yes there could be some improvements, and maybe you, or someone else, will work on it between this year and next. I love it when someone with a skill gives back to their community like this!!
The 15 person graduating class made me laugh.
Looks great for the cost ,CNC machine made the difference.
Absolutely
Your efficiency is always encouraging and inspiring. Melamine is a bugger to round-over because of the hard outer laminate and high glue content, right? How tough are those cut edges to spackle/paint? Does cheap drywall mud even stick to the particleboard core of melamine?
Congratulation!
Very nice. Your generosity will be appreciated for a long time.
You still need a Block M flag.
Bob
Awesome job! I love it when people give back.
On a side note. It looks like you reduced the height of the "O" and the "2's". Presumably so all the letters are the same height? However, with most fonts the rounded letters and numbers are taller by a certain percentage. Otherwise, they look shorter even though they're not.
They were all scaled to the same height. The unevenness of the floor and the exact distance from the camera makes it appear uneven.
@@JayBates Actually Unique Wood Crafting is correct rounded letters are often taller to appear the same height it is an odd perception thing.
Correct that Unique Wood Crafting is correct. I scaled them though. They are the same height. By default they were not. Per my adjustment they are. 👍🏻
Nicely ❤️🙏🙏
Paint the boxes on the back black
cool
After all, on the end, in my head left only one question: Why bulb on "P" (left second from top) don't make light under light? :D
Liked at 666, to push it up to 667, it’s the Devil in the detail!
You are only 5' 6" huh always thought you were taller. I'm about that myself, Yay short people!
I RARELY get asked to get something off a high shelf. But when I do, I'm proud to do so ;)
Where did you get the lights from?
Need to see more of that little sweetheart we see in the photo on your wall.
On another note: "Rinse and repeat" was a great joke. Let's leave it with the joke. Seems like everybody is using it out of that context these days, and it really doesn't make sense like that.
Jay, you didn't say if those bulbs were incandescent or LED but by the looks of them are incandescent. 25W(?)
I am not an electrician but by my count there are 85 bulbs total x25W=2125W being pulled off of one circuit. That would really concern me on many levels. I would seek a licensed electrician's advice on how to break that up into multiple circuits and lower amps per circuit.
Portable breaker box?
Otherwise nice build. Nice to see people giving back to the community.
These are 5w incandescent bulbs.
What about the bulbs warming up, will the hot melt glue not melt .... I suppose the sigh will be on for quite a while ?
Are you going to make the school a 3,4,5,6,7,8,9? This why they can use it for prom 2023, etc
The 6 should have a way to put the box on the top (sliding dovetails?), so it can be flipped to make a 9. 1 less number to stash in the store room. On further thought, the 6 would also have a panel that can be put in the opening to make it an 8. Or start with the 3, and have 2 panels to make it an 8 or a 9, as well as turn it 180 to get a 6. Kill 4 stones with 1 bird.
Is this for inside a building? Else it would not last long 😂😂👍👍
Um yes
No. Making these is an ancient technique to cause drought and prevent rain. It will be sent to the Sahara Desert for R&D purposes.
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Definitely read that as "Porn Sign"... Only slightly disappointed, still an entertaining video. :D