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Hi Chris, having a exposed mains voltage connection without proper metal enclosure and grounding is dangerous. This power supply is made for proper enclosed systems, isnt it? Kind regards, Waldschwammerl
I hate white color, don't like RGB too much and i don't have any skills & desire to DIY electronics but this project made me speechless and drooling. The idea, planning, attention to detail, cable management and overall craftsmanship is way beyond perfect in my opinion. Well done sir & enjoy your new desk.
youll love my themed room once its finished! literally i think would be most peoples dream room and i cannot wait, ive never seen anyone with anything close except maybe in movies!
My only concern would be my arms/wrist inadvertently resting on the channels while browsing/gaming. Maybe I'm just lazy, but my wrist area tends to hang off the edge of the desk
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! To remove these channels from the desk even with the small amount of sticky tape I used I had to push down very hard. Resting your arms on them wont do anything so you wouldn't have to worry about that!
I know there are a lot of mounds that you can just drill through the table or I was thinking I could also just wall mount a monitor. For sure some decisions to be made down the road!
Love the build and walkthrough. As someone who hates wires hanging about I've used the Velcro and sticky tape options in the past...just watch out for pull away, especially with electronics that generate heat. Another recommendation for future builds, wipe the surface of whatever you are placing that tape on with some rubbing alcohol prior to placement (so long as it won't hurt the surface of the table or whatever) and make sure it's dry, then place the tape. If you are going to be placing something heavy, use an industrial 3m style tape or Velcro and ensure it's setup (treat like a glue) for a little bit first before having the full weight pull against it. Finally, sometimes due to weight, screw based wire management clips just need to be used... It sucks, but sometimes it's all that will ultimately work.
Beautiful...I think the only change I'd make is potentially spraying the metal portions of the led diffusion channels white to match the desk and getting rid of the silver.
Cable Management Theory 101 measure twice, cut once. plan at least 6 times, double sticky tape once... and maybe move it around later. The little white cable next boxes were a great touch!
Looks great! I am not sure what the benefit of using 4 ESP32's, but this could be done with just 1 using 4 pins. Virtual strips can be configured inside of the WLED web interface where you can assign individual pins, so they act independently. If you were using esp8266 boards I could understand the multiple units, but a ESP32 can handle that many LEDS without breaking a sweat, and seems like it would be nicer to manage under one WebUI. Keep up the great work, I do enjoy your projects.
Thanks so much for watching! I was planning on doing a follow up video with this setup using LedFx. I know with LedFx you can assign different controllers to react to different sound frequencies so my idea was to have 1 leg respond to the deep bass, another leg to the mids, and another one to the highs. I haven't played around with LedFx a ton but I was not sure if that could be accomplished with only having 1 esp32 controller with different pins controlling the entire thing. Do you know if that is possible doing what I want to do with just 1 controller?
@@CurtisGauger Hi Curtis, you sound like you know a lot about the finer details? curious on what kind of projects or work do you do in this area? Nice to find people into the same kinda details.
@@ianlounge I'm an IT Manager for a manufacturing company. I just tinker on things. I guess growing up a Sci Fi fan, I have always like rows and panels of blinking lights. :D Once I found WLED and the later LEDfx it became a pretty fun playground.
@@CurtisGauger would like to see if your into something I’m working on if it’s under your skill set. Just connected with you on LinkedIn so we can message.
@@ChrisMaherDIY I don't know about the legacy version (the one you used on your feature video), but you can definitely do so on LedFX V2, I'd love to see that follow up video you just talked about.
Definitely an EPIC result! One of the cleanest i've seen on UA-cam for leds on a desk. It would be really cool if you had the aluminum channels powder coated white. Probably cost less than $100 to do that. Also you should use spade Lug crimp terminals instead of the ferrules for the screw down connectors on the power supply.
amping it up a notch, could spray it himself more work but adding to the aesthetics, or even a zebra style cant have to much solids will look to plain in mio.
As someone who took inspiration from Tech Tesseracts original set up for my own, I have to say you have surpassed anything I could imagine doing myself and REALLY made something slick and clean looking. I think I might need to get myself some new strips added to my room!
Just found this channel, and I must say you make all of these projects look incredibly easy! I feel like if I attempted any of these projects I'd get frustrated halfway and scrap the whole thing lol
While he was sorting out wires for LEDs on the legs my OCD was killing me "as soon as he's gonna try to raise the desk all the wire gonna get ripped out!!!" Beautiful! Keep it up!
Thanks for watching! The desk still goes up and down! Watch the end of my gaming setup video I did. ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.htmlsi=dxChqS5Ap4pj6Ivu
A little tip from experience: I would definitely advise against using duckt tape on cables, since it can leave a really gooey and sticky residue, which is really hard to get off.
You gave me the idea to do a 3/4 to 1inch thick desk top and mull out the ends of the desk to inlay the LED strips inside the desk and put a flat diffuser that goes in flush with the ends of the desk
Its crazy how nobody of these "pro" desk designers never got this idea i would instantly buy it because i dont have the inner peace for such an project 😂🎉❤
As an electrician you sir KILLED IT! Love to see the wagos, old timers hate them but they’re missing out. I went with the ikea Fredde desk but knew I was going to add rgb and your video made it easy to look up all the material I’ll need any videos on how you set up the light shows?
I am watching the video from Turkey, this table has already attracted my attention with its comfort and elegance for a long time, you have made it more beautiful, I liked it very much, if I have the opportunity to buy it one day, I will watch the video again and light it in this way.👏😍
Please make a finished desk setup! You have one of the most aesthetically pleasing tastes on UA-cam I’d love to see what your dream desk setup would look like 🤙🏼🔥
I have been talking to an LED distributor for awhile about a custom lighting project I am working on. When you bend your LED in a 90 around the desk, its creating somewhat of a coil effect. Each LED light is rated for a certain amount of bend. I only know this because they told me "No" to what I wanted to do. So I will be soldering all my joints. This distributor told me it could result in a shortened life of the LED strip. I dunno if that is something you have experienced. Just what I ran into, in my own LED journey toward creating my own fun filled environments.
I was going to do this with the Govee M1 strips but then I noticed that the same aluminum channels were being sold in Canada for a crazy amount $120. Decided to order Govee's 16ft rope for my desk. This build looks great!
Thanks so much!! I plan on making a follow up video of using LedFx with the setup. With LedFx you can assign different controllers to react to different sound frequencies so my idea was to maybe have 1 leg respond to the deep bass, another leg to the mids, and another one to the highs. I could certainly be wrong but I'm not sure if that could be done using 1 esp device.
My friend, what an amazing job! For those who like to do things on their own, DIY, this is an absurd pleasure to watch and try to come up with new ideas. Congratulations on the project my friend. It went insane!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. I just completed the second video in this series where I build my dream gaming setup! Check it out and hope you like the new video! ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching! Lol glad you liked the end result! I ended up seeing how it looked by adding some sound react to the lights. Now this might be too much lol ua-cam.com/video/6VwqkK2pByE/v-deo.html
I’ve always been nervous because I heard the Sport wheels are high theft and I don’t exactly live in the nicest part of town. A set of these would be great!
The desk took allot of twists at first, like you said wanted to make it more interesting by adding lights to the legs, the cable management is a killer, always plan and make sure to get that right in the process it will safe you tons of time when it comes to scrap down and rebuild on a newer desk. I notice the m1 can be done the same way without the board, but I like how this turned out. Love white but not for this sort of project still came out badass. The lights made this desk one of a kind for sure, its a winner for its unique style. Job well done.
Absolutely amazing... Found you by accident & have now subscribed... I would dearly love to do something similar but I'm useless on the tools & my electronics knowledge is zero... Still might give it a try in the future but for now just happy to watch your content... Cheers from Down Under
Not gonna lie for the first few minutes i thought this is way too much work for some rgb strip........but then the end result came and i was speechless
Holy shit!!!!!!! ⚠️ certified GOAT alert ⚠️ i wish nothing but great things for you this year bro. I really see you taking off bigger than ever before bro. Keep pushing, this desk RIDICULOUS. I don't even think YOU know the things you can do or create!! Just amazing dude, amazing. Keep going!!!!
Overtime i feel like the muzata raceways would just start falling off bc i rest my elbows all the time around the edge of my desk, I think milling or making a channel in the desk border itself may have been better and looked a bit cleaner but nonetheless. Love ur vids man and thanks for the great vid chris :)
Thanks so much! Yeah time will tell. I do know though that I was pretty much pivoting the entire weight of the desk on the diffuser channels when flipping the table over and they did not budge. You certainly could do the milling although for this particular setup it wouldn't work since the diffuser channels are the same thickness of the desk. I was going for a not so permanent solution so if down the road I don't wan leds, I can take them down and the desk will look brand new.
@@ChrisMaherDIY True in terms of it not being more permanant what you did was probably best, also do you have any plans on messing around with black acrylic panels in the future? recently they've intrigued me a lot to see if they really are worth the hype
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. I just completed the second video in this series where I build my dream gaming setup! Check it out and hope you like the new video! ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.html
You should get a cover for the terminal strip on the LED power supply. Some day you are going to reach under your desk and shock yourself on the exposed 120V input.
Bro I wish I saw your sponsor ship 6 months ago. I would had actually bought my deks from this company. Now, I am stuck with a 1000 dollar ikea desk. -Sign - buyers remorse Edit: Luckily I can get this desk. Ikea desk broke and I was able to get the money back, so now I can buy this one.
can you please once create video about setting up wled and showing what animations you're using and presets/playlists. every demo you show is beautiful, and i want to know nore about your specific settings in wled.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Do you mean something like this? ua-cam.com/video/D_URUFJvLOo/v-deo.html I also linked the video in the description. Hopefully that is what your looking for!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. I just completed the second video in this series where I build my dream gaming setup. Check it out and hope you like the new video! ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.html
Very nice!!!! I've been wanting to get a new desk and doing some LEDs on it. Just changed jobs and unfortunately finances are the issue. Definitely bookmarking this to come back to later on. Well done sir.
My guy, this is awesome. Ur Channel is life changing. U actually inspired me to do more stuff like this especially with the baseboards video and desk set up. The attention to detail is amazing. In my line of work attention to detail is everything. You got to know everything as from as to get from point a to point b, to know ur targets, to know ur escape routes, know your surroundings and to a whole lot more. I've been in a lot of different places and seen alot and have been some what amazed by ppl. But u have amazed me by ur craftsmanship and skills. Again u make me want to do the samething. We are told when we are home from any deployments or work we have to find a stress relief hobby and I think something like what u are doing is fun. Maybe I'll build me a gaming room or sports room. With a game system, theater, pool table, somewhere to watch UFC fights and the superbowl and invite my team. I know u must had some struggles along the way with things but u got it to work and that's called honing your craft. And that's nothing but praise my guy. Keep up the good work. Respect to you. I definitely gave u a follow.
Hello Chris, I’m starting to become a UA-camr and I really liked your video, just wanted to leave a quick humble tip if you don’t mind, when you start your video by saying which setup you got inspired by, it made me immediately leave your video to check out the other two which we know it’s a bad thing in UA-cam algorithms. I might be wrong but just wanted to help. Good luck in your journey sir and please wish me luck
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wich is the material that you use as difussor?
Hi Chris, having a exposed mains voltage connection without proper metal enclosure and grounding is dangerous. This power supply is made for proper enclosed systems, isnt it?
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I hate white color, don't like RGB too much and i don't have any skills & desire to DIY electronics but this project made me speechless and drooling. The idea, planning, attention to detail, cable management and overall craftsmanship is way beyond perfect in my opinion. Well done sir & enjoy your new desk.
Thanks so much for watching! Lol this made me laugh! Glad you liked the video!!
Yeah, me too. White will goes yellowish by time.. For me, its better grey or gunmetal.
youll love my themed room once its finished!
literally i think would be most peoples dream room and i cannot wait, ive never seen anyone with anything close except maybe in movies!
This comment took a very unexpected turn 😂
@@ChrisMaherDIY What are they called or where can I get the GUIDES WITH THE SEMI-TRANSPARENT PANELS WHERE YOU PUT THE LEDS
You could literally make and sell those desk. One of the nicest ones I've seen.
It's so cool to see how far this channel has come in the past 12 months.
Love this content for all the cool ideas it gives me.
You have got to have the most futuristic looking home on the planet. You do some really cool stuff with LEDs.
My only concern would be my arms/wrist inadvertently resting on the channels while browsing/gaming. Maybe I'm just lazy, but my wrist area tends to hang off the edge of the desk
also not being able to mount a monitor arm. Curious to see how it plays out in the end
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! To remove these channels from the desk even with the small amount of sticky tape I used I had to push down very hard. Resting your arms on them wont do anything so you wouldn't have to worry about that!
I know there are a lot of mounds that you can just drill through the table or I was thinking I could also just wall mount a monitor. For sure some decisions to be made down the road!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Drill a small grommet and you can have dual monitor arms easily.
@@ChrisMaherDIY true I forgot about those, also are you thinking of doing a video on installing WLED in a custom PC?
The soap dish actually looks so clean, I love it. You're a genius
Oh Boy!!!! If Chris is pursuing a gaming room there can only be one phrase: Its going to EPIC!!
Love the build and walkthrough. As someone who hates wires hanging about I've used the Velcro and sticky tape options in the past...just watch out for pull away, especially with electronics that generate heat. Another recommendation for future builds, wipe the surface of whatever you are placing that tape on with some rubbing alcohol prior to placement (so long as it won't hurt the surface of the table or whatever) and make sure it's dry, then place the tape. If you are going to be placing something heavy, use an industrial 3m style tape or Velcro and ensure it's setup (treat like a glue) for a little bit first before having the full weight pull against it. Finally, sometimes due to weight, screw based wire management clips just need to be used... It sucks, but sometimes it's all that will ultimately work.
Beautiful...I think the only change I'd make is potentially spraying the metal portions of the led diffusion channels white to match the desk and getting rid of the silver.
Cable Management Theory 101
measure twice, cut once. plan at least 6 times, double sticky tape once... and maybe move it around later.
The little white cable next boxes were a great touch!
This looks a lot better than I would've imagined.
Looks great! I am not sure what the benefit of using 4 ESP32's, but this could be done with just 1 using 4 pins. Virtual strips can be configured inside of the WLED web interface where you can assign individual pins, so they act independently. If you were using esp8266 boards I could understand the multiple units, but a ESP32 can handle that many LEDS without breaking a sweat, and seems like it would be nicer to manage under one WebUI. Keep up the great work, I do enjoy your projects.
Thanks so much for watching! I was planning on doing a follow up video with this setup using LedFx. I know with LedFx you can assign different controllers to react to different sound frequencies so my idea was to have 1 leg respond to the deep bass, another leg to the mids, and another one to the highs. I haven't played around with LedFx a ton but I was not sure if that could be accomplished with only having 1 esp32 controller with different pins controlling the entire thing. Do you know if that is possible doing what I want to do with just 1 controller?
@@CurtisGauger Hi Curtis, you sound like you know a lot about the finer details? curious on what kind of projects or work do you do in this area? Nice to find people into the same kinda details.
@@ianlounge I'm an IT Manager for a manufacturing company. I just tinker on things. I guess growing up a Sci Fi fan, I have always like rows and panels of blinking lights. :D Once I found WLED and the later LEDfx it became a pretty fun playground.
@@CurtisGauger would like to see if your into something I’m working on if it’s under your skill set. Just connected with you on LinkedIn so we can message.
@@ChrisMaherDIY I don't know about the legacy version (the one you used on your feature video), but you can definitely do so on LedFX V2, I'd love to see that follow up video you just talked about.
this is the most beautiful desk ive ever seen in my life
Definitely an EPIC result! One of the cleanest i've seen on UA-cam for leds on a desk. It would be really cool if you had the aluminum channels powder coated white. Probably cost less than $100 to do that. Also you should use spade Lug crimp terminals instead of the ferrules for the screw down connectors on the power supply.
Thanks so much for watching! That is a great idea!
amping it up a notch, could spray it himself more work but adding to the aesthetics, or even a zebra style cant have to much solids will look to plain in mio.
at first, I was like ok that's overkill but now bro it looks insanely badass
Thanks so much for watching buddy! Make sure to check out how it turned out as part of the full setup!
As someone who took inspiration from Tech Tesseracts original set up for my own, I have to say you have surpassed anything I could imagine doing myself and REALLY made something slick and clean looking. I think I might need to get myself some new strips added to my room!
Was trying to buy my grandma a white soap dish but for some reason they're all out of stock, and I ended up here...
Clean as always Chris 🤩
Hahahaha love it! "Clean" as always. Very clever :)
Just found this channel, and I must say you make all of these projects look incredibly easy! I feel like if I attempted any of these projects I'd get frustrated halfway and scrap the whole thing lol
While he was sorting out wires for LEDs on the legs my OCD was killing me "as soon as he's gonna try to raise the desk all the wire gonna get ripped out!!!"
Beautiful! Keep it up!
Thanks for watching! The desk still goes up and down! Watch the end of my gaming setup video I did. ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.htmlsi=dxChqS5Ap4pj6Ivu
A little tip from experience: I would definitely advise against using duckt tape on cables, since it can leave a really gooey and sticky residue, which is really hard to get off.
you advise against using duct tape but didn't offer an alternative
Maybe a WLED product that's meant for outside in the garden? Would be cool to see how you weather proof it
They sell it already waterproof for applications like Shower and bathtub area overhangs and the like.
Problem is they don't last long outside. UV and the elements destroy led strips, even "waterproof" ones, after a year or two where I live.
Great job man. Dunno if you know but the have cutters that cut the ends of the zip tie flush.
You gave me the idea to do a 3/4 to 1inch thick desk top and mull out the ends of the desk to inlay the LED strips inside the desk and put a flat diffuser that goes in flush with the ends of the desk
Its crazy how nobody of these "pro" desk designers never got this idea i would instantly buy it because i dont have the inner peace for such an project 😂🎉❤
Awesome job on this project!! The best part is, WLED works with OpenRGB! So you can sync your pc and desk rgb lights, if you wanted to. 😁
Dude, this is probably one of the greatest set up videos I have ever come across.
As an electrician you sir KILLED IT! Love to see the wagos, old timers hate them but they’re missing out. I went with the ikea Fredde desk but knew I was going to add rgb and your video made it easy to look up all the material I’ll need any videos on how you set up the light shows?
I am watching the video from Turkey, this table has already attracted my attention with its comfort and elegance for a long time, you have made it more beautiful, I liked it very much, if I have the opportunity to buy it one day, I will watch the video again and light it in this way.👏😍
I like how clean you work. But i wouldn't like to have the RGB in the front. It would disturb my eyes. But holy cow. It is eye-candy. 😳
this guys the rgb master of youtube
Please make a finished desk setup! You have one of the most aesthetically pleasing tastes on UA-cam I’d love to see what your dream desk setup would look like 🤙🏼🔥
The soap box tech was some big brain thinking! Amazing desk, I'm not even into white desks but this is sexyyyy haha.
You figured it out all!! Can you do a kitchen under cabinet lighting setup?
I don't hit the like button for nearly any video I watch, but this one deserved a like.
Looks super cool! Little concerned about the LED power supply though.. if the metal is exposed on the power hook ups I could see that being a hazard.
WOW I I think I would forget to play anymore and I would sit and admire the lights on the table lol ,very nice
5:25 wow very nice fit on those cuts!
I have been talking to an LED distributor for awhile about a custom lighting project I am working on. When you bend your LED in a 90 around the desk, its creating somewhat of a coil effect. Each LED light is rated for a certain amount of bend. I only know this because they told me "No" to what I wanted to do. So I will be soldering all my joints. This distributor told me it could result in a shortened life of the LED strip. I dunno if that is something you have experienced. Just what I ran into, in my own LED journey toward creating my own fun filled environments.
I was going to do this with the Govee M1 strips but then I noticed that the same aluminum channels were being sold in Canada for a crazy amount $120. Decided to order Govee's 16ft rope for my desk. This build looks great!
Love the build, but if you are going to have a meanwell style power supply, put an enclosure on it! Mains voltage is deadly
Great video. Any reason you didn't use a single ESP32 with 4 outputs rather than 4 different ESP32s?
Thanks so much!! I plan on making a follow up video of using LedFx with the setup. With LedFx you can assign different controllers to react to different sound frequencies so my idea was to maybe have 1 leg respond to the deep bass, another leg to the mids, and another one to the highs. I could certainly be wrong but I'm not sure if that could be done using 1 esp device.
Well executed, my only problem would be the top of the desk. I would put something on top of it so the desk and the led defuser are covered and flush
Even though I find it exreamly costly and poinless I should say I really liked it. Your is very smooth clean and clever.
My friend, what an amazing job!
For those who like to do things on their own, DIY, this is an absurd pleasure to watch and try to come up with new ideas.
Congratulations on the project my friend.
It went insane!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. I just completed the second video in this series where I build my dream gaming setup! Check it out and hope you like the new video! ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.html
This the one of the master piece from scratch ❤❤, wish able to make order for it..😮
I went from 'Thats way too much bother' to 'Oh my god thats the most beautiful thing ive ever seen....'
Thanks for watching! Lol glad you liked the end result! I ended up seeing how it looked by adding some sound react to the lights. Now this might be too much lol ua-cam.com/video/6VwqkK2pByE/v-deo.html
The effort was all for this at the end. It looks dope
Wish you Woudpve shown more of setting up the light strips in the difusers
Can I just hire you to come do this! As much as following this tutorial to the T would seem so easy... I'm afraid I'll set someone on fire
omg this project had me in a shock im so impressed with the outcome of this desk thank you sir for showing me the light in DIY projects
I’ve always been nervous because I heard the Sport wheels are high theft and I don’t exactly live in the nicest part of town. A set of these would be great!
I wanna say that I appreciate your ingenuity Mr. Maher!!! Bravo 👏
I was today years old when I learned I could be in love with an inanimate object. Wow I wanna try this😵
This is a wonderful project and incredibly well executed. Kudos to you!
I am shooketh 🤧
Incredible build !
The desk took allot of twists at first, like you said wanted to make it more interesting by adding lights to the legs, the cable management is a killer, always plan and make sure to get that right in the process it will safe you tons of time when it comes to scrap down and rebuild on a newer desk. I notice the m1 can be done the same way without the board, but I like how this turned out. Love white but not for this sort of project still came out badass. The lights made this desk one of a kind for sure, its a winner for its unique style. Job well done.
Absolutely amazing... Found you by accident & have now subscribed... I would dearly love to do something similar but I'm useless on the tools & my electronics knowledge is zero... Still might give it a try in the future but for now just happy to watch your content... Cheers from Down Under
Not gonna lie for the first few minutes i thought this is way too much work for some rgb strip........but then the end result came and i was speechless
Holy shit!!!!!!! ⚠️ certified GOAT alert ⚠️ i wish nothing but great things for you this year bro. I really see you taking off bigger than ever before bro. Keep pushing, this desk RIDICULOUS. I don't even think YOU know the things you can do or create!! Just amazing dude, amazing. Keep going!!!!
bro that desk is SICK!!! i fucking love it
Thanks! It's the desk I ended up using in my setup video I did shortly after if you have not yet seen it! ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.html
I wish the govee m1 got these kind of animations. Especially for low sped running. It always looks like a ticking motion
I approve of this RGB masterpiece! Great work :D
thought it was a petrol station in thumbnail... nice job
Overtime i feel like the muzata raceways would just start falling off bc i rest my elbows all the time around the edge of my desk, I think milling or making a channel in the desk border itself may have been better and looked a bit cleaner but nonetheless. Love ur vids man and thanks for the great vid chris :)
Thanks so much! Yeah time will tell. I do know though that I was pretty much pivoting the entire weight of the desk on the diffuser channels when flipping the table over and they did not budge. You certainly could do the milling although for this particular setup it wouldn't work since the diffuser channels are the same thickness of the desk. I was going for a not so permanent solution so if down the road I don't wan leds, I can take them down and the desk will look brand new.
@@ChrisMaherDIY True in terms of it not being more permanant what you did was probably best, also do you have any plans on messing around with black acrylic panels in the future? recently they've intrigued me a lot to see if they really are worth the hype
Govee has a flexible, fully diffused tubelight for desk edge lighting just like this
Im am very interested to see this as a series and where it ends up :). Great work Chris!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. I just completed the second video in this series where I build my dream gaming setup! Check it out and hope you like the new video! ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.html
Nice to meet someone with the same kind of addiction... LED's
Daaaaannnnggg 😍 I have a new desk goal.
This guy is ready for the Christmas....!
Happy I found this! I was going the Ikea desk route for my son. But after seeing this, I ordered one of these desks! Thanks for the Discount code
Very neat indeed. Thank you for showing us your power desk set up.
Yeah Ill just need to pay you to make me one of these no desire to do this on my own...lol nice build super clean
You should get a cover for the terminal strip on the LED power supply. Some day you are going to reach under your desk and shock yourself on the exposed 120V input.
wow... i am not a big fan of "LED everything around you" but boy oh boy this setup is sick! well done Sir... aaaaaaand subbed!
Looks absolutely phenomenal! Very impressive and inspiring! Thanks Chris!
Love the videos Chris!
You did it again. Very cool. Can't wait for your next project.
Perfection!! My only concern is that the corners of the table are now more tapered.
Bro I wish I saw your sponsor ship 6 months ago. I would had actually bought my deks from this company. Now, I am stuck with a 1000 dollar ikea desk. -Sign - buyers remorse
Edit: Luckily I can get this desk. Ikea desk broke and I was able to get the money back, so now I can buy this one.
That lighting looks so good. Like you brought it with that already on, so well done. 10/10..
Hope to see a vid on the complete build.
Loved👏🏻this👏🏻so👏🏻much👏🏻
can you please once create video about setting up wled and showing what animations you're using and presets/playlists. every demo you show is beautiful, and i want to know nore about your specific settings in wled.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Do you mean something like this? ua-cam.com/video/D_URUFJvLOo/v-deo.html I also linked the video in the description. Hopefully that is what your looking for!
wish i could do such DIY's( i can but i dont have the necessary tools)...would not put led strips in the front though. Great work though, love it.
Very nice. You just gave me an idea for my desk. Thanks.
Clean, neat, and beautiful as always. Very nice Chris!
Oeps, he did it again 😀
You can connect the power of the final of the strip with the beginning, for better power feed and equakl bright along the strip
Awesome bro you find some of the best lighting ideas.
this is such a great marketing idea..
This is soooo clean!! Amazing job!!!
Damn. That's slick. Do you have the full set up video? on how you do everything over the table.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. I just completed the second video in this series where I build my dream gaming setup. Check it out and hope you like the new video! ua-cam.com/video/KbbKAxnpCQQ/v-deo.html
Thank you! This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for from desk to LED style!
The desk is 🔥
Very nice!!!! I've been wanting to get a new desk and doing some LEDs on it. Just changed jobs and unfortunately finances are the issue. Definitely bookmarking this to come back to later on. Well done sir.
My guy, this is awesome. Ur Channel is life changing. U actually inspired me to do more stuff like this especially with the baseboards video and desk set up. The attention to detail is amazing. In my line of work attention to detail is everything. You got to know everything as from as to get from point a to point b, to know ur targets, to know ur escape routes, know your surroundings and to a whole lot more. I've been in a lot of different places and seen alot and have been some what amazed by ppl. But u have amazed me by ur craftsmanship and skills. Again u make me want to do the samething. We are told when we are home from any deployments or work we have to find a stress relief hobby and I think something like what u are doing is fun. Maybe I'll build me a gaming room or sports room. With a game system, theater, pool table, somewhere to watch UFC fights and the superbowl and invite my team. I know u must had some struggles along the way with things but u got it to work and that's called honing your craft. And that's nothing but praise my guy. Keep up the good work. Respect to you. I definitely gave u a follow.
Hello Chris, I’m starting to become a UA-camr and I really liked your video, just wanted to leave a quick humble tip if you don’t mind, when you start your video by saying which setup you got inspired by, it made me immediately leave your video to check out the other two which we know it’s a bad thing in UA-cam algorithms. I might be wrong but just wanted to help. Good luck in your journey sir and please wish me luck
Great work Chris ! 😯 I 💖the end result. Very clean install. Very inspiring!
Thanks so much!!! Appreciate the support my friend!
Oh my this is so satisfying! I wanna hire you to do a new desk for me cuz this is fire and so damn clean!
Looks great i wish i could do this for mine but it sadly looks to complicated