The worktops need under illumination by the way of LED strip lights from Ali Express - firstly will they work and secondly can I diffuse the light by sanding epoxy - watch and find out #epoxy #aliexpress #diy
You're a good bloke James. Unlike most you aren't constantly promoting products, Patreon, Merch, Side hussles etc. It's refreshing to just see a RU-vidr making videos and having a simple donation option. I appreciate you not ramming monetization stuff down my throat. Thank you for being just a kind and considerate chap.
I've been watching your channel for a time, and no matter how rubbish I think some of your ideas are when you present them, they always seem to work out great in the end! Good job mate!
HEAT HEAT HEAT with LED's. The aluminium strip not only holds the LED's but more importantly it dissipates the heat, then on top you encase the LED's in resin. What will you do WHEN, not if, the LED's fail?
No need to explain the timing of this video. We are grateful for what you present us. You as a father must take time for your children, they are above us in your responsibilities. You are doing a fantastic job. The lights are beautiful! Thinking of doing this in my kitchen.
have a look out for dimmers that can talk to Alexa, you can set times to come on like dusk or just ask Alexa to turn them on, works great on our under gunwale lighting and Stern lights. Looks great though James, all coming along nicely.
The lights look great - lovely soft lighting. As you said, very classy, and the thing I like about your videos is that you always have a plan, and stick to it (more or less, lol) - anyway, you have stick-to-it-ness, and resourcefulness in abundance.
Wow I have just gone back and watched your first few videos. The beard and hair were shorter. Who would have thought you would be making your own resin work tops and doing your second boat. Good luck from Keith’s Broken Boats.
Don't worry about the Resin bothering the electronics - they often embed electronics in Epoxy to weatherproof and hacker-proof them! Yeah - it's annoying me - I'd like to fix the flashers on my motorcycle, but they're embedded in epoxy....... LOL
Well worth the wait. Glad you can spend time with the girls they are growing fast. Look forward to seeing them in the future. Project looks fantastic as always. Stay safe.
You know the old saying, James: It looks far from good, but good from far. 😁 You can get electronic dimmers to control the brightness and power consumption of LEDs. All the best, mate. P.S. The red armchair is dead, long live the charcoal armchair.
What a very interesting and informative video I have to admit James I actually watched it twice. I'm so glad to see that you are close to finishing your boat... Perhaps you could apply the same lighting to the steps on the stairs...??? Just a thought James are those l e d lights ment to be run on 240 v. . Or 110 v..as you pointed out the high demand on your battery source.??? I only mentioned this as I had fitted the same l e d . lights . .to my campervan and found that the batteries were discharging power rather quickly. Also they were rather bright. However a small converter box solved the issue. ... Anyway James this is only my thoughts. Keep yourself safe and well mate..
I reckon that those LEDs are drawing around 3 Amps at 35 Watts, (quick ohms law calculation) could try a dimmer? looks good mate, thinking now of LED under my workbench in the workshop hmmmmmmm.........
Not a great idea to epoxy these in the life of led strip isnt as great as they tell you.. Ive been fitting lots from £ up to many ££££ and a year later most are at half their original brightness.. Id recommend buy cheap and change them out 12 mths later or just suck up the lower output after a few months...
@@chrisfs150 someone else said the same and I slapped my forehead !! You’re right and I didn’t think about their lifespan. I’ll use them seldomly until they break then I’ll ignore I had the at all and delete the videos 😂
@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Im wondering if using a dimmer with them 11:41 might help? Running them at less than full brightness may help I've not had tried any yet to find out their effects on lifetime and power consumption etc.. If nothing you made them them nicely flush and it made a good video anyway 😊
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt haha i get yeh, mate the effect those LEDs give is brilliant, don't stress to much about how they feel, how often do we run our hands under the edges of worktops
