Turning a Racecar Into a Lamp 

I have said it before but it's worth repeating... I love the skill,the attention to detail,the editing and of course the humour.... Fantastic channel...thank you for sharing

0:59 this is probably the best trick i haven't seen ever until now

That is awesome man!! As raw materials go, a slice of indy car is pretty special. Well done!!

Wesley is one of the best (if not THE best) at showing how to overcome unique problems. Other makers edit all the problems out but Wesley’s videos encourage me more because he shows them and how to overcome them.

Wesley, you're awesome. You're looking great too, you look happy. I loved your face when you said "and I made a lamp out of it !" haha. Take care sir.

Hey.. Im a 20yr industrial electrician.. I started using PT's instead of wirenuts a long time ago. I might use wirenuts with tape for house wiring.. but when im building a new machine, tools, lights, signs. something that will move, vibrate, get installed somewhere inaccessible or difficult to reach I'll use PT's. its a copper ferrule that gets crimped around the connecting wires using a 4 sided pin crimper.. or you can solder them.. then just apply de-ox paste( just squirt some in the PT cap) then snap the PT cap down over the ferrule.. makes for a permanent connection thats easily un-done.. unlike other tyes of splices, you just cut right under the ferrule, this way you'll only loose 3/8" of each conductor. so leave plenty of slack for future use. I don't have a problem with wire nuts.. but wire nuts don't work well with stranded wire and unless you properly strip, twist together, and trim the connections before installing the wire nuts, moving and bending the conductors will cause the connection to come loose... loose but not disconnected.... so basically it'll be a choke point for current and will overheat then eventually fail.. or allow for oxidation, especially in corrosive environments.. a poor and/or corroded connection will give inconsistent and unpredictable results when troubleshooting troubleshooting. especially in wet, humid, dusty environments.. i realize that LED'S are DC and low impedence, low voltage, but lower voltages and DC are more vulnerable to failure compared to household voltages 120/240. household voltages are just inherently more dangerous and volitile upon failure. Ive seen a lot of crazy stuff happen due to wirenuts or other loose connections. from 500k volt to low voltage. I honestly love troubleshooting more than anything.. its always a fun time!

Was it just me or did anyone else wince when he started drilling and hacking into that perfect carbon fiber wing? The end result is a pretty amazing, lamp...

That is amazing looking. I think I would of liked it more if it was switched so it looked like it was coming through the ceiling, and only use the LED lights on it. I am not sure if they will be using it, but as a display piece it is awesome

Very cool! The light washing up from those fins looks really neat.

From one car-guy to another.... I LOVE this!!!

Such an awesome project! Love the mounting of electronics with expoxied screws. I would have never thought to do that.

That's one fine piece of art! You're just amazing! As a gearhead, I envy your client, would love to have one actual piece of a racecar art in my room! Congratulations, really well done!

It’s kinda funny the juxtaposition of your style, shoot from the hip and see what works and the Indy car part that is built with state of the art fabrication and zero guess work (I assume)!!! Turned out awesome great work!!!

Your videos are the only ones that I watch at normal speed. (others I watch at 1.25 or 1.5) You do such a great job with all your work. The building, filming, and editing. Great job all around!

Gorgeous!

"For maximum zoom..", and you says you're not really a car guy.

Wesley, I found your channel a few weeks ago and have been really enjoying your stuff, but as an Indianapolis resident and a racing fan this is a whole 'nother level of cool to me. Excellent work!

Amazing project, really cool!

This is my favorite of your projects so far. He's gorgeous. Can't wait to see what you make next.

Truly amazed with your problem solving skills, and the finished product.

Now thats upcycling at its best... way cool dude. Keep up the content making, youre one of my favorites. Thanks

Super awesome! A less expensive, smaller version would be great. I would buy one.

When you got the cap off the bottom of the nose, the "a-HAH!" made me think of Edd China when he says, "result!"

top job wesley loving the projects spiffing and natural we make mistakes and like how you share them in the videos keep it up

I worked on an Indy car pot crew for a decade. We could swap an engine, make a pendant lamp and build an industrial scale tea cozy in an hour.

that's fricken great!!!! Love the abstract thinking process! You're Nuts! in a good way! keep up the excellent work!!!!

Beautiful work.

It's like I'm in a pit crew........Ummmm, No it's not! Very nice outcome. Well done.

You nailed this project man! I am happy to see this video come out after you telling me about the build at Maker Faire! Super cool!

Just discovered this channel, lovin’ it my man.

Outstanding work as always! Can't wait for the next one!

Awesome

I notice, when you apply LED strips, you tend to align the strips so the LEDs are adjacent, have you noticed any banding because of this? I haven't on your videos and they're probably just wide enough angle that there's a lot of overlap regardless, but theoretically offsetting the strips by a fraction of the distance between LEDs would result in more even fill, I'm just interested if it would matter enough to justify the effort.

Great project. Thanks.

It looks like something from the BatCave.

That turned out great! Awesome project. P.S. The "extended video over at Patreon" is an awesome way to do Patreon.

Well that's a few grand in carbon fibre even before you made it into a one-of-a-kind lamp!

i love your work.

You did a fine job! That front wing costs thousand and it would make me nervous to start drilling..lol

No! We wanted it mounted the other way! Seriously though, awesome job

awesome work 👍

Just saw it.... a bit late, I know. Fantastic job. I'm from the Netherlands and watched Indy car a lot a few years back (when Paul Tracy and Arie Luyendyk were still racing, so maybe a bit more than a few years). I loved it a lot, especially the ovals. We don't have that in Formula 1. I lost interest in both in favor of Moto GP, which is still more exiting than Indy and F1. But with Max Verstappen (Dutch) F1 has become interesting again. And of course, the Indy 500 was always and probably will always be a favorite. Now to the point I want to make: Indy is less technical than F1 and that's exactly what draws me to it. F1 is so high tech and so secretive, it's too much. I can't imagine an F1 team allowing a front wing to be dismantled on camera. Boy, you just might reveal an aerodynamic secret! Praise to Indy car and you for turning this item into something to admire. Stunning....

You Rock Wesley.

Cool project! Just found your channel today and have been binge watching your videos! i also supported through Patreon today as well!

Very cool! I mean every mod to the beautiful carbon made me cringe (I'm a racecar guy), but loved the final piece just the same!

Just amazing. Can you do the same with my Yaris front bumper ? :D

5 minte epoxy is good for 5 minutes. Liked, shared and subscribed!

Awesome project. That would be fun to do. You haven’t figured out how to do the wireless electricity yet? Lol

I always watch your videos first. Good job. Shouldn’t it hang the other way though so the writing isn’t upside down.

All said and done, the moral of the story is . . . . . . . "You wanna lighten your race car? . . . add a little lead". Ooops! I mean LED.

Really cool idea. Why didn't you put an L.E.D. bulb in the center?

kewl!

Well Done bros. :)

I like lamp.

Wesley, Are you going to The Good Of The Land Fest in Lindale TX?

If zoom is good than more zoom must be better!!

Has the facility noticed any issue with the lamp installed so close to the occupancy sensor on the ceiling?

Next up, Wesley turns a lamp into an indycar..😆

Very cool usage! Nice video too. Was that a wasp or a bee? : )

Awesome work. Can I ask what epoxy did you use when u switched out the 5 min epoxy? Thanks Sir.

Was that an enlightening build for you?

You're not wired right. great stuff.

I feel like a little kid...ah shit

Zoom zoom

I think it is alien technology 🤔

are you sure it's aluminium reinforced? Because aluminium and carbon fibre do not go well together. that combo leads to corrosion.

Great project, NTT will be proud. That wing is off 5 time champ Scott dixon's car, very cool. But YIKES!!! I hope you wore a dust mask! Carbon fiber is worse than asbestos for your lungs!

The question is where to find that nose ?

come on, you could have used something a bit nicer than the 4 plumber rings with plain screws (13'30") protruding right in view...

so awesome. Have you seen these lever nuts for wires? a.co/d/gBcysDl I love them for stranded wire..

Always wear a decent mask cutting carbon fiber and clean up as much dust as possible. Potentially as bad as asbestos