Hey, Katelyn. Hey, Evan. Are you tired of buying a poster and it just sitting there, static, displaying the
same message day after day? You mean like posters do? Wouldn't you want a poster with 64 randomized
motivational sayings to inspire you to
have a wonderful day? I would like that. Hi guys, we're Evan and Katelyn, and today we're making a wholesome, randomized
motivational pors-- (laughing) Poster! which should look
something like this. (sparkling noise) And it should work
kind of like this. (clapping) (clapping) I wanna do it again.
(laughing) KATELYN: This video is
brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform
for all your website needs. Okay, but how exactly
are we going to create this magical piece
of technology? Well, we're still trying
to figure that out, too. Yeah, it's been three
days of brainstorming. Ordering various supplies. Messing with electronics. So, in order to make this work, we need some words
to be always on, some words to show
up when we clap, and the rest of the
words to be hidden, so we're making this
with a series of layers. At the back are gonna be LEDs. Strips of LEDs
going back and forth and those are gonna
shine through-- Layer two, which is gonna
have all of our words. At the top, it will
say, "You are a", then it'll be a series of eight positive,
wholesome adjectives, eight positive, wholesome nouns. Some of them we came up with, some of them our
patrons came up with. One of the nouns is potato, so. That one's not really,
like, a compliment, but we thought it was funny. It's funny. And then at the very front, we need to have some way
to diffuse the light, and to hide the words that
aren't active at the moment. The words that aren't
lit from behind. And that's the very first thing that we're gonna
experiment with. Are we gonna use plastic? Where is the other plastic? Are we gonna use
some sort of plastic? Are we gonna use
thin wood veneer? Or are we gonna use resin? So first off, we
are gonna do a few test carves of our letters so that we can test these
various diffusing materials and, you know, we just have to
take this one step at a time. Yeah, I think once
we have that down... Exactly.
(laughing) (upbeat music) Go for it. So we're carving our
letters out of MDF but you'll notice that we're
carving some little boxes too. These are gonna go behind our
letters because we realized we actually need two
layers of diffusion. We'll show you why. We have these cutouts right here of the shortest word, cat. Now if we just put this
cutout against the LEDs-- KATELYN: It doesn't
look that great. EVAN: It's not that great. Even with the
diffusion on the front, it looks pretty bad. 'Cause we can't rely on the LEDs to line up perfectly
with the letters. EVAN: So we can
make a little box, and add a little
distance between the
letters and the LEDs, and you get something like this. Better. KATELYN: Better. EVAN: Still not great. Depending on where
the LEDs line up. Shadows, shifts, and
it's just not great. Now, if you also add
diffusion behind the letters, now you're starting
to get somewhere. That evens out all of the LEDs, and when you add it with a
diffusion layer in front, you get some pretty
good results. So we have our list of
potential inside materials, potential outside materials. The inner diffusion is
mostly to diffuse the light. The outer diffusion
material is for that, but also obscuring the letters
that are gonna be unlit. So let's get to
prepping all of those, and then we can see
what our results are. EVAN: Montage time! (spray paint cans rattling) So just a layer on, more
testing while we're at it. We are also painting our
boxes black and white, to see how that affects how much the off
letters are obscured. We also need to pre-prep one of our inner diffusion
materials, which is resin. And we've got a fancy
syringe to do it. Mad scientist time. It's working, it's working! KATELYN: It's our first time
using these fancy syringes. EVAN: Oh yes. KATELYN: It dripped immediately. That's great. EVAN: Oh my gosh, yes. All right we have
everything prepared, and now it is time
to test them all. But first...
(gurgling noise) (laughing) What if that noise was
picked up on the mic? Everything is prepared. Let us show you what
we've got going on here. Okay, I'm going to run
through all of these materials as quickly as I can, so you have context
for what we're doing. So for the inside,
polypropylene, mystery plastic, and resin. Now for the polypropylene
in mystery plastic, we're going to try the
same outside diffusions. Polypropylene with white MDF, polypropylene with
black MDF, and wood. The third inside
material, the resin, is going to be a
little different. We're only going to
try it with white MDF, and polypropylene. We're going to try
it with the wood and then we are
also gonna try doing a full resin pour
over the whole thing. Now we can't do that pour
with the other materials, because there are too
many points for leakage, but we're going to
give this a shot. Do you have any thoughts on what you think
is going to do best? Katelyn had a really good idea
of painting the face black. Because I think
that's gonna make the unlit letters
show up the least. And I 100% agree. I think that's super smart. My prediction for the best
interior diffusion material is actually going to be
this really thin plastic. Mystery plastic. Yeah, it lets a lot
of light through, but it also really
breaks it up well, which is just what
we're looking for. And I think for the outside,
I'm thinking the polypropylene, because it looks nice. I don't know. I feel like that is a
very practical prediction. Yes. The thing that I would
like to work the most... Wood?
No. All resin? How dare you?
(laughing) All resin. I want resin on the inside because I really want
to do a resin over pour and the only way we
can do it, really, is on the one with the
resin and the letters. Otherwise, it's just too many
potential places for leakage. Yeah, it could leak out
of every single letter. Let's start with the
polypropylene inside on the testing bench. Can you do it one more time? Wait, wait, wait. I'll tell you, now. On the testing bench. All right, first stop, wood. I have very large
concerns about this because the type of
veneer that we got has this adhesive
backing on the back-- KATELYN: It's kind of thick. EVAN: And it's kind of
thick and it's very opaque. No! EVAN: All right, I
made this test bench to be variable brightness. KATELYN: Turn it up all the way. You can barely see it. Oh no.
(laughing) So this was our original... Our very original first idea was that we were
gonna use wood veneer. Because we saw somebody
do it online once, and it looked really cool. EVAN: And I think
we're going to have to knock this out of the
running for every single one. It just doesn't
let enough through. It doesn't, it
doesn't do anything. Sorry, wood. A lot of our patrons were
very much excited for that. (Evan laughing) All right, next up on
the list is the black and the polypropylene on top. That looks good. KATELYN: That looks good. Can you turn the lights
off, so I can see like... Oh and it's not, it's
not really visible. EVAN: It's not really visible. So that would be good. EVAN: All right, let's
try it with white, though. KATELYN: Also nice.
EVAN: That one looks good. But, wow. KATELYN: Like, just as visible. You know, we could decide that
that's an aesthetic choice. If we think it will look cool. We could try mocking it up now that we know
what it looks like. But, yeah. Oh yeah.
(Evan laughing) One is very visible, one is not. All right, what's
up next on the list? Mystery plastic. So I cut out a
little sheet of this. What is next? Yeah, what is next? Actually, try the wood,
because this is thinner. EVAN: All right. Okay, it still looks terrible. EVAN: Let's try
it with the black. Black and polypropylene
looks great. KATELYN: That looks nice. EVAN: Now we'll do the
white polypropylene. KATELYN: Okay, that is nice. It's very comparable to with
the polypropylene as the base. And now Katelyn's
main contender. Da, da, da! (Evan laughing) Resin! Oh, it's a little bit dull. EVAN: I think
because it's uneven. This is a uniform
piece of plastic. This has a lot of interesting
flow going on the resin, which leads to cool art. But if you're looking
for something even. I am not sure if resin's it.
Dang it. Put something on top of
it, I'm just curious. (Evan laughing) Okay, crush my dreams. EVAN: Okay, okay,
I'll do polypropylene. KATELYN: Yeah, that looks bad. Okay, so let's go
through the results. Resin, I think we can
cross all of it off, sadly. (laughing) Wood, cross all of them off. KATELYN: So that leaves
us mystery plastic or polypropylene for the inside, and white or black could work. EVAN: Yeah. I think we might want to do
a... should we do a mock up? Like a Photoshop mock up inside? If we want the letters
to subtly show through as like a feature. Yeah, so we can use Photoshop,
or white or black surface. But I think in
terms of the inside, it's a pretty easy test. We want as much light as
possible, as even as possible. So let's just lay
these two right here. KATELYN: Yeah, it's
gonna be, you know, a little different because
they're different colors. EVAN: So here is
mystery plastic. Here's polypropylene. Now let's lay this top on. I am looking through the
screen and I can't tell. Can you tell? In real life, the mystery
disperses it better. KATELYN: Here, let me
turn on the ISO in here, so you guys can see it too. There seems to be
more shadowy pockets. EVAN: Hot spots, yeah. More splotchy. KATELYN: It's a little
hard to see on camera, but I think the mystery
plastic for our underside. Yes, I agree. Okay, so we have
our final materials. It's going to be
polypropylene on top. It's going to be mystery
plastic underneath. Let's take some pictures of
it with the white painted MDF, and the black painted MDF. And I will Photoshop
how it could look like. Yes. Every word will be cat.
(laughing) But it should give us an idea. (laughing) You are a cat cat cat
cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat. KATELYN: Hi. SUPURRVISOR: Food time. KATELYN: Do you approve
of our word choice? SUPURRVISOR: Yes. KATELYN: Cat, cat, cat... I gotta go Photoshop,
you wanna come with me? Okay, so we have a
couple of mock ups. EVAN: Oh, Joobie has
been hard at work. You did all of this all
by yourself, Joobie? KATELYN: Yes, well, she has
to approve the final concept. EVAN: Okay, okay. Okay, so here it is on white. EVAN: Can you make it bigger? No.
(Evan laughing) EVAN: You are a
cat cat cat cat... KATELYN: So you can
see the background, but your eye, still
I think, goes to cat. Okay, and here it is on black. EVAN: Oh, I think
that, I think black. KATELYN: I think
it has to be black. I think that will
look really cool. EVAN: Joobie, what do you think? Do you approve?
SUPURRVISOR: Yes. KATELYN: Do you care?
SUPURRVISOR: No. EVAN: But it's super exciting. Yeah. EVAN: Is she gonna let you up? (phone ringing) Hey there all you
cool cats and kittens. This is Big Cat Cat Treats. How may I serve your
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you seen my phone? SUPURRVISOR: Oh no,
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in need of treats. Meow. Hi, so it's the next day, and we have a lot of work to do. We have five different CNC cuts. We got the diffusion,
nine minutes, not bad. Letters, two and half hours. Diffusion box, 1.25 hours. LEDs, 2.25 hours, and then enclosure, an hour, so we're looking at about
seven to eight hours if everything goes well. And it's 1:30 in the
afternoon right now. So wish us luck, 'cause this is one of
the longest CNC marathons we have ever embarked upon. (upbeat music) So, we didn't finish
the carves in one day. We're on day two. And while Evan continues
to keep an eye on the CNC, (machine noise) KATELYN: How's it going? Very serious... CNCing. I am gonna start
painting the layers that are complete. Do you want to help?
[Supurrvisor] - No. KATELYN: Well, hello, excuse me. (upbeat music) Yay! I was just checking to
see if I was sweaty. (both laughing) All right guys, all of
the layers are done. I think more than
any other project, this has taken
significant brain power. A lot of designing and iteration
has gone into something that is gonna end up
being pretty simple, yet hopefully gloriously
beautiful and fun. Anyways, all of
the CNCing is done. I think let's just do
a little quick example of how the electronics
works on a small scale before we scale it
up to the full size and assemble everything. Now... I'm gonna have to come around, everyone's gonna see
that I'm in PJ pants. (Evan laughing)
No, no, they can't see. Ha ha!
Ha ha! All right, so when we put
together the final sign, there's going to be LEDs running back and forth
along these channels and each is gonna have
an individual location, like one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. And those are going to line up with these boxes right here. Now for the sake
of this example, I went ahead and simplified
each of these boxes to a single LED right here, so you can see how
these are gonna work. Now, "You are a"
will always be lit. And when I trigger an
event, like a clap... (clapping) KATELYN: Work.
(Evan laughing) EVAN: Or a touch of the
sensor as the backup because the clap sensor
isn't the most reliable, it's going to trigger
a little math event inside of its brain, where
it'll choose a number between one and eight
for the adjective, and one through
eight for the noun, and that is the box or
LEDs that will line up. So basically all we have to do is assemble all of
the LEDs into here, count which numbers
line up with which box, reprogram this little
brain right here, and then this is gonna be done. Oh ho! It's been a journey. It's been a journey,
I'm excited. (whimsical music) There is something so satisfying about a well-thought
out plan going to plan. Everything is fitting. I'm ready for the test,
but I just have to note, and just have a moment of
enjoyment and satisfaction for detailed CNC
work and 3D modeling coming together as planned. Oh Katelyn, look at
the underside too. Oh, I haven't seen
the underside yet. EVAN: Isn't that beautiful? Wow, the way you
looped the wires around I mean I know we
talked about it, but like, oh my god. I wasn't done!
(Evan laughing) My god, look at that though. That's awesome. It makes me so happy. It's coming together
wonderfully. It really is. This has been, like,
I know we've said it, but this has not been
a simple project. I feel like we've grown a
lot through this project. This is one of those
projects that you take it on because it's a challenge
and you grow through it. Yes. Speaking of growth, are
you ready to test this? Yeah, well, which
part are we testing? Like, if the claps work? Just everything. Does it light up? KATELYN: Does it light up? I programmed it,
but I... you know. Ready?
Yes. (clapping) EVAN: Hey, hey, hey! That's awesome! We might want to rely
on the touch sensor. Yeah, let's try this. Yes!
Yay! Oh that's so great. Oh my god. I can't wait for
those to be words. We have everything
we need right here. We need, we need
to trim down this. Our inner diffusion,
our mystery plastic? Yeah. Mystery plastic we
don't know who you are, but thank you. But I think that it's just
assembly, and that's it. KATELYN: Oh my gosh,
oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Oh man. It's nice, really, you
can't see the letters too well when it's off. That's perfect. So the black paint
worked as planned. What you are looking for? Ahahaha! I need to clean up. KATELYN: Those are sharp
looking, that brass. EVAN: Can you run
some electrical tape? I had to realign it
so it was precise. The little curves
baby, look at that. It's the little details. I know no one's gonna see this, except for all of
you guys, but... It's a lot of people. It is so smart, nice looking. EVAN: Beautiful. Yes, yes! KATELYN: Behind the
poster complexity. (laughing) All right. This is the final thing,
if we did everything right. KATELYN: Then it should work. Fingers crossed, ready? Yeah. EVAN: All right. KATELYN: It's stuck. EVAN: This is the
moment of truth. KATELYN: We have
the "You are a". (clapping) We are a stunning eagle! You are a stunning eagle. Oh my gosh. What are you going
to be Katelyn? Oh, it's in the back. The touch doesn't work. Okay, well... Where is the little
piece we had earlier? I think we threw it away. Maybe it's too many
pieces folded over? What if I just do this side? Yeah, okay. EVAN: This was going to
be our victory moment. Okay, fine, I'll just
clap three times. (Evan laughing)
(clapping) EVAN: You are a wholesome
potato, Katelyn! Yeah! I am a wholesome potato! That's a winning
combo, right there. Oh my gosh, wait, wait, wait. One thing we gotta do, we
had a clap for our audience. Oh yeah, okay. This is for you guys. This is for you guys.
Ready? What is the audience? Wait. We're going to count to
three and you clap at home. You might have to
clap a few times. Okay, what is, what are you? Just feel it inside of you. Ready? Three, two, one. (clapping) You are a majestic eagle. Y'all are majestic eagles. Don't forget it. We love you guys. You are a chaotic flower. Don't forget it. I was yelling so
much, it changed. (clapping) Okay, we wanna get
the touch working so that we can bring
in the Supurrvisor. without scaring
her with our claps. The claps are the most fun. EVAN: Maybe this is too long? I don't know. I can figure this out though. You know, it was one of those-- Oh, wait. Wait, what happened? What'd you do? I just turned it
off and on again. Of course, 'cause
it's a computer and even though it's a
tiny little computer brain it still is a little
computer brain that needs rest every
now and then, so. Okay, I am gonna get the Joob. Okay Joobie. Let's see what you are. First off, what do you think? Do you approve? No, not the tape, baby.
The sign, the sign. SUPURRVISOR: Want tape. Look at this, wow. You are a... You are a fancy mountain, baby. (Evan laughing) Oh my gosh, we did build her
into a mountain in Minecraft! She is the fancy
mountain, literally. This predicts the
f-... the past. What does Joobie
think that I am? Joobie thinks that you are a... Majestic flower. Oh, what does she think I am? A fancy mountain. Also a fancy mountain. We are the same, we are one. (whimsical music) Thank you guys so
much for watching, I hope you had fun
with us in this video. If you haven't heard,
we have a gaming channel over at
youtube.com/EvanandKatelyngaming I am majestic tree. (laughing) We hope to see you
guys over there. And we'll see you next time. Bye! (clapping) Ready?
Yeah. Bye! You're a chaotic human.
(laughing) That's like...
I know, I know. It's very similar. It's kind of like
how I imagined it. It's really nice, baby. Thank you. I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of you. I am proud of our poster. Like, relax a little bit. Shake your booty. Oh no, you're gonna put
that in as a blooper. No I'm not.
Oh no. Are you ready?
Oh no, no, no. Shake your booty! Serious face.
Serious. Gingerbread men live
in gingerbread houses. Humans build their houses
out of human flesh. I mean, logically speaking, yes. I guess if you
made, like, a human, you could make human leather. What? Wait, wait, how did the
conversation get here? You could make human
leather and build a teepee. Oh, that's so creepy. That would be a human house. Or you could make
it out of bones. I wonder if you
could crush bones, and then mix them with
clay, to strengthen them? Mmm. Or if it's cold enough you could build an igloo out
of frozen blocks of blood. Many ways.
Thanks for giving my wife an item to add to my pandemic honey-do list...
"You are a chaotic flower!"
Me and my ADHD brain have never felt more understood. ♥
Do they ever release their CNC files, so we can recreate their projects?