Building an invisible monitor...

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Iiyama monitor:

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[DIYPerks]

FAQ TIME! If any of you have any questions, leave them in this thread and I’ll update it as they are asked :)

Q: What tool was used to round the wood corners?
A: Here in the UK it’s often called a surform, but rasp is also a common name

Q: Isn’t the monitor too high?
A: Slightly. It looks more so on video due to the perspective but it’s still pretty comfortable. It was only mounted there for this video anyway and will be moved somewhere else so I’ll make sure to have it slightly lower this time.

Q: You’ve made loads of custom PCs… which ones to you actually use?
A: Currently I use the brass and leather build for editing at the studio, and the large silent desk PC (the one with the glass front) is at home and used for photo editing and some gaming etc (though to be fair I haven’t played a game since last Christmas so it’s a fringe use case at the moment).

Q: Have you considered watercooling the PC itself?
A: Yes! I went with air cooling as it’s actually pretty decent (I still need to make some minor tweaks) but I do have plans to try watercooling the thing at some point.

Q: Do you plan these videos? I mean do you make blueprints or you just have a general idea what you're gonna do and just make up on the way?
A: I pretty much always just have an idea of what I want in my head, and then think through the process needed to get there, and then make it up as I go along.

Q: Is making YouTube videos your primary/ only job?
A: YEP! I’m so grateful that I can do what is basically my hobby as my actual job.

Q: Are you from the UK or from the US?
A: Very much the UK.

Q: Could you use a hydraulic system to lower the monitor in a more controlled way?
A: Absolutely! It would make it more difficult to push upwards though, so keep that in mind.

[not_real]

23 years later...
"where's your house?"
*Point at a field of grass*

[whynotanyting]

Thief 1: "Steal everything."
Thief 2: "but there's nothing of value here"
Thief 1: "Trust me, even the doors and toilet."

[virgilyoung]

Next Project:
1. One of those books on top is actually a router.
2. Those Ivy pots are actually wireless speakers.
3. That night lamp is actually a camera and mic.

[ronake]

Imagine how confused thiefs would be when trying to rob this man's house, all electronics are hidden in some secret compartment where they can't be seen and nobody would look. All they see is a fancy desk that has nothing on it, a living room with no TV and a kitchen that has no oven or fridge.

[CrossVs]

The monitor could also function as a soft filtered top-down LED light when folded up for you're reading/working on the desk

[anistyme]

I love how this is a tutorial like we're actually going to build it

[jackersam]

Him: "Here is a table, find the PC"
Me: "Here is my PC, find the table"

[arcadiapeek]

This channel is genuinely the highest quality DIY channel I've ever seen. Awesome job to the creator.

Also, I'm trying to imagine how mind-blown guests would be upon entering this genius' extremely aesthetic house -- and then finding that he'd made most of the masterpieces on his own. Astonishingly well done.

[Nighthawkinlight]

Very nice! I like this even more than the pc bit. Very practical to have your entire desk surface open.

[WhackyCast]

11:45 the screw missing in the top left is really bothering me...

[chem_ist_]

When he mentioned the fact that it is theft-proof, I couldn’t help but get the mental image of two thieves being caught carrying a table out of a home on a burglary.

[emmwchy]

You are an
artist +engineer + scientist + interior designer

all at ONCE !
I look up to you.

[DSLRguide]

these designs are getting too pretty! props to you mate, this is impressive work

[shady]

Well, that's definitely not what I expected when I saw "Invisible monitory". I thought there was gonna be some projector witchcraft onto the wall.

[tafaragadze]

This dude needs to start his own company. I would actually legitimately buy a lot if what he makes

[takattack]

Your house must look immaculate. Or it's hidden like the monitor and pc is.
"With a simple twist of this latch, my whole house sinks back into the ground, hidden, as if it wasn't even there"

[Scott_C]

Some thoughts I had after watching this:
• Add an external USB port linked to the monitor's usb hub port to the top shelf. You can make the external Hard Drive look like a book(s?) sitting on the shelf.
• Create a fake potted plant (or something) to act as a usb hub sitting on the desk. Oooh maybe make a potted mushroom like your old mushroom lamp design. Would love to see an update to that.
• Even though the surface is aluminum find a way to install a wireless charging area on the desk. So you can just set your phone / headphones case down and charge them without plugging them in. Maybe put the wireless charger in the fake potted plant?
• Hide speakers somewhere in this impossibly clean build.

[marcoknives]

The next level will be a motorized hinge for the monitor, that open it when you hit the power button :-)

[jyln.n]

2 videos?!?
A week apart?!?
We've been blessed!