DIY Cheap Micro Drone LED Race Gates | Part 1 - Wood Base

This is the first video in a DIY series about how to make portable micro drone (whoop) LED race gates for really cheap. These designs allow a lot of variation in shape, size, mounting style, and the types of LEDs used, from RGB and addressable LEDs to Christmas and fairy lights. This video explains how to make a portable wood base. These are all my own designs. -------------Table of Contents------------- 0:00 - Intro - Why I Made These 0:39 - Getting Wood Materials 2:54 - Cutting Wood To Length 5:16 - Sanding Dowels 9:21 - Drilling For Support Legs 18:04 - Drilling For Hoop Pegs 23:35 - Making Hoop Pegs 26:38 - Gluing In Hoop Pegs 28:18 - Sneak Peak For Part 2 -------------------------------------------------------- More Videos In This Series: Part 2 - LED Hoop -    • DIY Cheap Micro Drone LED Race Gates | Par...   Part 3 - Final Assembly -    • DIY Cheap Micro Drone LED Race Gates | Par...   Part 4 - Chip Clip Base -    • DIY Cheap Micro Drone LED Race Gates | Par...   Part 5 - Spiral Tube Gate - Coming soon! Part 6 - LED Lights and Electronics - Coming soon! Part 7 - Magnet Base - Coming soon! Loctite 60 Second Universal Glue - https://amzn.to/2UukIfF A Camera I Used For Filming - https://bit.ly/2N5Bc81 The other camera used was an old Canon 60D. These videos take a good bit of time and money to make. Some of the links above are affiliate links from which I can help support this channel. Please use them if you feel so inclined. Thanks! My mountain bike racing/riding channel:    / grnhrnt29   My Channel About Random Stuff:    / @ianbeatysotherstuff1252   Photography Portfolio: https://ianbeaty.myportfolio.com/phot...