Great Video, these are really cool! Love the shots the lights gave and how affordable/easy they’re to make is impressive as well! Keep up this series it’s cool. 👍
Awesome! One tip I have for rgb tubes is to use JST connectors on the ends so that you can more easily connect and un connect them instead of doing any permanent soldering. They’re locking unlike the standard ones you find on the end of the led rolls and they work great for daisy chaining if you attach them to both ends.
The strips I used list a CRI of 85 but if you need strips that are more accurate, I linked a 95 CRI strip in the description. In my use case though, I often have the tubes blowing out on camera so they are completely white.
Great video! Do you think this would work with just one row of leds in stead of two? I'm looking to make them dmx addressable and create effects so having one row of individually addressable leds would make this more straightforward. I'm just not sure if the visual effect will be as good as in your vid.
Yes you can do it with one row! I made some with one row of rgb leds to use on a stage in a church and while they’re not as bright, they’re fairly close and still look great. Brightness will also depend on which exact leds you go with. I have also helped make some tubes with individually addressable leds and they were to bright for the cameras so the output had to capped at about 75%. It will all depend on which leds you buy
I got my tubes from Menards. They have more recently changed the style of the end caps that makes it a bit more difficult to work with, so if you can find one where the cap goes over the tubes instead of sliding inside the tube, that will be much easier to work with
Really cool build - I just finished a similar build/tutorial, and had looked at those light guards initially but was concerned with durability. How have these held up?
They’ve been holding up very well so far! I even installed them at my church for 1-2 months as stage lighting where they’re fallen down off the wall multiple times and they’re still going strong. I also helped install a whole wall of these tubes with individually addressable led strips to be DMX controllable at a very large church and they’ve had them for about a year now and they’re working great.
Update: So Quasar Science liked my Instagram post I made of the demo footage, so I guess that must mean these things look pretty good 😂
You are a legend sir. My friend just made two and I am going to make some as well! Thanks for this great idea!
Great video man! Straight to it, easy to follow, and links!
You made it so simple, thank you man!!
Nice video! Good budget-friendly build for $10. I may want to make some of these now :)
I subscribed because that was helpful congrats on 50 subscribers
This is an extremely high quality video
Great video, I want to make some now
Great Video, these are really cool! Love the shots the lights gave and how affordable/easy they’re to make is impressive as well! Keep up this series it’s cool. 👍
Wicked respect for that.. I will do this
Lol at the head bobbing lol
cool vid i am making rgb lights like this soon so this video really halped me out thanks
Awesome! One tip I have for rgb tubes is to use JST connectors on the ends so that you can more easily connect and un connect them instead of doing any permanent soldering. They’re locking unlike the standard ones you find on the end of the led rolls and they work great for daisy chaining if you attach them to both ends.
What about color accuracy?
The strips I used list a CRI of 85 but if you need strips that are more accurate, I linked a 95 CRI strip in the description. In my use case though, I often have the tubes blowing out on camera so they are completely white.
Great video! Do you think this would work with just one row of leds in stead of two?
I'm looking to make them dmx addressable and create effects so having one row of individually addressable leds would make this more straightforward. I'm just not sure if the visual effect will be as good as in your vid.
Yes you can do it with one row! I made some with one row of rgb leds to use on a stage in a church and while they’re not as bright, they’re fairly close and still look great. Brightness will also depend on which exact leds you go with. I have also helped make some tubes with individually addressable leds and they were to bright for the cameras so the output had to capped at about 75%. It will all depend on which leds you buy
@@michaelcarroll1670 Great, thx!
Where u get the long paper
I got the paper from Michaels craft store
Where can I find those clear plastic tube? I've been looking around and some are expensive...
I got my tubes from Menards. They have more recently changed the style of the end caps that makes it a bit more difficult to work with, so if you can find one where the cap goes over the tubes instead of sliding inside the tube, that will be much easier to work with
They are around 100$ to 240$ those plastic tubes
They’re $3.97 each right now at Menards. Check the link in the description
Really cool build - I just finished a similar build/tutorial, and had looked at those light guards initially but was concerned with durability. How have these held up?
They’ve been holding up very well so far! I even installed them at my church for 1-2 months as stage lighting where they’re fallen down off the wall multiple times and they’re still going strong. I also helped install a whole wall of these tubes with individually addressable led strips to be DMX controllable at a very large church and they’ve had them for about a year now and they’re working great.