027. Homemade H.O. Scale LED Street Lights 

[thank, you for youre great video]👍

Well done, Bill. Your craftsmanship in building the light should be applauded. I'm planning to add these to my Empire when I've progressed to that stage in my railroad.

Amazing❤

Great little project. The best way to cut that tubing is with the edge of a file. Score each side a few times where you want to cut then bend the tubing at the scores a few times back and forth. The tube will break off easily and won't leave a burr on the inside.

THAT is pretty darn creative. Looks incredible! With your jig they all come out the same... and they cost a fraction of what a purchased light would cost. And the purchased lights would probably be plastic.. I gotta try it... thanks for sharing! 🤠 As I'm just getting started in model railroading I may decide to make videos on my journey down the model railroading rabbit hole. I'll let you know if I make a video of these! Of course I'll credit you and link your video. This is the second one of your how to videos I'm trying myself. I'm subscribing - keep 'em coming!

Nice! And, Nice layout too.

Such a great idea and we'll executed. Appreciate your time in showing the technique 👌 Bravo.

Outstanding.

Great idea. What is the inside & outside diameter of the copper tubing?

These are awesome. As soon as i seen the build i purchased all the supplies. As for filing inside use a 6:57 welder torch tip cleaner. 1 thing i did not figure out was the length of the tube pre-bend. I will take a guess and figure about 25 on the ho scale of the ruler or is that too much

6:16 small round file.

Very clever. I wonder if you couldn't find a finish nail the same diameter as the inside of the tube and jam it in there while you're doing your cutting so as not to create inside burrs when you're cutting. Granted you'll want to rotate as you cut instead of going straight through so the softer copper cuts while the nail doesn't but maybe worth a shot? I wonder what they'd look like with a patina on them could give a nice green look if you can pull it off right.

Hi Bill, really a great tool 🙂but I was wondering can it be used also for N-scale?

I'm new yo this kind of train building . can you supply part numbers to help. I'm interested in learning and doing and watching your channel. Thsnks

Where did you get the ruler?

Have you a code number for the LED