Ah, i see now what you mean! You can se them really well on tubes like Z566M , they are made of glass wich isnt clear, it has more like a white color.
On Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:24:19 PM UTC+1, Terry Kennedy wrote: > > On Jun 17, 1:04 pm, kay486 <luckyl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi there, i really like your life story! > > What are the beads you are reffering to? > > They are approximately torus-shaped (donut / bagel) except that the > top and bottoms are flat instead of curved, and the sides are > vertical. They are inserted in a formed metal base and leads are > inserted, and then the whole assembly goes through the hydrogen > furnace to fuse the glass to the metal pieces. > > In this picture (not mine, just one I found with Google image search) > the beads are the two dark rings around the wire leads. That is the > simplest form of bead - some have provisions for multple wire leads > and may be other than round. > > http://tp01.com/estore/images/4%20MHz%20quartz%20crystal.jpg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/fBS6pH8lkBYJ. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.