> On Apr 22, 2020, at 6:39 PM, martin martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice looking sign!
I went to neon school 20 years ago. With another 18-24 months of daily practice I might have been able to make something like that. Needless to say I never had a career in the business and LEDs have put a small dent in demand for cold cathode signage. Everything I brought home with me broke and being handled a few times and I never managed to take any good pictures while I had the chance. My "thesis" piece was the logo for the band "Hole" (Courtney Love's band). My girlfriend was a huge fan so I made it for her. I powered it up for her once. It was clear tubing filled with neon and it was so bright she couldn't stand to look at it. It was actually two pieces: The word "Hole" and a big heart that went around it. THAT is still intact although I'm not sure exactly where it is at the moment. The HV power supply that came with my tuition is solid state and works great with the huge xenon flash tube I bought from Electronic Goldmine. Fits right in with my 18" Lumindisc, Radio Shack Lightening Storm and crackle tubes. Here's a picture from the last year I was able to set up for Halloween (2nd one down): https://www.astarcloseup.com/2011/11/halloween-2011.html I forgot about the plasma sphere on the left. It's the one made by With Design In Mind™. It's the best looking and best made one I've ever seen (the ones made by Rabbit and Radio Shack are junk by comparison). I got a second one off of eBay a couple of years ago at a really good price. If you're in the market let me know and I'll point one out for you. > Odd note here: mine was made for me some 25 years ago by a "neon bender". > We bartered for PC repair. He was a serious conspiracy guy who was convinced > the football and all other sports were run by the government to 'keep the > people occupied' What did he think about the free bread they were handing out? > -- What a can of worms I may have opened here... Heh. Terry Bowman, KA4HJH "The Mac Doctor" “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”–Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/A2815582-EA14-4456-B3A0-C865C002592C%40gmail.com.
