Re: [neonixie-l] Caption competition candidate

2020-04-22 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Apr 22, 2020, at 7:19 PM, gregebert wrote: > > Terry - How did bombarding go ? That is the main reason why I never took up > neon design; it's pretty dangerous. It was a very well set up shop. I never felt like I was in any danger. Of course we did have a small amount of triple

Re: [neonixie-l] Caption competition candidate

2020-04-22 Thread gregebert
Terry - How did bombarding go ? That is the main reason why I never took up neon design; it's pretty dangerous. I've also wondered about how much vacuum equipment is really necessary; some books suggest you need to get well below 50 microns to get a good tube. That's way outside my budget and

Re: [neonixie-l] Caption competition candidate

2020-04-22 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Apr 22, 2020, at 6:39 PM, martin martin 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

Re: [neonixie-l] Caption competition candidate

2020-04-22 Thread martin martin
Nice looking sign! 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 a can of worms I may

Re: [neonixie-l] Caption competition candidate

2020-04-22 Thread Michail Wilson
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 22, 2020, at 3:19 PM, newxito wrote: > >  > I love the "Hochspannung" sign! > > Am Donnerstag, 23. April 2020 00:09:47 UTC+2 schrieb Jens Boos: >> >> Got one too! I had it custom made for my electronics YouTube channel >> www.youtube.com/FriendlyWire :) >> >>

Re: [neonixie-l] Caption competition candidate

2020-04-22 Thread newxito
I love the "Hochspannung" sign! Am Donnerstag, 23. April 2020 00:09:47 UTC+2 schrieb Jens Boos: > > Got one too! I had it custom made for my electronics YouTube channel > www.youtube.com/FriendlyWire :) > > It's supposed to be the two letters F and W, and the W looks like the > symbol for a