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Category: Neon Glass Art
Glass Art » Tony Greer / Special FX Neon's Gallery
Equipment and Tools

Equipment and Tools

Posted by TonyGreerSpecialEffectsNeon on 4/12/2006
Pictures from inside my studio of some of the equipment and tools I use to make neon and plasma tubes.
Vacuum/Gas Transfer Station
Vacuum/Gas Transfer Station
Two Direct-Drive 2 Stage Vacuum Pumps w/Diffusion Pump. Pyrex Manifold and Tank Gases.
480 x 640 pixels  (85 KB)
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Neon and Plasma Work Benches
Neon and Plasma Work Benches
Foreground: Pattern and Bending Bench. Background: Pumping Station and Bombarding Bench
640 x 480 pixels  (95 KB)
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Manifold
Manifold
Manifold and Vacuum, Pressure, Temp and Current Gauges.
640 x 480 pixels  (96 KB)
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Inert Gases
Inert Gases
Steel Tanks and Glass Flask Contain High Purity Noble Gases.
640 x 480 pixels  (85 KB)
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Vacuum Pumps
Vacuum Pumps
Left: Roughing Pump. Right and Center: Finishing Pump Backed by Glass Diffusion Pump.
640 x 480 pixels  (84 KB)
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Crossfire 1
Crossfire 1
Cannon Style Floor Standing Crossfire Operates on Natural Gas and Air.
640 x 480 pixels  (99 KB)
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Crossfire 2
Crossfire 2
5 Point Floor Standing Crossfire.
640 x 480 pixels  (69 KB)
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Ribbon Fire
Ribbon Fire
16" Adjustable Ribbon Fire
640 x 480 pixels  (76 KB)
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Hand Torches
Hand Torches
Pinpoint, Splicing, Tipping and Bunsen Torches
640 x 480 pixels  (53 KB)
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Hand Tools
Hand Tools
Tube Diameter Gauge, Reamer, Map Wheel, Electrode Holders, Glass File, Marking Pencil, Blowhose and Corks, Spark Coil, Pattern Screen and Press Block.
640 x 480 pixels  (119 KB)
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Hotwire Tubing Cutters
Hotwire Tubing Cutters
Easily cuts any diameter or length of tubing very flat on the end.
640 x 480 pixels  (79 KB)
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Micron Vacuum Gauge
Micron Vacuum Gauge
Measures vacuums down to 1 Micron, or milliTorr.
496 x 372 pixels  (44 KB)
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Temperature gauge
Temperature gauge
Digital clamp-on temp gauge used during bombarding, or heating the tube under vacuum.
640 x 480 pixels  (77 KB)
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Air Blower
Air Blower
Supplies air at 2 PSI to operate all glass fires.
640 x 480 pixels  (95 KB)
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Vintage H-D
Vintage H-D
Nothing to do with glassworking, but it keeps me sane!
640 x 480 pixels  (118 KB)
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 Artist:   TonyGreerSpecialEffectsNeon  ( ) Contact Artist 
Tony Greer / Special Effects Neon
Two of the things that intrigue me most are light and glass. Each one is fascinating on its own, but when these elements are combined they have the potential to become something uniquely beautiful. For me, this is the perfect marriage of science and art, as I find many of the phenomena in physics, as well as nature intrinsically beautiful.



Tony Greer
Lubbock TX 79401 US
Profile Page: http://www.GlassArtists.org/TonyGreerSpecialEffectsNeon
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thanks
thanks for posting, very interesting.
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» Posted by RoSGlassWorld on 4/13/2006 5:28:01 AM.
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A fine looking studio.
B
» Posted by BEGlass on 4/13/2006 7:53:19 AM.
cool!
i have a neon shop in my shop too.. not as nice as yours and its collecting dust atm.... just curious do you oven pump your single electrode pieces? i never have and havent had trouble but i know there is a debate about it..
» Posted by GreenStoneGlass on 4/13/2006 11:47:30 AM.

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