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* Diffusion pumps | * Diffusion pumps | ||
* Vacuum pumps | * Vacuum pumps | ||
=== Minor tools === | |||
* Air hose | |||
* Cork | |||
* Glass file | |||
* Chalk pencil - for making marks on glass, will not melt in fire | |||
* Electrode holder - hold electrodes in place to protect fingers | |||
* Tube diameter measuring template | |||
* Block with heat resistant paper | |||
* Shot bags for holding pattern | |||
* Brass screen - to protect pattern | |||
* Paint - to block out hidden sections of tube | |||
=== Torches === | |||
* Ribbon burner | |||
* Crossfire burner | |||
* Hand torch | |||
=== Torch fuel === | |||
* Mixture of natural gas and air | |||
* Valves at bottom to get proper fuel/air ratio | |||
=== Gas processing manifold === | |||
* Neon gas | |||
* Argon gas | |||
* Pressure column - millimeters of "mercury" | |||
* Main valve | |||
* Gas supply valves | |||
* Vacuum pump | |||
* Conversion tables - determine pressure based on tube size | |||
== Suppliers == | |||
==== EGL ==== | ==== EGL ==== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:00, 25 November 2019
This article describes how to set up a neon sign fabrication shop.
Equipment
Equipment includes:
- Manifolds
- Oils
- Gauges
- Bombarders
- Chokes
- Burners
- Torches
- Diffusion pumps
- Vacuum pumps
Minor tools
- Air hose
- Cork
- Glass file
- Chalk pencil - for making marks on glass, will not melt in fire
- Electrode holder - hold electrodes in place to protect fingers
- Tube diameter measuring template
- Block with heat resistant paper
- Shot bags for holding pattern
- Brass screen - to protect pattern
- Paint - to block out hidden sections of tube
Torches
- Ribbon burner
- Crossfire burner
- Hand torch
Torch fuel
- Mixture of natural gas and air
- Valves at bottom to get proper fuel/air ratio
Gas processing manifold
- Neon gas
- Argon gas
- Pressure column - millimeters of "mercury"
- Main valve
- Gas supply valves
- Vacuum pump
- Conversion tables - determine pressure based on tube size
Suppliers
EGL
Brillite
SVP
Viking Sign Supplies
Grimco sign supply
Supplies
Material supplies include:
- Glass tubes
- Electrodes
- Gas
Consumable supplies include:
- Propane
- Electricity
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
Videos
DACO
- DACO Neon Training Video @ YouTube
- Weld
- L bend
- Double back
- Drop turn
- Rise turn
- Offset
Martin Suettinger
See The Art of Making Neon with Martin Suettinger.
Atelier Neon
Anon
- Making a neon sign by hand @ YouTube
Neon fabrication shops
Neon discussion groups online
Technical specifications
Workshop equipment and layout
Lead
- Lead-Free Tech Bulletin @ Brillite