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Re: Jelly Beans ????
Bettina Barbier wrote:
>
> Kenny -
>
> > Do you mean the little plasma whirlygig things that sort of look like
> > several multicolored fans in a row and which gently spin at seemingly
> > random rates? Or are you talking about something else?
>
> I've never seen what I'm talking about, only been told about them by old
> glassblowers. There is a paddlewheel mounted sideways in the tube so the electron
> stream will move it around. Ralph from LTBN was fond of telling me about this
> one. I'd love to see one in action, though, and I'll bet Ben has one or will make
> one. I'll just bet he'd get a kick out of its being shown on the Internet.
>
> > re: the hint - just an avi of Ben alone would be very entertaining.
>
> Ben in general is very entertaining. He totally cracks me up. Last time I saw
> him he was making a trip to UPS in Brookfield, CT, to their research facility, to
> help them work out how to ship his stuff. (I'm pretty sure that was the deal.)
> He also planned a trip to the junkyards of the CT shoreline, he finds equipment
> there...someone really should see if he has a computer! He'd surely be a great
> addition to this group, don't you think?
>
> > For the rest of everyone - Ben is among the oldest living and still
> > working neon makers and he is here in NYC. He is what I call a 'natural'.
> > His knowledge and abilities are to me exactly on that fine line
> > where art and science meet.
>
> Plus he has his own electrode machines! : )
>
> BB
I can get a picture of the paddle wheel geisller tube you are talking about if
you like.
Howie Cohen
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