The last of my supplies came in yesterday, so tonight I will be trying once= again to get a relatively leak free manifold constructed.=20 Kontes High-Vac stopcocks, glass plumbing, limited use of Tygon flexible li= nes. The neon sign guys swear at Dow vacuum grease, but I think for my pur= poses it will be fine. I don't have metal electrodes in my pieces for it t= o react with, and I don't need to run the "bombarding" process which uses h= igh current to bake out impurities.=20 If I have success in the manifold construction, then it will be time to bre= ak the seals on my Neon and Argon flasks. =20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .