>=20 > The last of my supplies came in yesterday, so tonight I will be trying on= ce > again to get a relatively leak free manifold constructed. > Kontes High-Vac stopcocks, glass plumbing, limited use of Tygon flexible > lines. The neon sign guys swear at Dow vacuum grease, but I think for my > purposes it will be fine. I don't have metal electrodes in my pieces for= it to > react with, and I don't need to run the "bombarding" process which uses h= igh > current to bake out impurities. > If I have success in the manifold construction, then it will be time to b= reak the > seals on my Neon and Argon flasks. >=20 Ooh, it's getting exciting ... :) --=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 .