Re: [TCML] HV bushings from Tony Greer / Special Effects Neon

[Sfxneon@xxxxxxx]

Hi Phil, David, all,

Thanks for the kind words. I think almost  everyone should have theirs by 
now, except Emili in Italy. Yours left this  morning and hopefully it will arrive 
in about a week. Wow, 40 pounds to Italy!  Not cheap, huh Emili :)

I've had only one report of breakage from Scott  K, and it was a clean break 
that may be repairable. Scott, if it doesn't work  out, let me know if you 
want me to mail another one for the cost of postage  only.

I ended up buying all the bushings from the old power plant, and it  turned 
out to be a truckload! Unfortunately, many of them were broken or missing  
hardware, or were one-of-a-kinds. It took a while to sort out what I had and  find 
all the matching ones, and I'm just now figuring out what was in the last  
batch I bought, but I did find a few very large matching bushings and a few more 
 like those I already sold.

I hope everyone on the TCML got first shot at  some by now, but now I need to 
try and recover some of my investment of time and  money by seeing what 
they'll bring on eBay, so please check it out and bid on  anything that interests 
you. Do a search for auctions by "artlab1824" to see the  four different styles 
I have listed now. I still have quite a few that don't  match anything else 
and if someone needs just one, I'll be glad to sell it to  you directly. Just 
give me an idea of what you are looking for and I'll try to  match it up with 
something I have.

I want to thank everyone for their  orders and say that I was very glad to 
pass along this find. It gave me a good  reason to go back to the power plant 
and poke around through all the rubble a  few more times. It was a lot of work, 
but the fun far outweighed the trouble.  Just glad to help out fellow coilers 
and give these things a second  life.

Tony Greer
Special Effects Neon
Lubbock,  Texas
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In  a message dated 11/13/2008 5:37:44 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx  writes:

Folks-

My HV bushings arrived yesterday  from Tony  Greer / Special Effects Neon. 

Just  wanted to let everybody know that the ones  Tony sent me are in 
great  shape! I bought several pairs, and they're all very  functional and  
relatively clean. Just a very light coat of rust in places, but  no  chips on 
the 
porcelain.

If Tony has any left, I'd  suggest you buy some if  want them! 

Even if you  don't *need* them, they make for  interesting decorations. 
Put a pair  on your television, and tell people that  they're "rabbit ears" 
so 
you  can get the new HDTV signal. ;)

Thanks for the effort,  Tony! You saved a bunch  of perfectly good 
porcelain from the  landfill.

-Phil LaBudde
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In a message dated 11/13/2008 9:35:24 P.M.  Central Standard Time, 
drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Hi Phil, all,

I would have to totally agree with you on  this
as well. I also got a couple of pair of bushings
from Tony and was  well pleased with my pur-
chase. They were well packaged to insure
their  intact arrival and included all of the neces-
sary hardware required to  properly mount them
in place ;^) I can tell you from personal expe-
rience  that these bushings are quite pricey if you
have to purchase them on a retail  level. If you
can forsee any possible need of these in the fu-
ture, you'd  be well advised to pick these up
from Tony while he still has  them.

David Rieben
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