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  • Vacuum Tube LEDs: Fully Dressed 21HB5A

    Black PETG definitely looks better than cyan for this job:

    21HB5A - Black PETG base - flash
    21HB5A – Black PETG base – flash

    Holding the plate cap to the tube with a thin ring of opaque epoxy cuts down on the glare under its edge:

    21HB5A - Black PETG base - cyan phase
    21HB5A – Black PETG base – cyan phase

    Fire in the bottle!

    21HB5A - Black PETG fittings - punched drive platter - purple phase
    21HB5A – Black PETG fittings – punched drive platter – purple phase

    It’s still running basically the same Arduino code as before, but I have some ideas about that…