Magic Eye Tubes
Magic Eye Tubes
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 2x DM160 RTC VFD Miniature Magic Eye INDICATOR TUBE 6977 CV5412 IV 15  US $9.99
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 2x EM84 RFT NOS in BOX MAGIC EYE TUBE 6FG6 6E3P US $19.99
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 NICE OLD VINTAGE FISHER TUBE STEREO TUNER WITH TUNING MICRO RAY EYE WORKS US $61.00
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 5 Tube Valvo EM84 EM 84 magic band Magic eye tubes US $15.00
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 5 Tube Telefunken EM84 EM 84 magic band Magic eye tube1 US $19.00
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 very hard to find 6m e10 magic eye indicator vacuum tube US $8.95
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 Nice Vintage Concord Transistor 220 Reel to Reel Tape Recorder Case US $79.99
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 Vintage Realistic Reel to Reel Tape Recorder US $14.99
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 NIXIE CLOCK TUBE POWER SUPPLY Magic Eye Voltage DC 115 235V in14 in16 in18 in12 US $16.99
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 5 PCS TELEFUNKEN MAGIC EYE EM800 NOS SEALED TUBES VALVE US $99.99
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 BRIMAR MADE FOR TUNG SOL 6FG6 EM84 MAGIC EYE W GERMANY US $9.99
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 NOS SIEMENS ECC801S 12AT7 E81CC Bundeswehr MATCHED PAIR US $119.96
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 Fisher FM 50 Vacuum Tube Tuner Works US $12.49
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 6E2 EM84 EM87 EM800 6HU6 magic eye indicator tube vu meter pcb assemled gold pl US $29.90
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 TWO NOS MAGIC EYE TUBES TYPE 2E5 2E5G BOTH ARE SUPER BRIGHT BRAND NEW VINTAGE US $49.99
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 NOS SIEMENS ECC801S 12AT7 E81CC Bundeswehr MATCHED QUAD US $239.92
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 Magic Eye 6E2 EM87 Tube Audio Indicator Board US $24.90
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 ANTIQUE RCA VICTOR MAGIC EYE TUBE RADIO SUPER HETERODYNE MODEL 9 INT 1 US $20.00
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 JAN RCA 1629 Tuning Eye Tube Mint Bright Emission US $7.99
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 Telefunken EM81 Tuning Magic Eye Tube AVO 163 tested US $20.00
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 Telefunken EM80 NIB NOS Tuning Magic Eye Tube AVO 163 tested US $20.00
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 Telefunken EM84 NIB NOS Tuning Magic Eye Tube AVO 163 tested US $20.00
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 RCA NOS Cat Eye Magic Twin Double Dual Display Tube 6AF6G 6AF6 Octal EXC Test US $9.00
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 Tube Phono Line Pre amplifier fully complete kit incl enclosure and tubes US $199.00
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 NEW PHILIPS 6DA5 EM81 MAGIC TUNING EYE INDICATOR VINTAGE VACUUM TUBE US $9.00
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 6E5 RCA NOS very bright magic eye tube tuning tube JAN CRC 6E5 US $9.99
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 Scott 370 B FM Stereo Tuner Manuals Snyder Directronic 10 D Antenna Art Deco US $1.00
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 6E1P 6BR5 EM80 MAGIC EYE tube NOS Soviet CCCP Russian QTY2 US $11.99
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 1 VINTAGE NATIONAL UNION 6E5 NOS MAGIC EYE TUNING INDICATOR VACUUM TUBE US $14.99
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 Lot of 2 6E1P 6BR5 EM80 tube MAGIC EYE NEW NIB US $12.00
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 Magic eye indicator tube vu meter pcb assemled without tube and socket US $19.90
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 RCA 1629 Magic tuning EYE Vacuum Tube Tested and Bright US $19.99
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 TEN MAGIC EYE TUBES TO WORK VERY GOOD 7 ARE NOS 6E5 6U5 6G5 VT 215 ST TUBULARA US $120.00
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 VOLVO EM 34 Magic Eyes Tuning Tube US $50.00
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 vintage PENTRON tube amp project for guitar amp etc 6V6 power tube US $49.00
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 ONE Pair 6E2 EM87 6UH6 EM84 Magic Eye Tube Audio Indicator Board LOW Level Input US $22.99
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 Pre War Truetone radio D 724 Original Finish Restored to excellent playing cond US $66.43
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 6E1P 6BR5 EM80 MAGIC EYE TUBES REFLEKTOR NOS OTK 60 80s US $34.99
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 6E1P 6BR5 EM80 MAGIC EYE TUBES REFLEKTOR NOS OTK 1970s US $34.99
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 6E1 EM80 EM81 magic eye indicator tube amp vu meter gold plated pcb assembled US $55.50
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 2pcs NOS RFT EM84 6FG6 EM85E magic eye radio tuning indicator tube Germany US $18.00
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 6E2 EM84 EM87 Magic eye indicator tube vu meter PCB Assembled and tube 2 US $19.90
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 Shuguang Beijing 6E1 EM80 6BR5 MAGIC EYE TUBE 2PCS US $19.99
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 2x 6E1P 6BR5 EM80 MAGIC EYE TUBES 197x NOS US $12.00
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 One Matched Pair NOS 6E2 EM87 6HU6 EM84 CV10407 Magic Tuning Eye Tube US $9.49
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 Nixie Bargraph IN 9 Stereo VU Meter Fully complete kit with rare Argon tubes US $159.00
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 Tesslor Classic AM FM Stereo Tube Radio NEW High Quality Tube Amplified US $399.95
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 FIVE Matched Pair NOS 6E2 EM87 6HU6 EM84 CV10407 Magic Tuning Eye Tube US $29.99
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 6E2 EM87 6HU6 EM84 Magic Eye Röhrenradio tube 2pcs LOT US $10.88
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 Tesslor Classic AM FM Tube Radio NEW High Quality Tube Amplified iPod input US $299.95
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 NIXIE CLOCK TUBE POWER SUPPLY Magic Eye Voltage DC 180V in14 in16 in18 in12 US $13.99
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 2x 6E3P 6FG6 EM84 MAGIC EYE TUBES 197x NIB US $13.95
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 2x 6E1P 6BR5 EM80 MAGIC EYE TUBES 198x NOS US $11.00
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 EM84 6FG6 6E3P Magic Eye Tube ONE or More NOS NIB MELZ OTK US $6.50
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 6AE6G Tube Westnghouse USA NOS Double Plate Triode 6AE6 US $6.95
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 MAGIC EYE 6E1P \\ 6BR5 \\ EM80 TUBE grassy luminescence 2pcs 1970 NOS NEW US $12.00
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 1 NOS NIB TELEFUNKEN EM800 MAGIC EYE INDICATOR TUBE MINT 8 US $49.99
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 VINTAGE RCA 6E5 VACUUM TUBE MAGIC EYE TUNING INDICATOR FROM OLD UNIT UNTESTED US $39.00
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 VINTAGE C MAGIC EYE 6E5S 6E5G 6G5G TUBES 2pcs 1960s NEW TESTED US $25.00
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 Shuguang Beijing 6E2 EM87 MAGIC EYE BAR TUBE 2PCS US $19.99
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 6E5 FREE SHIPPING Tuning indicator magic eye tube 1 each NOS NIB US $24.95
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 1 Matched Pair 6E2 EM87 EM84 Magic Eye Tube Audio Indicator Board 12VDC Ver US $49.99
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 VINTAGE ELECTROHOME TUBE AMPLIFIER LORRAINE 40 6BQ5 PP STEREO PREAMP TUNER US $587.25
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 Vintage Tube 6AF6G GE NOS Vacuum Magic Eye Combine shipping US $14.99
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 Universal Magic Eye Tube VU Meter for the most 9 pin tubes electronic kit US $139.90
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 14 Telefunken Tesla RFT EM84 6FG6 EM80 6BR6 magiceye radio tuning indicator tube US $80.00
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 1 Raytheon 6AB56N5 Magic Eye Vacuum Tube Tested Engraved Base Nice and Bright US $25.99
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 Grundig TK46 TK 46 Stereo Tape Player Recorder w Tube Amp Works US $305.00
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 RCA 6E5 MAGIC EYE INDICATOR TUBE US $16.00
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 8 x EM84 6FG6 6E3P MAGIC EYE TUBES NOS MELZ 1980s US $49.95
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Handmade Jewelry-Making Basics - What is a Crimp?
Good crimping practices and quality crimps play an important part in jewelry design, but many designers minimize the roles these components play in favor of the more visible components.
What is a jewelry finding?
In jewelry terms, a "finding" is a component of jewelry less than a finished piece.
What is a jewelry crimp?
A jewelry crimp is a jewelry finding pinched or pressed together with the purpose of holding findings onto a jewelry piece or fixing beads in place. Crimp tubes, crimp beads, crimp-on eyes and crimp-on hooks are four forms of jewelry crimps commonly used.
Jewelry beads are spheres with the hole cut through. When they are flattened, they usually form an hourglass shape. Crimp tubes have a uniform diameter and flatten into rectangles. Twisted crimp tubes have a spiral pattern cut into the tubes that might add patterns to the crimp, but they still flatten into rectangles. Crimp-on hooks and crimp-on eyes have either a hook shape or an "eye" (a closed loop) attached to a tube made of heavier gauge metal.
How are jewelry crimps used?
Bead Wire Projects
A first use of crimp tubes and crimp beads is to fasten findings such as toggles or lobster claw clasps and jump rings onto stranded beading wire. The end of a piece of bead wire is threaded through a crimp, around a finding and back through the crimp before the crimp is flattened with one of two jewelry-making pliers: flat nose pliers or chain nose pliers, both of which are smooth on the inside and meant to minimize marking on the findings.
Some use two alternate tools for crimping: two stage crimping pliers and magic crimping pliers. The author does not recommend either of these two pliers because of either the amount of labor involved to crimp or because of the damage to the underlying bead wire.
Floating Bead Projects
Jewelry crimps are also used with bead wire or beading chain to "float" beads in a style like the "tin cup" necklace popularized by Rene Russo in the 1996 movie of the same name. In this case, the crimps should fit snugly around the beading chain or beading wire. For instance, 1.5mm diameter or 1.1mm diameter (outside diameter) crimps will fit a 0.6mm beading chain or beading wires in .018", .015" or .012" diameters.
Crimp-on Eyes and Hooks
Crimp-on eyes and crimp-on hooks are ideal for some jewelry pieces, such as those using the 0.6mm beading chain or some cords such as leather. The ends of a beading chain or cord are placed into the tube before the tube is flattened.
Sizing Crimps
Crimps are available in a variety of sizes. Two strands of bead wire between .012" and .019" should be able to fit (doubled) into a 2mm diameter crimp tube; larger crimp tubes may not hold the wires securely and smaller crimp tubes will not fit the wires through the tube very well. Crimp tubes of 1.5mm diameter may be more suitable for .010" or .012" diameter wires. Fabric cords should be tested with crimps to verify holding power.
Crimp Materials
Crimps tubes are available in many metals to match the primary metal of the jewelry piece: gold-filled, sterling, and plate over brass. Crimp beads are more often available only in the base metals. Crimp-on eyes and hooks are often available in gold-filled, vermeil (gold over sterling), sterling and some plated metals. Silver-plated crimp beads have a reputation for cracking not seen in the other plated crimps.
Jewelry crimps. although unseen, are important jewelry components. Jewelry designers need to determine the highest quality crimp materials and methods to keep their jewelry pieces from falling apart. Quality of the finished piece many times depends on the quality of crimps and crimping practices.
About the Author
Paul Brandon knows crimps and writes for OhioBeads.com, which specializes in jewelry chain and jewelry components (in sterling silver, gold-filled, antique brass, antique copper, gunmetal, imitation rhodium, gold-plate and silver plate) for the U.S. market.