Not "Equipment" as such, but there you go!

[Nick]

Very well done. Any points for guessing what the original sign read? Are some letters missing?

Never replied to this - apologies!

I wish I could say that there was some hidden & secret message, but regrettably there is none

These are the only letters left, and as it happens, all my kids' initials are available - the "letter in a box" went down so well that now they all want one too...

However, like most here, I don't much like buying stuff I suspect I could make myself, so SWMBO is kindly sending me on a one-to-one neon workshop course up in Wakefield (there are almost no options for proper tuition in the UK) - I'll get a couple of days of one-to-one instruction from an expert in the workshop and learn the basics as well as making my own projects.

I've also managed to negotiate with a commercial neon sign maker in the next village down here (Wakefield is a 5 hour drive from me) for hot glass studio rental (workshop rental with all equipment and materials at cost) at a very good rate. Usefully, the UK's main wholesaler/supplier for neon manufacture parts & materials is in another local village, so it looks like I'll be making the signs myself

The cost of setting up your own hot glass studio is about £6,000, which for someone like me would be madness, but renting space & equipment at £100/day is excellent value.