There is a page on the pumps on the author's website (in french): http://paillard.claude.free.fr/triodes/pompes/pompes.html http://paillard.claude.free.fr/triod

There is a page on the pumps on the author's website (in french): http://paillard.claude.free.fr/triodes/pompes/pompes.html http://paillard.claude.free.fr/triodes/pompes/pompes.html It seems he made all the specialized equipment he needed to make the tubes.