Hi! I believe that the design shouldn't be entirely based on the existing tubes; if we can incorporate favorited characteristics based on general trends, why not? It's true, the thinner the mesh, the better. I do agree that wired anodes like on zm1177 improve visibility. Thanks for the suggestion:) It may just work, depending on whether manufacturing it separately from the cathode and backplate is practical.
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Tomasz Kowalczyk <ten.ko...@gmail.com> wrote: > W dniu środa, 19 kwietnia 2017 19:19:51 UTC+2 użytkownik > mikeselectricstuff napisał: >> >> >> Kickstarter. >> > I don't think kickstarter is a good idea to start a business. Of course, > if something goes wrong and the money gets essentially wasted, no one can > blame you if you spent it on research, and you don't risk your money. But > you start with promising people something in return for their money. Being > a good kickstarter requires you to provide some information about how is > the project going as often as possible - so you have to focus not only on > your work, but also on managing whole feedback. > > I personally would buy some large tubes if they were no more than 30$ and > with high life expectancy (under proper operation with standard cleansing > routines). > But two questions: > 1. Are you going to make replicas of existing tubes or some new product > based on general trends in nixie clock societies? > 2. If they are going to be replicas, are they going to be exact replicas - > including the base? As far as I understand the reason why R|Z568Ms made by > Dalibor Farny have a metal base is because making the base in original way > is simply too hard/too expensive to make. For me this is something that > would stop me from buying a new tube - I prefer the original tube bottoms. > Also if they are going to be new tubes based on what is popular today - > there is room for some additions and/or modifications. For example - > currently the king and queen of tubes are Z568M and IN-18, they both have > quite thick, hexagonal anode mesh - I think it is worth trying to make a > tube with wired anode, like ZM1177 or B-5441 have, or at least cutting the > mesh even thinner. In my opinion tubes with wired anode have better > visibility and just look better when viewed from short distance. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/neonixie-l/Dgw6e3K8uOc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/neonixie-l/5050ab61-cf2e-4332-9baa-d8767d6bafb7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5050ab61-cf2e-4332-9baa-d8767d6bafb7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CANJO7SHfCT%2Btfj%3DTBemPWL%2B0XNkhWnzSJ297quEObXe2u6r-MA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
