"In case you're wondering, I have thought of 3D printing a mechanical gear-clock but I have not yet figured out how I want to put nixies in it........"
Well, how about using up a bunch of dud Nixies? Use ones with faulty digits and just rotate [carousel arrangement] a working one into position depending on the digit required. :-) John K. ----- Original Message ----- From: gregebert To: neonixie-l Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:47 AM Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: LIXIE DISPLAYS It was a set of 4 stepper relays. Emphasis on past tense; poor old clock was likely sent to the landfill about 12 years ago. I abandoned it in my previous cubicle. Even though it was the first clock I ever designed, the sentimental value was drowned-out by it's unreliability. The actuator was fine, made a nice ka-chunk. I got a lot of curious looks from nearby cube-mates when the time rolled-over at the top-of-the-hour. Many attempts to clean the contacts, but only got a few weeks of operation before failing again. Also, the bulb-connections were flaky. Apparently the vibration from the ka-chunking would jar a bulb loose. Or was it an irritated cube-neighbor that came by and kicked it a few times, in hopes of shutting it up? I'll never know..... In case you're wondering, I have thought of 3D printing a mechanical gear-clock but I have not yet figured out how I want to put nixies in it........ -- 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 email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f747247e-a52d-46d7-9256-97002bbc21d7%40googlegroups.com. 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/8B72FD21272C4358925FEE60C8591C75%40compunet4f9da9. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
