Would it be possible to 3D-print the rear section of the pushbutton, then glue the engraved cover onto it ?
On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 6:05:41 PM UTC-7 Terry Bowman wrote: > > On Jun 10, 2021, at 7:02 AM, Bill Notfaded <notf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nope Terry I didn't buy that one and didn't pay that much but it still > want cheap. This comes with the real box. > > > Cool. > > > On Jun 10, 2021, at 7:11 AM, Bill Notfaded <notf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To me the box is a huge plus. > > > I collect old Christmas lights and the box is an essential part of the > set. I've bought a number of empty boxes. Items such as bubble lights are > valuable enough that having the box is just icing on a cake. > > > I'm kinda like that even with old test gear I often collect the original > manuals to go with the device even if I have to find it separately. > > > For me they're a must-have. What if I have to repair it? > > > I'm eventually going to do like you guys and put a website together to > document it all. > > > Be sure to use the Panama canal approach: build the infrastructure before > shoveling dirt. Aside from setting up a "site", there are other workflows > to master such as taking photos and scanning/OCRing documents. > > > I have a cross over hobby collecting nixie tube frequency counters. I've > got a LOT of them > > > If you run out of room let me know. I'm especially keen on decimal > displays and timecode devices that can be used as a clock: > > > https://www.astarcloseup.com/2019/05/systron-donner-8350-readergenerator.html > > > I'll ask again: does anyone know of a way to repair the backlit pushbutton > caps on my 8350? The plastic has lost elasticizer and the prongs that hold > the cap in place snap like twigs when I pull one off. > > I need to put some photos of that up. Hmm... > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com > > “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, it > said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close up.”—Carl > Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/52c6405c-61af-4dbe-8928-695ec91cce15n%40googlegroups.com.
