I'm sure someone here can recommend a good recipe for cat tacos... On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 11:54 PM Francis Purcell <fjpurce...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello from a longtime lurker…. > > The point first…I need 2 clear 568(0) tubes :-( > > The back story….Ages ago in the 70s when I was in my teens I built a very > dangerous small 4 tube nixie clock.. using modified guts from an old > pinball machine and an electric clock motor from an old range. As the > second hand on the clock made an electrical contact on a set of points from > a distributor… The modified pinball score counters would make contact and > change the numbers on the Boroughs tubes… I can still remember the smell > of the ozium and the sound of the zorching ..Sort of think of bumper cars > :-) and the spark and smell! > Time moves forward and I found a guy named Jeff Thomas and bought one of > his very early NIxie sat clocks….Think of opening the box and getting a > major prize… Just like the leg lamp in Christmas story! > I love the clock! It stopped working… I find a guy That is really really > helpful and incredibly knowledgeable and nice! Michael at bad nixie Got it > up and running again beautifully with a new gps puck…with a motion detector > …new firmware and made all necessary component mods ! He does amazing work. > I can’t recommend him enough! > The clock sat on the window sill since I got it about a decade ago… while > the clock was out for repair… The cat who came to my home after the clock > about 6 years ago…Decides that it’s now OK to jump up on the vacant > windowsill. Clock comes back… Clock is working for about three months… > Owner comes home last Thursday night and notices clock on floor! > One tube completely smashed and the other tube is missing a tiny point at > the top… Just enough to have let all the gas out. Fortunately the other > four are in good working condition. > > I need two good functioning clear tubes.. if anyone here has a pair I am > very willing to talk and spend within the “new normal”… Or if anybody has > advice on where to get them I would be very appreciative for your > recommendations. I love this clock I really would like to get it going > again… Soon! > > I already have a new spot for it in a sealed glass bookcase!!! > > admittedly I’m a little conflicted because I love the clock… And love the > cat… And currently in that order :-) > > Any and all help is greatly appreciated! > > -- > 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/7f8d1a0e-7f38-4111-9908-e9d8d7423488n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7f8d1a0e-7f38-4111-9908-e9d8d7423488n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJD4P-hzkmyFwaQtP5134skqdvnErfP3KBZ1AUJZg_3UTtjkSg%40mail.gmail.com.
