Yup, that is an awesome score! On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 4:19 PM Nicholas Stock <nickst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now that was a good find!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 1, 2021, at 12:59, MichaelB <badni...@badnixie.com> wrote: > > > Not much to tell. I bought these 2 site unseen from a seller in Hong Kong > and as soon as I received them I ripped into them and snagged all the > 5680's and the sockets and tested them. Got lucky, all were good. Never > even attempted to power up the boxes up.This was 12 years ago before these > tubes were out of sight. Here's some pics > > <CCBC5B43-AC97-4C0A-8091-B3E71C83F7C0_1_105_c.jpeg> > > > > <EC82B594-3B5E-4BCD-AB58-04946B1B4CB1_1_105_c.jpeg> > > > On Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 10:35:29 AM UTC-7 gregebert wrote: > >> Would love to hear the story behind this equipment, and any interior or >> power-up photos. >> >> On Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 7:09:32 AM UTC-7 MichaelB wrote: >> >>> Here's another example of orange/red filtering done the easy way in >>> front of 5680's. These were old freq analyzers from an early Ebay purchase. >>> >>> [image: 970C4663-6245-4537-8F93-D85F1DF20EFF_1_105_c.jpeg] >>> >>> On Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 3:36:28 AM UTC-7 Nick wrote: >>> >>>> Nope - it reduces the purple haze (!) around the cathodes due to the Hg >>>> doping, thus improving definition and legibility. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 28 July 2021 at 00:49:12 UTC+1 gregebert wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wonder if red-coated nixies were an attempt to entice manufacturers >>>>> from switching to 7-segment LEDs, which were mostly red at that time. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, July 26, 2021 at 4:28:16 PM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I did something similar with some B7971 tubes (and a lot of other >>>>>> smaller ones). I used Vitrail Glass Paint, diluted with some mineral >>>>>> spirits (Paint:Spirits 4:1) and dipped the tubes and dry inverted. Turned >>>>>> out very well. Private message me and I can give you more details.... >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: Screen Shot 2021-07-26 at 4.25.16 PM.png] >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 4:12 PM Audrey <tntm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I saw kainkalabs suggest glass paint >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 7:10 PM LB <liambart...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I picked up a ZIN-70 tube from Millclock a few weeks ago, and after >>>>>>>> powering it up, I thought it would look nice with a red coating like >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> on the Z568M. I assume the coating is some kind of lacquer, but I'm not >>>>>>>> completely sure. 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