Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Attention!! NEW Nixie tube cheater at Ebay!!!

2012-05-22 Thread Dieter Waechter
HI! Vitaly is a honest man! He is also listening here at Neonixie! Dieter - Original Message - From: micha...@aol.com To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Attention!! NEW Nixie tube cheater at Ebay!!! Actually, I

[neonixie-l] Re: IN 9 / IN 13 bar graph tubes clock

2012-05-22 Thread Jon
On May 21, 12:35 pm, kay486 wrote: > Hi there, ive been wondering, how precise can  you be when you drive those > tubes? Ive been thinking recently that they would make a really nice clock! You mean like this one ? :) http://youtu.be/mQ1567EFCY0 This is with neon-filled IN-9. Grahame has made

[neonixie-l] Re: IN 9 / IN 13 bar graph tubes clock

2012-05-22 Thread kay486
Thans for the info guys. It doesent sound that complicated, i might give it a shot if i manage to find some time to do it. The video you posted isnt actually what i ment, but indeed thats really nice use of the tubes too! What i though was to have all the tubes arranged verically (or horizontal

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Attention!! NEW Nixie tube cheater at Ebay!!!

2012-05-22 Thread kay486
On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:25:39 AM UTC+1, Nocrotec wrote: > > HI! > Vitaly is a honest man! > He is also listening here at Neonixie! > Dieter > Ah ok, my bad. I dont want to ruin his reputation then. The reason i had dounbts about it, was that he contacted me directly. -- You received this

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN 9 / IN 13 bar graph tubes clock

2012-05-22 Thread H. Carl Ott
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:52 AM, kay486 wrote: >What i though was to have all the tubes arranged > verically (or horizontally if you wish) so that every tube would represent > single digit from the time, like HH MM SS and maybe even tenths of a second. > The time would be determined by the height

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN 9 / IN 13 bar graph tubes clock

2012-05-22 Thread kay486
Exactly, or even times seven if you like almost flashing tube. Imo it would look really really nice. On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:03:41 PM UTC+1, H. Carl Ott wrote: > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:52 AM, kay486 wrote: > > >What i though was to have all the tubes arranged > > verically (or horizont

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN 9 / IN 13 bar graph tubes clock

2012-05-22 Thread Grahame Marsh
On 22/05/2012 15:19, kay486 wrote: Exactly, or even times seven if you like almost flashing tube. Imo it would look really really nice. As mentioned by Jon, here's my 7 seg clock (inspired by Jon's clock). http://www.sgitheach.org.uk/ss.html I confirm all of what Jon found, the tubes requir

[neonixie-l] Re: Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-22 Thread marta_kson
Another way to remove the red coating is to rub on some adhesive tape and then just lift it off. No water and no heat involved that might damage the tubes. It should be possible to remove just the front sida coating, but it will look a little bit strange. Another way that works on some tubes, f.ex

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-22 Thread Keith Kirby
Great information. I will try out some of those methods and see what works best. Thanks Keith On May 22, 2012 7:20 PM, "marta_kson" wrote: > Another way to remove the red coating is to rub on some adhesive tape > and then just lift it off. No water and no heat involved that might > damage the tu