I was thinking of making one of those having found the tubes for sale.
I guess I wont be the first.
On 23 Apr, 16:22, Nicholas Stock wrote:
> Not entirely nixie tube related obviously, but thought this was a pretty
> cool implementation using IV-26 tubes..
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOMEMADE-VFD
On Monday, April 29, 2013 1:37:17 AM UTC+10, jrehwin wrote:
>
> > That unattached mesh you have, may be floating at a voltage around 50V,
> and alter the current path (?). I believe the blue dot indicates a point
> of higher than usual current density.
>
> I suspect Mike's hypothesis is valid
