Hi all,
Here's a video of a dekatron based conversation piece that doesn't do
anything but look beautiful.
http://youtu.be/dlo7b4WbiiQ
Morris
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On 17 Jan 2014, at 17:55, John Rehwinkel wrote:
>> Reading a bit more about how Gottlieb used these displays, they put the
>> filament AC voltage on an 8v DC offset pedestal for the big displays and 5v
>> DC for the smaller VFDs. Is this going to be necessary if I am using a 0v-5v
>> AC filame
> Reading a bit more about how Gottlieb used these displays, they put the
> filament AC voltage on an 8v DC offset pedestal for the big displays and 5v
> DC for the smaller VFDs. Is this going to be necessary if I am using a 0v-5v
> AC filament that never goes negative?
No, shouldn't be necessa
On 01/17/2014 04:41 AM, astroschmidt wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> that could have been me.
> In Germany the glass-paint that I use to colour my nixies and VFD-tubes is
Here in the US there are two very easy methods that I use to color neon
tubes.
The first is Krylon "stained glass in a can". Avail
I love this forum! Thanks for all the replies...I will get some lacquer/FEV
and dip my Z568's in a nice purpleonly kidding!
Cheers,
Nick
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:03 AM, Nick wrote:
> I had some good results with VFDs - see the avatar on my posts in the
> group as an example (also attache
I had some good results with VFDs - see the avatar on my posts in the group
as an example (also attached).
As John says, at his suggestion I used FEV (French Enamel Varnish) - clean
the glass with meths, then carefully dip the tube supporting it from the
pins and allow to dry in a dust-free env
On 17 Jan 2014, at 02:53, Nicholas Stock wrote:
> I remember a long time ago someone was describing how to color the glass
> envelope on a nixie tube...are there any instructions out there on how to do
> this?
I believe our esteemed group leader Nick de Smith had some good results and I
am sur
Hi Nick,
that could have been me.
In Germany the glass-paint that I use to colour my nixies and VFD-tubes is
called "Gluehlampen-Tauchlack", which roughly translates as "bulb-dipping
lacqeur".
I got mine from this Ebay-seller in 100ml quantities
http://stores.ebay.de/Super-Ingo-85-Shop/Tauchla
