Re: [neonixie-l] Strobotron

2014-03-10 Thread Grahame Marsh
On 10/03/2014 02:33, John Rehwinkel wrote: I'm wondering if the missing center tap connection is internal to the transformer, not brought out external to the transformer, and therefore not shown on either the schematic, or wiring diagrams?? It would not surprise me, although I would think

Re: [neonixie-l] Strobotron

2014-03-10 Thread Grahame Marsh
John Thank you for taking the photos and posting them. I particularly like the little reed for calibration. I was originally going to engrave the panel with high/low frequencies but opted for a simple 0 - 10 as I was unsure how things would age; I did realise the need for calibration

Re: [neonixie-l] Strobotron

2014-03-10 Thread John Rehwinkel
Thank you for taking the photos and posting them. I particularly like the little reed for calibration. I thought it was clever too, and it works pretty well - it's easy to turn the dial until the strobe freezes the reed motion. That reflector you found was just the thing, it looks great.

Re: [neonixie-l] Strobotron

2014-03-10 Thread Grahame Marsh
On 10/03/2014 12:35, John Rehwinkel wrote: Thank you for taking the photos and posting them. I particularly like the little reed for calibration. I thought it was clever too, and it works pretty well - it's easy to turn the dial until the strobe freezes the reed motion. That reflector you

Re: [neonixie-l] Strobotron

2014-03-10 Thread John Rehwinkel
This is the reflector http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120982253359 (all sold now). Actually the seller relisted it and has four more now. I had guessed you'd picked up the reflector from a flashgun, those are much nicer, and have the handy flat perimeter with mounting holes. The reflector makes

[neonixie-l] Tube manufacturing video

2014-03-10 Thread zac
found an old amateur tube maker's website/video, i was curious if any of the process was similar to how dalibor puts his nixies together: http://paillard.claude.free.fr/ bonus, nixies in a tool at 14:44 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l

Re: [neonixie-l] Strobotron

2014-03-10 Thread Jon
On Monday, March 10, 2014 12:51:03 PM UTC, Grahame Marsh wrote: All valve GPS Rx added to my to-do list. But I think a crystal oscillator or mains frequency derived gate might be easier for the Mk 1. Perhaps a dekatron counter? Always a good idea! :) Jon. -- You received this

[neonixie-l] Re: Tube manufacturing video

2014-03-10 Thread Nick
This is a well known video that we've discussed here several times before. The techniques used are pretty standard but executed just beautifully and the video is very well made... Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To