Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:56:37 PM UTC-4, threeneurons wrote: Even though, I've held a soldering iron, almost daily since, I was ~12-ish, and I'm 55 now, my rework leaves its mark. My mother worked as an assembler for some 30 years. And a rework assembler most of that time. If she

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread JohnK
trichloroethylene more likely... sweet green death !! I fought for many years here to have cigarettes, this and a bunch of other chemicals banned in government workplaces - I wasn't popular. John K Australia - Original Message - From: Instrument Resources of America

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread JohnK
Oh c'mon! You really left pin 17 U72 looking like THAT! :-) John K [PS :-)) :-)) ] - Original Message - From: Terry Kennedy To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2014 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l
That's some pretty damn good work ! The only way I can see that a human got involved, is by looking at the soldering. My mother was not technical. She didn't know how any of the stuff, she worked on, functioned. But she was an meticulous old European lady, who took great pride in her work. To

[neonixie-l] An interesting power supply for Nixie tubes...

2014-10-12 Thread jb-electronics
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[neonixie-l] Re: An interesting power supply for Nixie tubes...

2014-10-12 Thread kay486
wouldnt the anode mesh ligt up too? On Sunday, 12 October 2014 17:05:55 UTC+1, Jens Boos wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261622575354/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: An interesting power supply for Nixie tubes...

2014-10-12 Thread jb-electronics
Probably a resistor and a diode in the wire somewhere Am 12.10.2014 18:35, schrieb Per Jensen: On 12 Oct 2014, at 18:28, kay486 luckyl...@gmail.com wrote: wouldnt the anode mesh ligt up too? I would think it would blow up, unless the household fuse was faster :D // Per. -- You

[neonixie-l] Re: An interesting power supply for Nixie tubes...

2014-10-12 Thread 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l
I'm guessing that there's a rectifier, and a resistor, under some heatshrink, in his test cord. No resistor, and he'll only be selling 4 tubes ... or maybe he started with 6 !? https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LjU0EBxbV44/VDqvXjng3II/USE/RwfXGkzSlzY/s1600/Nixie_eBays.jpg On Sunday,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread Nick
On Sunday, 12 October 2014 07:42:09 UTC+1, Terry Kennedy wrote: Here's my most recent work, removing and replacing 2 66-pin TSOPs on a Cisco switch. More info here http://www.tmk.com/blog/?p=735 for interested parties (and larger versions of the pictures). Nice job Terry. Did you cut off

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread David Forbes
No magnification? You nuts. I bought a wonderful Bausch Lomb stereo zoom microscope ten years ago, and can't do anything surface mount without it. It's also very handy for inspecting DIP perfboard builds, to make sure nothing's shorted and everything's soldered. I regularly hand solder

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread John Rehwinkel
On Oct 12, 2014, at 2:53 PM, David Forbes dfor...@dakotacom.net wrote: No magnification? You nuts. I bought a wonderful Bausch Lomb stereo zoom microscope ten years ago, I'm with David. I bought a cheap Chinese stereo zoom boom microscope several years back, and find it indispensable. As

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread Instrument Resources of America
The Dremel with a one inch round diamond wheel works wonders. Ira. On 10/12/2014 10:32 AM, Nick wrote: On Sunday, 12 October 2014 07:42:09 UTC+1, Terry Kennedy wrote: Here's my most recent work, removing and replacing 2 66-pin TSOPs on a Cisco switch. More info here

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Sunday, October 12, 2014 2:53:47 PM UTC-4, nixiebunny wrote: No magnification? You nuts. I have a photographer's magnifier which I use to inspect the work when I'm done to make sure I don't have any solder bridges. I do have a rework table with magnifier, but I end up taking off /

Re: [neonixie-l] LM9022 on ebay

2014-10-12 Thread Quixotic Nixotic
On 11 Oct 2014, at 19:01, Grahame Marsh wrote: Hi The LM9022 IC which is a fairly niffty VFD driver has turned up on ebay item 171472657676 No affiliation. Grahame I never understood why I was still ordering and getting free samples, long after everyone on this group was saying

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-12 Thread Instrument Resources of America
I often use a jewelers loupe, of around X10 magnification, or a pair of those head worn magnifiers purchased from Harbor Freight Tools, (A.K.A.' the adult male toy store')Ira. On 10/12/2014 2:08 PM, Terry Kennedy wrote: On Sunday, October 12, 2014 2:53:47 PM UTC-4, nixiebunny wrote: