[neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-16 Thread chuck richards
for the sheer amount of time this has taken. Completely O.T., but here's my website for anyone interested: http://www.richardslaboratories.com Chuck Richards Original Message From: amelyena...@gmail.com To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-16 Thread Dalibor Farný
Hello, I know that decimal point is sometimes handy feature, however it would be difficult to add it to current tube. But I will definitely think about it when I start designing next tube. Thanks for usecases, Dalibor 2015-02-16 6:00 GMT+01:00 Jorge amelyena...@gmail.com: Dalibor: Have you

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-15 Thread Jorge
Dalibor: Have you considered adding decimal points to your tubes, or perhaps recreating a tube that has decimal points? The micros that drive clocks these days have a lot of processing power that can be used to display temperature, humidity and other measurements from a myriad of sensors that

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-14 Thread Dalibor Farný
Hi Matt, thanks for your time with such a long message, especially for overview of the crowdfunding platforms. First, I am going to make a low-cost documentary, no special effects, just simple, calm video. I have more reasons to make it - I also expect it to spread around the tube lovers (nixie

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-14 Thread Matt
Hi Dalibor, Sounds great. I know enough about materials and manufacturing to appreciate what you are building and the prices involved, but for people growing up in today's world of cheap semi-disposable durable goods, that appreciation usually takes a bit of education. Your response sounds

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-13 Thread Dalibor Farný
Hello, from my experience, when I stop pumping before achieving 10E-6 torr range, the tube will have too high striking voltage and will not work well because of impurities. This pressure is on the gauge, not actuall pressure in the tube which may be an order higher. It is also specific for my

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-13 Thread Nick
On Friday, 13 February 2015 14:12:21 UTC, Dalibor wrote: ...As for the auction, the price exceeded my expectations and it would be good if it stays there for some time of course ;-) Hey - you deserve every last cent you can get - you've got several of us interested in the possibility

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2015-02-13 Thread Dalibor Farný
Thanks guys, I am just grateful to community for helping me with the start and so.. I want to pay back for it, and showing what I've discovered might be good idea.. Regards, Dalibor 2015-02-13 18:25 GMT+01:00 jb-electronics webmas...@jb-electronics.de: Well put, Nick, I completely agree!

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-13 Thread Matt
It is your money, but I feel like you might be limiting your future willingness to continue making nixie tubes for others by continuing to subsidize the costs (parts + labor) using your gratefulness to the community. Granted, you may never be able to cover all of your labor costs, so this will

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2015-02-12 Thread JohnK
@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 2:38 AM Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M None of this seems really necessary - the research I've been doing implies that 1 micron (10-3 Torr) is enough for a pump-down and that should be achieved in just a few minutes. I

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-12 Thread Nick
On Thursday, 12 February 2015 14:20:39 UTC, johnk wrote:  Maybe I am missing something when it comes to the way this works, but, when it is not a vacuum as is required for a valve/tube then what about the idea of pump a bit, add some of the eventual gas, pump again etc. The original

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-12 Thread gregebert
In theory that would work if impurities were only gases, but many impurities are not gaseous and require heat to be released from the glass and metal surfaces. I've seen methods described where neon tubes are heated and gas is passed from one end to the other to remove impurities with

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-12 Thread gregebert
Ebay auction for 6 of Dalibor's tubes closed at $1397 (US) so supply/demand market forces are going to keep these beauties out of reach from the rest of us for awhile, and hopefully long enough that he can recover the time and money he's invested getting this far. Congratulations are definitely

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2015-02-11 Thread John Rehwinkel
Nick: Hi, I use TM because I was lucky to get few for reasonable price from local bancrupted research company, together with all the accessories. Diff pump are much cheaper, they need practically no maintenance (when used right way), but they it takes much longer time to start it up and

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-11 Thread Nick
None of this seems really necessary - the research I've been doing implies that 1 micron (10-3 Torr) is enough for a pump-down and that should be achieved in just a few minutes. I can see the need, just maybe, for a TM pump if working on an industrial scale (or if someone gives you one!), but

[neonixie-l] Dalibor's Nixie tube: R|Z568M

2015-02-07 Thread jb-electronics
Hi folks, find some pictures and details on Dalibor's R|Z568M on my website: http://www.jb-electronics.de/html/elektronik/nixies/n_rz568m.htm?lang=en It is an amazing tube, and it is of remarkable quality. Currently, Dalibor has listed an auction for six of them (with brushed aluminum base)