[neonixie-l] Re: Custom text discharge tube

2011-03-11 Thread Imajeenyus
Hi John, Thanks for the interest in a tube! It takes me a couple of days to make it and test it in operation, so I'd be looking at around £200, which would include postage to anywhere. If you're interested, let me know what letters you'd like displayed, and I can send you back a design of what t

[neonixie-l] Re: Custom text discharge tube

2011-03-11 Thread Imajeenyus
Hi, Thanks for all the comments! Will - Not entirely sure about the lifetime - I suspect it's something to do with the large cathode area I've got (as a result of the way I made the cathode form steel sheet rather than wire). I guess the lifetime could be improved a lot by using neon (smaller at

[neonixie-l] Re: Custom text discharge tube

2011-03-11 Thread Imajeenyus
Thanks! Not entirely sure about the lifetime - I suspect it's something to do with the large cathode area I've got (as a result of the way I made the cathode form steel sheet rather than wire). I guess the lifetime could be improved a lot by using neon (smaller atom mass, hence less sputtering) bu

[neonixie-l] Re: Custom text discharge tube

2011-03-11 Thread Nick
On 10 Mar, 22:08, Imajeenyus wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just joined the group, after meaning to for ages! I caught the Nixie bug > last year ... Hi Lindsay, Welcome - and a very nice site you have too. I was wondering if you'd seen http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://pailla

[neonixie-l] Re: Custom text discharge tube

2011-03-11 Thread marcin
Hi Lindsay, I love your tubes! The etched version looks uber awesome. Certainly I would be happy to get one. How much would you charge for it? I think your tubes look even better than Alek's (Alek, no harm meant - your nixies and hixie are excellent!). By any means I now much about cold cathode tub

[neonixie-l] Re: Custom text discharge tube

2011-03-10 Thread will
That's pretty cool! What accounts for the 150 hour lifetime? On Mar 10, 4:08 pm, Imajeenyus wrote: > Hi folks, > > Just joined the group, after meaning to for ages! I caught the Nixie bug > last year > and have been fascinated with them ever since, although I'm more interested > in the actual con