Does anyone have any advice for where to find cheap/available housings for nixie clocks? I sort of want to go for some sort retro wooden look or minimalistic metal look.
Some examples of the retro look: http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/rounix.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/notnc.jpg http://www.jgscraft.com/graphics/nixie-5b.jpg (I realized the guy who made this one actually lives in my town) Some examples of the metal look: http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/smoutnixieg1.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/brichnc.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nggxieg1.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/hirtPIC4.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/stefwestnc.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/ncnl.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/grknclk.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/rhansng.jpg I think something in shiny black, maybe some old black bakelite stuff would also look really good, sort of like this: http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/pyranix.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nzanixieg1.jpg http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/bignixclk.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F6H/8TQ3/GG4A6QTI/F6H8TQ3GG4A6QTI.LARGE.jpg The problem is, I'm pretty sure that most of those metal casings are probably custom CNC work (which I can't afford), and most of the antique stuff that might fit the bill (like old tube radios) looks grungy and lacks the cool monolithic black color scheme I'm after. I'm also not having any luck finding a cool old wooden casing. I figure you guys probably have tons of experience with this sort of stuff, so I'm turning to you for ideas. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
