On Jul 5, 9:43 pm, jb-electronics <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > this seems a rather high quantity, I think. I know there are several > people here who could afford to purchase larger quantities of these > tubes at these prices, but if there was a steady supply this would not > be necessary, because you could always buy more on demand.
Yes, obviously, the "sustainable long term" production rate would have to be very similar to the rate at which clocks priced in the $500-600 range could be sold globally. Is 500 clocks per year high? Perhaps. Maybe 100 is more realistic. The thing is, if the parts are available from new production, then it would be reasonable for clock makers to market to niche gadget retailers such as "The Sharper Image," "Brookstone," etc. So even though it is a fairly high priced item, it may be possible to market and sell larger numbers. It would be problematic in a different way, if such a marketing strategy resulted in demand in the 1000s of units per year, and a factory designed to handle a small volume couldn't keep up. Well, I guess that would constitute a successful growth industry! > Additionally, I think the 60-80mm series would be much more tempting, > especially top view Nixie tubes which are very rare at these digit heights. Well, some choice of standard tube would have to be made initially, to keep capital costs low. I'm not partial to end view tubes. Was there ever a 60-80mm end-view Nixie made? I feel that the nostalgic market driver would favor the vertical "tube" shape over end view tubes. -- 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.
