Thank you, I was aiming for a 'vintage' look while still being functional, though it might look good with some copper or brass pipe railings around the edges to prevent pieces sliding off.
I'll have to work out a realisitc price for a kit, it would be difficult to supply ready built at a sensible price due to the time it takes to assemble - after winding 96 coils you'll see why ;). Tony. On Jun 21, 10:47 pm, Lucky <[email protected]> wrote: > Kudos Tony, Kudos! > and here was me looking at illuminating a glass chess set, this totally > outshines that (Pun intended). The most novel application I have ever seen > and being interested in the 'steampunk' genre right up my street. > (I want one lol) > > > > > > > > On Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:36:01 UTC+1, Tony Adams wrote: > > > Thanks everyone for the positive comments, I'm not very good at > > promoting things - maybe one of the reasons why I'm always redesigning > > rather than finishing them. > > > I've added an extra photograph to the blog post showing the receiver > > coil and multiplier circuit, only the cathode required is connected > > leaving the rest unused. The assembled pieces have 3 pins to provide > > more stability as they're not glued together, allowing a broken tube > > to be unplugged and replaced if ever needed. > > > Technically it's reasonably simple to build but mostly monotonous due > > to the amount of repetition in assembly. > > > Tony. > > > On Jun 21, 8:04 pm, Dalibor Farný <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Wow, I simply don't understand! As Jens said, I haven't better nixie > > > project! > > > > Do You have some technical info on your site? > > > > Dalibor > > > > 2012/6/21 kay486 <[email protected]> > > > > > This is absolutely amazing! How did you managed to power the tubes > > without > > > > any risk? > > > > > On Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:30:38 PM UTC+1, Tony Adams wrote: > > > > >> Hi all, > > > > >> Hope you won't mind me spamming this here but I've finally completed > > > >> something nixie-based. > > > > >> I have a bad habit of building prototypes only to add to an ever- > > > >> growing list of 'features' which inevitably result in a completely > > new > > > >> design and software rewrite - so I decided to build something that > > > >> couldn't suffer from feature creep and wouldn't 'benefit' from > > > >> humidity sensors, GPS, USB, IR or RF remote or movement activation. > > > > >> Some pictures and a (not very good) video of it in operation can be > > > >> found here: > > > > >>http://www.lasermad.com/?p=235 > > > > >> Hmmm... a PIR sensor might just... I could easily add that to the > > > >> controller... and a touch switch to deactivate.. or maybe a > > Zigbee.... > > > > >> Tony. > > > > >> -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "neonixie-l" group. > > > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > > > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/5VUa6axnUgsJ. > > > > > 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. > > > > -- > > > Dalibor Farnyhttp://dalibor.farny.cz -- 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.
