Welcome to the forum Johnny. If your a newbie to electronics then your right to build a kit firstoff.
I've built various clock gizmo's, some nixie, some led some mechanical its an addictive interest. On 11 Sep, 03:47, Terry Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 10, 4:00 am, Johnny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I saw Nixie tubes on some movie and got really interested, so I decided to > > buy one, or maybe even make one some day. > > Welcome to the group! > > > After collecting some info, I > > come here to ask you people for your webshops, as you seemed like you have > > some quality clocks to sell, unlike some chinese clocks I've seen around. > > This is definitely the right place, as many people here design Nixie > clocks, either for themselves or as kits / assembled units for sale. > You can get quite a feeling of accomplishment by assembling a clock > from a good kit, and it will give you good practice and background if > you decide to design your own clock later on. > > I've purchased kits from a number of people in this group (and also > pre-assembled clocks). Some of the ones I've assembled are: > > TubeHobby - Several kits using either IN-14 or IN-18 tubes > -http://tubehobby.com/store.php?cat=1 > Nixiekits - Various kits with different VFD and Nixie tubes > -http://nixiekits.eu/ > MOD-SIX - Amazing clock using giant B-7971 Nixies > -http://badnixie.com/BadNixie.com_Welcome.html > > The MOD-SIX is absolutely amazing (and even more goodies in the next > version), but uses the 6 of the incredibly expensive B-7971 tube (over > $100 each) and mostly surface-mount components, so definitely not a > kit for beginners. > > That is just a sampling of the kits available, based on ones I have > direct experience with. Other members will surely recommend some > additional kits. > > You might want to take a look athttp://www.tubeclockdb.com/as it has > reviews (often with video included) of many present and past clock > designs, both fully-assembled and from kits. > > Also look > athttp://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/different/nixie-tube-links.htm > - a huge list of many Nixie tube-related sites. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
