Granted, and I would not buy the glass there. At these quantities, you
can get it locally for the same amount of money.
But I would not underestimate the point "know how" in their listing. It
takes a long time to create a functional manufacturing procedure for
Nixie tubes. Especially one, that allows to manufacture them in a large
quantity. Think about it - Ron, Alek and soon Dalibor and some others I
guess are all able to produce Nixie tubes just like the IN-18. It takes
a long time for them. With equipment as in this auction, however, many
steps that are painstakingly difficult to handle manually will be
shifted to an industrial level. I once read a book about Neon sign
making someone from this list here gave to me, and even in this simple
scenario there is a lot of know-how as to how to construct the workshop
- I think NeonJohn and others will second that.
I have no idea about the market value, though. 40k sounds steep, but I
cannot estimate a price. I certainly cannot afford it ;-) but if I were
professional in my Nixie tube making attempts it would be something to
consider (at least get to the Ukraine and visit the site).
Jens
Yup - including the shipping, its not attractive. Note that all that
fragile glass packed into rather feeble cardboard boxes has to make it
to you in whatever country you are in, without breakage.
Face it - what are you actually buying here? Part of (certainly not
all) of a factory line that made IN-18s. Big deal. That's not the
problem - the expertise is - neon equipment, spot welders,
glass tempering etc. is common and understood. The bags of ceramic
beads etc. are useful, but not worth a huge amount. The "special
metal" is what exactly? Are the wire-forming machines there? All the
digits (and the decimal points)? The anode screen punches? Nowadays
the digits etc. would probably be formed by an alternative technique -
the Russians were expert at using what they had available to the best
effect, but in the 30 or 40 years since this equipment was
first commissioned, manufacturing techniques have moved on.
Maybe USD 10,000 including shipping would be almost OK, but 40K?
Certainly doesn't work for me :)
Nick
On Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:35:57 UTC, Nixcited delighted wrote:
So a best case scenario is you get 10,000 nixies at the end of the
day. For all the heartache of making them you have paid $4.348 before
adding the cost of the magic smoke, the compressor, hand press etc
etc. If you only get the lowest estimate of 1,000 tubes, you will
have paid $43.48 each, but probably double that.
Does it work for you?
John S
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