A very interesting ebay item there. You'd also need an air compressor and a power press to suit the tooling.
I think the machine with the flame torches is for assembling the base and tube sections of the nixies, maybe someone here knows more about the prod side of things. Not everything you need is mentioned and a lot of the pics are empty boxes so you'd need to go and have a look at the kit, there could be a load missing, preferrably with someone who knows the process, which is rare now. Its quite possible the seller doesnt know much about the tubes, its just some factory clearance bloke or someone who worked in a russian nixie production plant and ended up with some stuff heading for the skip. Those tubes fetch a few quid, so if you did get all the special tooling and everything setup right it might be worth while, however I'd expect without one of the setters or knowledgeable production people to help you it'd be a bit of a long haul. On 6 May, 11:23, Zedsquared <ro...@cqr-ltd.com> wrote: > This is interesting! > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261172534593 > > I've not got the cash or inclination to buy but would love to hear what > people make of this, it's a great insight into what goes on in manufacture. > Does anyone know what the green machine with flames does? > What's in the cans? (I'd guess getter compound maybe ). > Looking at the Q&A so far it implies that the digits have to be made with > the supplied "know how" ... photo etching techniques and recipies perhaps? > > Cheers, > Robin. > > P.S. I guess I should introduce myself :) Hi, I'm Robin from the UK, a > software and hardware computer guy with a nascent ebay nixie acquisition > habit but only a few breadboard rigs actually built yet. Here's "hello > world" from my first PIC and nixie setup: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqxDZUYhl2s > Day job is R&D at a company fitting out emergency service command and > control vehicles with tech, weekend job is pyrotechnician with skyburst. > I'm currently spending most of my time in bed with a laptop due to a broken > ankle, bah! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
