Sorry I'll correct one of my statements, I didnt mean to say empty boxes, I meant sealed up boxes, so you cant actually see what your getting.
On 8 May, 22:21, dr pepper <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
