I haven't built this exact clock but when I used these tubes I used a piece of clear plastic which I drew both horizontal and vertical lines on that corresponded to the four rivets inside the tube as well as the segments and then used a piece of double sided tape on the front of each tube to fasten them to this piece of plastic so they stayed aligned when soldering, I also used paper shims between the tubes and rubber bands to keep the tubes grouped together. I also used standoffs on the PCB so that I could put the tubes face down on the table with the PCB above them at the right height.
The original Russian designs I have seen usually used silicone glue around the tubes to completely encase them so they stayed in place and then the pins were bent and soldered to solder posts at the back of the PCB, the pins usually had a plastic sleeve to make sure that there were no short circuits. /Martin -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4bd063c6-134e-4c37-9df4-bf79630e6ed9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
