Good Idea using standoffs to equalize the tubes. Because the tubes are SO irregular, I found it worked best to eyeball them and take measurements with a 6" steel rule. I really like these little tubes though! Built 3 of them and am considering buying/building another
http://www.badnixie.com/Jurgen_Graus_ITS1A_B_Thyratron_Clock.html On Friday, October 2, 2015 at 12:18:18 AM UTC-7, Dekatron42 wrote: > > 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/f9993629-3621-4167-8b36-0a4e53176cf7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
