Greg, Thanks for the info, I've taken pretty much all of into account in my newest version. I indeed did get sockets for when this version inevitably gets replaced by rev2. I'd be interested in taking a look at that .stl file and maybe give it a print if you don't mind sharing.
Shep On Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 1:26:13 PM UTC-6, gregebert wrote: > > Forgot to mention this: Tube sockets > > As you know, IN-18's are getting rather expensive so you need to be very > gentle with them. > > I decided to use socket-pins soldered onto the PC board (inexpensive & > available on Ebay), rather than actual 'sockets', because my past > experience with nixie-tube sockets found they require quite a bit of force > to insert & remove. All of my IN-18's, except 1 oddball manufactured in > 1977, have very soft pins, and I'd be afraid to push them into a socket. > Even though my clock sits on the shelf and I hope I will never remove the > tubes again, I had to insert & remove all of them a few times while > building the case. > > If you decide to use socket pins, be sure to number each of your IN-18's > and assign them to a socket location on your PCB. Then push the socket pins > onto the IN-18, and solder to the PCB. This will minimize the stress on the > tube because the socket-pins are custom-fitted to each tube; once you do > this, though, you dont want to swap tubes. You can easily remove the tubes; > re-installing requires some care but very little force. > > I created a .stl file for a 3D printable pin-shell, but havn't bothered to > build it because the tube is held securely enough without it. > -- 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/34a38e22-1e6f-4237-a8d9-3b1988e1f802%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
