Hey Lukas,
You mention "many additional processes than just bending filaments and
pumping Ne to nixies". Just doing that took Dalibor Farny (the only man
to ever do this in a professional manner in history, I might add) more
than three years. So do not underestimate that -- I am not saying you
cannot do it, but just don't underestimate that.
The other thing: I naively tried to accomplish something similar a
couple of years ago. You can still see remnants on my website,
http://jb-electronics.de/html/elektronik/nixies/eigenbau/index.htm?lang=en
. I eventually had to give the project up altogether, because I
completely underestimated the financial aspect of all of it, let alone
the practical experience that you will have to gain as well.
What I read from you is very ambitious, and you are certainly excited
about the project -- that is all very good, and don't lose that spirit!
But please also be aware of what you are trying to accomplish. Don't aim
too high, and you might end up disappointed. At this point, there is no
reason why I should believe that you can accomplish these things, which
is why I would not put down funding right now. This might change for me
(and perhaps other people) when you start having furst success and so on.
So I wish you good luck, all the best, and keep us posted!
Cheers
Jens
PS: Also check out Ron Soyland's website, it is an amazing collection of
useful facts: http://tubecrafter.com/
On 4/8/2016 1:25 PM, Lukas Niebieszczanski wrote:
Hello Nick,
Thank you so much for all insights. That's exactly what I need,
reviews and sharing different POVs.
This is my first campaign that kinda is moving on. I realise that it
would not be successful at this time, but I gather necessary
experience and will try again (I give myself three go's). Ultimately
should this fail, I will fund all this myself because that is my long
term plan.
I once run a glass workshop, when I was a student and then an employee
at University of Technology abroad. I was repairing glass and
manufacturing cathode tubes mainly for the physics demonstrations.
I know works of Mr Farny, but in my case it is much more advanced as
nixies and now neon signs are just a bait to attract people. The
workshop would eventually be capable to produce vacuum tubes from
scratch that involves many additional processes than just bending
filaments and pumping Ne to nixies, as you know. I repaired many
vacuum tubes with ca. 65% success in the process and that was without
many strategic tools.
So I consider myself quite handy with glass and stuff :)
Please understand that this funding is just to get some push, as
things started happening quite a time ago and involved much of tedious
restorations for additional purposes, such as refurbishing planetary
ball mill for manufacturing emission pastes and luminophores. That
took almost a year and a shedload of cash.
Anyway - I will try to put some more pics of the tubes I've done years
ago once I get them shipped. I moved couple of months ago and still
have to get the rest of my stuff. If I won't be able to find any old
pics then they would definitely go on the second campaign.
Again many thanks for your interest and insights.
Yours,
Lukas
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Nick <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Lukas,
I like the idea, but I've tried hot glass work, and it's really
tricky to do well - you don't say on the funding page what your
experience or skills are like (other than you work in the NHS) -
do you have any examples of your work?
As you probably know, at least one other member is doing exactly
this type of work, Dalibor Farny - http://www.daliborfarny.com/ -
and its taken him years of hard graft to get to the stage he's at.
More people doing this is great - just that if we're investing in
you, I for one would like to know a bit more :)
Cheers
Nick
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