Hi Jens, Thanks for your message. Please believe me that I am aware of all of that. I also know what responsibility and risk that project brings upon me. If I spend the funds on that lathe and something goes wrong I must then return the funds, I've made certain arrangements for that. I used to manufacture vacuum tubes and other glass vacuum devices for a significant amount of time, so there will be no problem with that. I will repeat again that this funding is to get the last 85% of all works and machines done. Nearly three times I spend since 2011 when I started to work on all this. And finally I never underestimate anyone's accomplishments. Mr Farny's is a great guy and I wish him all the best. My workshop is intended to manufacture nixies also, but not as a main product, therefore we are not even a competition. Jens you shouldn't give up your project. Try to finish it, I wish you'd succeed.
All the best, Lukas On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 8:05 PM, jb-electronics <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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/> >> 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 >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/zj8MGXRGMMM/unsubscribe> >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/zj8MGXRGMMM/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to <[email protected]> >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/016ebf8e-2e32-4f83-b5e5-7cc628ba3304%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/016ebf8e-2e32-4f83-b5e5-7cc628ba3304%40googlegroups.com. >> >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CADSnj7RLRFpwUJSb9XG9-R4stDXc%3DO8w_4ZnCwMedo6XGxtp2A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CADSnj7RLRFpwUJSb9XG9-R4stDXc%3DO8w_4ZnCwMedo6XGxtp2A%40mail.gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/zj8MGXRGMMM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/57080110.50209%40jb-electronics.de > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/57080110.50209%40jb-electronics.de?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. 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