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] <mailto:[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]
<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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