Hi Lukas, good luck, I will place an order for 4 big tubes to support the project,
regards! Dalibor Dne pátek 8. dubna 2016 21:46:23 UTC+2 Lukas Niebieszczanski napsal(a): > > Dear Dalibor, > > Thanks for your insights. > I managed to gather ca. 4T of simax glass tubes, some other glass > materials, wires, tools etc. > This project is not funded from ground zero. I am assuming the project is > at 85%. I was hoping to get funds for the remainder. > > I will you all the best. > Lukas > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Dalibor <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hi Lukas, >> >> In any case, I don't want to discourage you from building a vacuum tube >> workshop, I just want to contribute with some insider information. >> >> I am little bit afraid that you promise to your backers something that is >> not possible to fulfil. My first concern is the price of 20 pounds per >> 80-100mm tube - this will barely cover costs of the material for such a >> tube. And the costs for material are practically negligible compared to >> costs of other stuff - tooling, machines, horribly expensive vacuum >> equipment (gauges, valves, controllers, pumps..), rent of room etc.. And >> even if you have unlimited budget, how are you going to arrange all this to >> be able to start shipping in October 2016? >> >> There are many more risks and challanges that just this, but time is the >> most critical matter.. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Dalibor Farny >> >> >> >> >> Dne pátek 8. dubna 2016 19:25:30 UTC+2 Lukas Niebieszczanski napsal(a): >>> >>> 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/ - 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. >>>> 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/016ebf8e-2e32-4f83-b5e5-7cc628ba3304%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/016ebf8e-2e32-4f83-b5e5-7cc628ba3304%40googlegroups.com?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 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/281a17c2-2f80-4076-9a87-c7b9ffcb59f8%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/281a17c2-2f80-4076-9a87-c7b9ffcb59f8%40googlegroups.com?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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