You could use the modern version of the old edge-lit displays. A stack of plex sheets engraved with the numbers and edge-lit with LEDs. That would be even more authentic because the numbers would approach and recede as they change values, just like in a real Nixie.
John On 02/23/2017 05:10 PM, gregebert wrote: > One of the (many) projects in the back of my head is a 'beer bottle nixie > tube', basically cutting-off the top of a brown beer bottle and inserting a > PC board with orange LED's arranged like nixie numerals. The tinted glass > would obscure most of the PC board, and blur the LEDs so it would have a > fighting chance to look nixie-ish. > > Trust me, I could make a decent enough clock with 6 of these without > spending 15,000 euros.... > -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.tnduction.com <-- THE source for induction heaters http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ae222bd8-03a8-761a-0135-d9da0bc90f0a%40neon-john.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
