My name is Nick and I'm a nixieholic. There, I've said it...I've heard that admitting the problem is 50% of the solution, but I digress...
I'm not an EE by trade, but my dad is and I blame him. It started when I built my first stereo (a John Linsley Hood Mosfet Amp from an Electronics Today International article back in the late 1980's/early 1990's from a company called williamshart who sold the kits..it still works to this day..). It's been a downhill slope ever since. Cut to 2001 and my first job in the Pharmaceutical industry (I'm a medicinal chemist by trade) and I stumbled on Jeff Thomas' website....oh dear, that's when things really got out of hand. I built one of his Commemorative Nixie tube clocks as a kit (including drilling out the sockets for the tubes as Jeff didn't have any....;-) and it still runs to this day. Then came the Nixisats, WWVB, Nixichron, GPSII etc etc and then all the other great designs out there. I've lost count of how many clocks I've made. I then started to 'add value' by building nice cases for them and thus started a small hobby that could 'almost' pay for itself...(ha ha, who am I kidding...). Interests then broadened to dekatrons, VFD's, CRT's and numitrons....life has never been the same since and my wife thinks I'm crazy (but she does like the end products, so that's a relief...). One of the most rewarding parts of this is all the people and friends I've made across the globe who are similar fans of antique displays...I've even met up with some of them and had drinks, dinner etc. I'm now trying to learn more about how to build the things from scratch, but with two young kids and a day job, I only know enough about electronics to ask very stupid questions....hopefully this will change one day...we shall see, I've been stockpiling bits for just that occasion.... Welcome to the new members, there's no such thing as a stupid question (unless you ask the same thing twice...;-), there's a wealth of very smart people on here who are generous with their time and knowledge. Cheers, (Pharma) Nick > > > On Thursday, 20 September 2018 01:03:23 UTC+10, neonixie-l wrote: >> >> Ladies & Gentlemen,,, >> >> We are getting a steady stream of new members - it'd be great if, instead >> of just lurking, you could introduce yourselves with a bit of detail about >> your interests, what you've built or intend to build/dream of building. >> Even what gets you up the morning and makes you smile! >> >> Even existing members (there are over 1,000) could chip in - there's some >> great stuff around... >> >> Welcome, one and all to this great community! >> >> Nick >> >> >> -- > 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/50d58316-ddfc-463c-9529-ab34f4191d33%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/50d58316-ddfc-463c-9529-ab34f4191d33%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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHLATQ0%2BRLZHpVuHKR%2BNM4NhDQGQgBhUZ0fL83BB9Fgn_Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
