I would recommend Www.pvelectronics.co.uk
Best, Nick Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 8, 2019, at 08:42, Jim KO5V <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good Morning, > > I joined this group about 2004 after buying (and actually receiving) a couple > of Geekclock kits (I never received the Accessory Modules, though). I built > one, and sold the other kit. > > I've also had a two-tube B7971 clock running for ~15 years, and I built a > MOD-6 several years ago. I just finished a IN-18 clock as a gift for my > brother, and that was built from a kit I bought back in 2006. The two-tube > and IN-18 kits are from Claus in Germany, and I've been very happy with the > way those kits were designed, and worked. Unfortunately, his web page shows > that the shop is closed, and the opening date keeps moving. I hope he's OK. > > So, I have some nephews and nieces that have shown a lot of interest in my > clocks, and they are all nearing college graduation. I would like to build > them clocks as graduation presents. I have some IN-8 tubes (with pins, rather > than leads), and a bunch of the Burroughs IN-12-like tubes (front-view, I > can't remember the number). > > I'm totally out of touch with what kits are currently out there. A four-tube > or six tube clock will work, and a "universal" kit is fine since I'll be > making the cases, etc. I found a nice kit in Australia, but the web site is a > bit strange, and I can't convince myself it's totally operational. > > A simple set of boards and programmed PIC is enough to get me going. I can > handle the electronics, and mechanical parts, but the programming is > something I just don't have the time to learn right now. I'm not a fan of the > colored LED lighting of the tubes, but the kids might like it. Also, since > there are six to make, cheap is good! > > Any suggestions for a good, cheap and basic kit will be greatly appreciated. > If Claus opens up soon, I may by a couple of his universal kits, but I'm > running out of time. > > Thanks in advance. > > Best regards,Jim > Cedar Crest, NM > > > -- > 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/0df931ce-ca46-4d29-ac3c-47dd4d3ebb54%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 an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/BF8EC676-9001-4A46-97F5-3DF3155307AA%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
