Curious - which country are you in with 240v mains? On Mon, 27 Apr 2020, 17:08 celzey11, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just went ahead and ordered some 2111 green plexiglass...will try it. > Other random sidenote, do you think 240v is too high to run the clock on > (it was designed for 220v)? I'm using a converter. I noticed the filaments > in the tubes are glowing slightly, and that this can reduce the life of the > tubes significantly. (I haven't replaced any, just getting it working was > already a fun challenge as one of the display boards cracked during > shipment and needed to be patched) > > On Monday, April 27, 2020 at 10:28:39 AM UTC-4, Terry Kennedy wrote: >> >> On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 11:06:08 PM UTC-4, celzey11 wrote: >>> >>> Hi, the beast finally showed up...and the front glass was smashed. So >>> again, thanks Terry for not only the excellent write up on electrically >>> restoring these clocks, but also on recreating the glass front. Sidenote, >>> have you looked into using real glass to make the replacement or do you >>> think plexiglass as described in your guide is the way to go? >> >> >> I went with plastic for a few reasons. First, the paint sticks better to >> plastic, and getting odd sizes of plain glass cut these days is a pain >> because the seller is supposed to play "20 questions" with you to make sure >> you aren't legally required to used tempered / annealed / whatever glass in >> your application. Plus, shipping faceplates made out of glass risks the >> same damage unless you go nuts making a custom shipping crate. >> >> BTW, the font I used is TeX Gyre Heros Italic in 48pt (mostly because it >> had all of the Cyrillic characters needed). Here's the original artwork >> (JPG) and the replacement artwork (DOCX): >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/70e97893-8a4d-4c4c-9409-94b9d34cd4e6%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/70e97893-8a4d-4c4c-9409-94b9d34cd4e6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOQ6x0EhgcTyb6D%2BMDAqZv6P8GNSQ_PzoK0VGSF2-mbgKytQFA%40mail.gmail.com.
