To all and thanks! I used a fine grain paper just a bit to rid the corrosion and gentle scraping with a fine blade. All tubes light well and look good. Soon to be enclosed in a hardwood box.
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 2:20:03 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > There's a type of nail file - actually a buffer, I think - which has a > similar very fine abrasive. There are no visible grains of abrasive and the > file appears to be a smooth pink or white (according to the grade) > material. They're sometimes used by model rail enthusiasts to clean the > track without creating deep scratches. Other track cleaning products might > also be good. > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 1:22 AM alb.001 alb.001 <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I use a 3M diamond abrasive plastic film which you can get in finess down >> to 1 micron. I use a 10 Micron one for very fine gentle sanding of things >> like nixie pins. It is slow but effective. Coarser versions would work >> faster. >> >> Pharma Phil >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> >> Date: April 12, 2021 at 11:00 PM >> >> Martin, i'd use some emory board (nail files) to lightly sand the rust >> off of them.....done that with a few tubes myself with no issues. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nick >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 12, 2021, at 19:47, martin martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I had a few Burroughs B5092s sitting around and thought I would build a >> little 6 shooter from PV Electronics. I like this model since you can >> create your clock using any tubes. You just have to wire them up >> multiplexed. >> Anyway, I used NOS ceramic sockets but the pins on the Nix's are very >> dirty and corroded. >> How can I safely clean them? >> >> Thanks! >> >> martin >> >> >> -- >> 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/308da5ab-3f88-447d-a9f6-b9d52d324cb8n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/308da5ab-3f88-447d-a9f6-b9d52d324cb8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> >> >> <IMG_1620.JPG> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/F408C9D4-AAD1-4720-9171-6B6A77E1EDB2%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/F408C9D4-AAD1-4720-9171-6B6A77E1EDB2%40gmail.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/758554033.2275758.1618359751066.JavaMail.open-xchange%40torgui02 >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/758554033.2275758.1618359751066.JavaMail.open-xchange%40torgui02?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/cb19bbfd-e6c9-4aba-ac86-b4ad2169544cn%40googlegroups.com.
