It's completely 3D printed along with generous amounts of primer filler and bondo gel putty. :) I had to split all the bodies in half to print it on my ender 5 and halot resin printers.
Pete On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 2:12:01 PM UTC-5 Pramanicin wrote: > Well done!!! What did you use to fabricate the face? > > Cheers, > > Nick > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 13, 2021, at 11:08, Peter Doroba <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I bought one of Jon's Dekachron kits shortly after my last post to this > thread. I assembled it a few days after it arrived and began designing a > case for it in Fusion360. I am still making some tweaks to the design. When > complete it will be held together with M3 square nuts and hex screws. The > current case as pictured is currently held together with superglue, > zip-ties, and hot glue! I'll also be adding LED back lighting. The light > will be diffused through a light guide that surrounds all 3 tubes and seals > the grill on the front of the clock. > > Pete[image: PXL_20211213_183619714.jpg][image: > PXL_20211213_183557781.MP.jpg] > > On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 6:48:03 PM UTC-4 Jon wrote: > >> Hi Peter - if you're interested in a Dekachron kit, just PM me to talk >> about the options. >> >> Keith and Nick have done amazing jobs with those enclosures! Both are >> definitely slicker than the design I had, and give totally different takes >> on the clock. Keith's design looks really 50s to me, which is of course >> totally on point for the heyday of the tubes... >> >> Jon. >> >> >> On Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 3:10:17 PM UTC+1 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Are there kits available? If so where can you purchase one? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 10:37:26 PM UTC-4 martin martin wrote: >>> >>>> Here's another from Ian! >>>> https://youtube.com/shorts/4Tp9uGHBhuw?feature=share >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ~ >>>> *[email protected]* >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 2:27 PM Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I took a different path because I am a broken record and like to see >>>>> my gubbins inside..... >>>>> >>>>> It's a great clock, if you haven't made one, then talk to Jon! >>>>> >>>>> [image: IMG_2689.jpg][image: IMG_2690.jpg][image: IMG_2691.jpg][image: >>>>> IMG_2692.jpg] >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 8:31 AM Keith Moore <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jon Ellis' wonderful clock kit showed up here in neonixie a while >>>>>> ago. I love my dekatrons and my spinners and such, but they don't get >>>>>> out >>>>>> much into the visible homestead due to some rule about feng shui, or >>>>>> dangling HV, wires or some other so called "rules". >>>>>> >>>>>> I loved this idea and planned to use the case that Jon designed. >>>>>> Unfortunately, his supply of the cases ran out. I can totally relate to >>>>>> this in trying to keep a good supplier for acrylic laser cut services is >>>>>> hard, too. >>>>>> >>>>>> I had this simple vision for a mid-century design using a recycled >>>>>> box that I had. I've saved lots of cool boxes over the years for these >>>>>> sorts of things. 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