I agree with Paul. We need a pinned thread about this. Also Paul I'd be willing to part with some tubes for one of your single tube clocks maybe with some tube boards but I can order them since you've made them open source basically. I love your single tube clock. It's really f'in cool stuff! Your website is super cool too! I can't tell you how many times I've googled for some weird tube and guess who's got them on his site? Hehe props. It's nice when some of us can be references for others. I wish I had more time but work is crazy busy right now. I got to Scottsdale Barrett Jackson this past week on first day and last... I love cars but I think neon is even bigger fancy.
I haven't unboxed it yet but I brought that 8 tube 7971 clock and wanna see how it's made. It might be a one off since no one really recognized it. I'm kinda psyched. I preordered a big 3D resin printer called Elegoo Saturn during their Kickstarter where they raised over 4M. I'm hoping I can make some larger nixie tube cases and also other stuff like missing feet for test gear etc. The resolution is legit. Unlike many 3D printers you really can't see the layers and it's finally something you can afford to buy. There was a time when eBay was just too many things to consider but it seems these days it's look and see if anything neat comes up. I bought a couple Heathkit GC-1005's with a couple spare sets of SP-352 this week. That's my buys this week. I thought $100 each was great price for the clocks in mint condition? The Babcock Beckman were 60$ for set of 3 working. The clocks aren't flickering either. Bill Bill On Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 7:08 AM Paul Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > I feel there should be a pinned thread titled “I can’t believe the price > of tubes these days”. Don’t get me wrong, I also gasp at some of the asking > prices I see! > > Love those IN-18s. I would love to have a set, but I’m not sure I could > justify the asking price, and I really need to make clocks for all the > tubes I already have. > > On Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 8:18:36 AM UTC-5 Robert G. Schaffrath wrote: > >> I paid $125 for 25 NOS Philips ZM1022's back in 2002. Kicking myself I >> did not buy 50 at the time as I had the money and they are one of my >> favorite style tubes. They sat packed away for years until 2019 when I got >> several of the four digit Chinese clocks that use them. >> >> On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 7:26:46 PM UTC-5 J Forbes wrote: >> >>> A screen shot of part of David's Cathode Corner page twenty years ago. I >>> remember when he paid $800 for a box of 100 ZM1040s. Man that was a lot of >>> money! :) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 4:28:37 PM UTC-7 Terry Bowman wrote: >>> >>>> On Jan 24, 2022, at 2:39 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> That's just crazy talk. Glad I picked up some IN-9 and IN-13 a while >>>> back, but wish I'd bought a lot more. I think IN-9 should be about $5-6ea >>>> and the 13s what, $10? I wish, not any more! I think it's awesome that >>>> some folks are being inventive and making things, but it really sucks when >>>> it ruins the market for specific items which haven't been made in decades. >>>> >>>> >>>> It's been a little over four years since I got into this hobby. In >>>> April of 2018 I made some large purchases on eBay; a variety of cold >>>> cathode goodies, all NOS. The Nixies were all symbolic, no numerics. Here's >>>> a sampling of the prices (not including very reasonable combined shipping). >>>> : >>>> >>>> vannadiy: >>>> OG-4 - @$5 >>>> 2 each of IN-19A/B/V - $11 = @$1.84 >>>> 10 IN-7 - $11.50 = @$1.15 >>>> >>>> uralspirit: >>>> IN-15A/B - @$1.50 >>>> IN-5A-1/IN-5B-1 - @$2.50 >>>> IN-7A - @$2.00 >>>> IN-7B - @$1.90 >>>> *IN-13 - @$6.50* [only $6 a week earlier] >>>> >>>> Another seller listed 12 IN-9s for $32 and accepted my offer of $28. >>>> That's $2.34 apiece less than four years ago. >>>> >>>> Sadly, I only purchased five of the IN-13s. Even worse, I could have >>>> gotten six or eight argon-filled IN-9s for $36 + shipping and passed on it. >>>> I haven't seen any since. o_O >>>> >>>> >>>> Right now I possess thirteen IN-9s and ten IN-13s. You know that some >>>> of these won't work well enough to be used. I have a use for seven of the >>>> IN-13s right now. >>>> >>>> >>>> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >>>> "The Mac Doctor" >>>> >>>> "There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland—and try and buy a >>>> gun there"—Hank Hill >>>> >>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/cD6RyBuudW8/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/00bde208-6d38-4c4e-b713-37c24c7338f5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/00bde208-6d38-4c4e-b713-37c24c7338f5n%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/CADToqn1PgOqgveMYgHCiVZsEjazrs_oO3Q5b-wAhaqo%2B6u9feQ%40mail.gmail.com.
