The H tube is end-view... On Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 11:07:48 AM UTC-5 J Forbes wrote:
> I'll answer the easy question first. The reason they don't make end view > tubes is that it costs a lot of money and take an incredible amount of > work to make tubes. So, they need to make the most of the tubes they make, > and this means being able to get the most money for them. So they have to > be beautiful, large, expensive tubes. The character size in an end view > tube is limited, vs that in a side view tube, so they only make side view > tubes. It's what people will pay lots of money for. > > > On Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 8:58:16 AM UTC-7 HikariFaith wrote: > >> I have a few niche questions related to the making of nixie tubes I can't >> seem to find definitive answers to anywhere. I have a feeling someone here >> would be able to help me figure them out. >> >> 1. I understand that the cathodes need a certain amount of separation to >> prevent arcing, but has anyone tried alternative methods of cathode >> production in an effort to make that space smaller? The two that >> immediately come to mind are sputtering tungsten coatings on an insulating >> material and the inverse of that, which is coating the back of the tungsten >> wire with an insulating material. I had also been wondering if it would be >> possible to prevent arcing some other way. >> >> 2. When working borosilicate during the tube construction, how hot do the >> components inside get? I'm thinking both in terms of components directly >> touching the heated glass and those not touching (including indirectly). >> I'm asking to figure out what thermal tolerances I should look for in >> materials used to make a nixie tube. >> >> 3. How thick are the walls of a borosilicate nixie tube? Ideally, I'd >> have as specific an answer as possible. >> >> 4. Why haven't new manufacturers of nixies made any top-view nixies like >> the IN-12? >> > -- 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/e7a17157-ef0c-4a1d-9c66-709f98e2cbe3n%40googlegroups.com.
