Re: [neonixie-l] Tube Storage

[Mac Doktor]

> On Mar 24, 2022, at 11:40 AM, Richard Scales  > wrote:
> 
> I was fortunate to pick up an old plan chest which is basically lots of deep 
> and wide draws but the draws are not that tall.
> Each shelf is lined with polystyrene and tubes push in to the polystyrene - 
> or lay flat - or in boxes. Lots of tubes in a single footprint.

And

> On Mar 24, 2022, at 2:06 PM, Frank Bemelman  > wrote:
> 
> Try searching for a drawing cabinet, 2nd hand perhaps...
> Those tend to be excellent quality.


This would be an elegant solution. I have a small Letraset cabinet for storing 
sheets of dry transfer rub-on letters. It may have been used for retail sale. 
If I had several more it would take care of the small stuff.

Thanks to everyone for your replies. Many of us are in the same boat.


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Re: [neonixie-l] Tube Storage

[Frank Bemelman]

Try searching for a drawing cabinet, 2nd hand perhaps...
Those tend to be excellent quality.

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 9:51 PM Mac Doktor  wrote:

> This is a "how do you guys do it?" question...
>
> I need a way to organize and safely store the odds and ends of tubes that
> I have. Nixies, Dekatrons, bargraphs, Magic Eyes etc. as well as a lot of
> the weird things from the WWII era.
>
> Half of this stuff is loose except for some bubble wrap. Most of the
> Soviet surplus items are still in the box sent from Ukraine, all different
> shapes and sizes. It makes finding a particular tube a real hassle and
> handling a box like this can lead to disaster.
>
> Then there's cabinets. You can't find anything decent anymore. Everything
> is overpriced flimsy crap. The drawers all fall out if you tip it 30°.
> Standing cabinets are only four feet high and can't take more than five
> pounds of stuff on top.
>
> I did manage to find this:
>
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2UOCO
>
>
> From the video it appears that at least the drawers don't slide all of the
> way out.
>
>
> I also need boxes for my bubble lights and bubble tubes. If I had a a 18 x
> 26 laser cutter I'd make custom boxes and inserts out of heavy C1S stock
> but I don't have a place to set one up. Can't afford one that size right
> now, anyway.
>
>
> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
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>
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[neonixie-l] Tube Storage

[Mac Doktor]

This is a "how do you guys do it?" question...

I need a way to organize and safely store the odds and ends of tubes that I 
have. Nixies, Dekatrons, bargraphs, Magic Eyes etc. as well as a lot of the 
weird things from the WWII era.

Half of this stuff is loose except for some bubble wrap. Most of the Soviet 
surplus items are still in the box sent from Ukraine, all different shapes and 
sizes. It makes finding a particular tube a real hassle and handling a box like 
this can lead to disaster.

Then there's cabinets. You can't find anything decent anymore. Everything is 
overpriced flimsy crap. The drawers all fall out if you tip it 30°. Standing 
cabinets are only four feet high and can't take more than five pounds of stuff 
on top.

I did manage to find this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2UOCO 


>From the video it appears that at least the drawers don't slide all of the way 
>out.


I also need boxes for my bubble lights and bubble tubes. If I had a a 18 x 26 
laser cutter I'd make custom boxes and inserts out of heavy C1S stock but I 
don't have a place to set one up. Can't afford one that size right now, anyway.


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

https://www.astarcloseup.com

Edward R. Murrow: “Who owns the patent on this vaccine?”
Dr. Jonas Salk: “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you 
patent the sun?”—See It Now, 12 April 1955

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Re: [neonixie-l] Tube storage solutions?

[gregebert]

Best place to store your tubes is in a clock.

Tubes I like go into individual cardboard boxes, and packed snugly into a 
larger box.
Tubes I *dont* like (IN-1's)  are tossed carelessly into the junkbox where 
they await a horrible fate, such as a microwave oven  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYUMy0P560k

I also gave one to Beavis





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Re: [neonixie-l] Tube storage solutions?

[Nicholas Stock]

Nice. I need a high voltage sign in my man cave toogreat idea! I tend
to store my tubes in larger closable boxes like these.

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=12745&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyp7i7sPI1gIVBgxpCh35bQ7IEAYYByABEgLwl_D_BwE

Or larger as the case may be (ha ha, pun intended...). They stack well and
are sized for storage in cupboards etc...I tend to wrap some of them in
bubble wrap if necessary...

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Paul Andrews  wrote:

> I've run out of space to store my growing tube collection. Before I just
> buy another organizer, I thought it might be interesting to see how other
> people store their tubes. This is mine - I've purposefully left out the
> clutter on my work surface! I don't feel too bad about that though, the
> benches in my Uncle's workshop would provide an archaeologist with a
> fascinating glimpse of electronics from the 1950's to today.
>
>
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[neonixie-l] Tube storage solutions?

[Paul Andrews]

I've run out of space to store my growing tube collection. Before I just 
buy another organizer, I thought it might be interesting to see how other 
people store their tubes. This is mine - I've purposefully left out the 
clutter on my work surface! I don't feel too bad about that though, the 
benches in my Uncle's workshop would provide an archaeologist with a 
fascinating glimpse of electronics from the 1950's to today.



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