[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread Mitch
I'm an electrical engineer, not a watchmaker. Mass-producing a product that doesn't fill with water when submerged is MUCH more difficult than making it so that it won't malfunction if it gets a few raindrops on it. Try it some time. There are a lot of tricks involved that I'm not privy to.

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread Jeff Thomas
Considering this was a thread that began as a troll, it appears the troll(s) were trolled. IE: trolls (^3). Trolling a troll is the ultimate troll. Unless you get trolled... underwater. AFAIK, there are very few women (or even fewer ladies) who would wear a bulky watch of any kind in public.

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread JohnK
Sooo, back to my idea of surgical implants? John K. - Original Message - From: Jeff Thomas nixich...@gmail.com ...clip.. AFAIK, there are very few women (or even fewer ladies) who would wear a bulky watch of any kind in public. ...clip... Regards, Jeff -- You received this

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread J Forbes
David has been spending quite a bit of his valuable time lately making watches. I think his watch is due for a price increase. There are a lot of other things he needs to be working on, instead of spending his time doing the menial labor of watch assembly, and increasing the price should reduce

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread David Forbes
On 2/5/12 7:18 AM, Jeff Thomas wrote: AFAIK, there are very few women (or even fewer ladies) who would wear a bulky watch of any kind in public. Maybe some paste eating geek girl would, but she already has mine. The ladies I know are not your typical ladies. After all, they like guys like

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread Michail1
Yeah. That's saying a lot. Glad you found one/some of them. All I found is my wife, but she simply puts up with me. If I had one that actually liked me, I could go far. :-X Sorry Dave, I had to start wearing one of my more expensive watches since the battery died. STILL waiting on a

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie flash drive

2012-02-05 Thread David Forbes
On 2/5/12 11:01 AM, kay486 wrote: Idk how large it would had to be for the tube to be able to take the power from the usb. On Feb 4, 10:55 pm, Shane Ellismime...@gmail.com wrote: That would end up being a large-ish flash drive, what with, tube, power supply, and circuit. You could power up

[neonixie-l] Source for 5025 nixies?

2012-02-05 Thread LarryWorks
Anyone have a source for 5025 nixie tubes? Either Burroughs or National will do. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: [neonixie-l] Source for 5025 nixies?

2012-02-05 Thread David Forbes
On 2/5/12 1:59 PM, LarryWorks wrote: Anyone have a source for 5025 nixie tubes? Either Burroughs or National will do. Thanks. Richardson lists them as in stock. http://www.rell.com/Pages/Product-Details.aspx?productId=56582 Give them a call; they might actually sell a quantity to you at a

[neonixie-l] Book wanted

2012-02-05 Thread Jon
If anyone has a copy of Cold Cathode Glow Discharge Tubes by G F Weston that they would be interested to sell, please contact me off- list. Thanks, Jon. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To post to this group, send an email to

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread Cobra007
Yes, you're right Jeff. I thought this threat was about nixie watch madness, it appeared to be about rechargeable batteries and it ends up in deep sea :-). Well, that is, if it ends here of course. Went to Darling Harbour yesterday to see some Dragon Boat racing. Is still on topic right? I mean,

[neonixie-l] tube machinery etc sale

2012-02-05 Thread JohnK
Saw this posted by Seth on TCA Group:- Aspen Pittman is selling off machine tools, and vacuum tube parts on eBay. These were from the Owensboro GE plant. They include grid forming machines, sealers, evacuation pumps, etc. Price (bidding) starts at $30K for all? Most of the NOS USA parts are

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread David Forbes
On 2/5/12 3:35 AM, Cobra007 wrote: That new ladies watch you showed me on facebook is totally different from your current men's watch. It will be exciting to see that one when completed, especially how you will incorporate changing the time on that one as it doesn't have a round dial. Will all

[neonixie-l] Dekatron Spinner case

2012-02-05 Thread Terry S
For those of you who ordered and built Mike's Dekatron spinner -- like I did -- I thought I'd let you know that I'm designing an acrylic enclosure and having it built by the same local (Minneapolis) fellow who built cases for me for my FLW clock and my big nixie clock. My Dekatron is a GC10/4B,

Re: [neonixie-l] Nuts and Volts.

2012-02-05 Thread Gary Gaspar
yes and yes --- On Thu, 2/2/12, Nicholas Stock nickst...@gmail.com wrote: From: Nicholas Stock nickst...@gmail.com Subject: [neonixie-l] Nuts and Volts. To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 7:29 PM Guys (and gals)...are any of you Nuts and Volts subscribers? If

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread J Forbes
Cobra007 wrote: Since you will incorporate some buttons, I would also add a setting so that the user can choose to disable the tilt sensor. I am sure it will work in normal daily life activities, but while playing tennis or golf and perhaps in many other situations (setting up camping), IMO it

Re: [neonixie-l] Dekatron Spinner case

2012-02-05 Thread caliburgers
Terry, I'll be interested, again! I am using a OG-3. Will you have a picture of the case? Regards, Don Sent from my iPhone On Feb 5, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Terry S tschw10...@aol.com wrote: For those of you who ordered and built Mike's Dekatron spinner -- like I did -- I thought I'd let you

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie watch madness

2012-02-05 Thread Jeff Thomas
On Feb 5, 10:01 am, David Forbes dfor...@dakotacom.net wrote: On 2/5/12 9:35 AM, Jeff Thomas wrote: On Feb 5, 7:38 am, J Forbesjforbnos...@selectric.org  wrote: I'd sure like to see some competition in the Nixie watch business. Having only one design available is a drag. Get working on

[neonixie-l] Re: tube machinery etc sale

2012-02-05 Thread dylan roelofs
Hey John- I can't seem to find anything on ebay- Got a link to that ,please? -Thanks- -Dylan On Feb 5, 2:48 pm, JohnK yend...@internode.on.net wrote: Saw this posted by Seth on TCA Group:- Aspen Pittman is selling off machine tools, and vacuum tube parts on eBay. These were from