Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Fascinating ebay sale ... apparently IN-18 production gear!

2013-05-09 Thread Dalibor Farný
The seller describes the auction as a complete factory for producing the IN-18 tubes, but actually it is just a pile of junk. The most critical parts as stems (pin bases) arent there, digits are just in a form of know-how and so.. Even he has the stamps for the pin bases it would be a real deal to

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Fascinating ebay sale ... apparently IN-18 production gear!

2013-05-09 Thread Matt
It would be nice to see larger tubes put on Kickstarter or Indiegogo so that more people can enjoy them. Also, it would be nice to see other designs made. For example, lasermad.com has an induction powered nixie chess set that uses existing symbols for chess pieces, but how awesome would it

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Fascinating ebay sale ... apparently IN-18 production gear!

2013-05-09 Thread Dalibor Farný
Nice, this is good idea! There is actually not problem with money (to go on kickstarter), but with information that is very difficult to obtain.. For example I solve a problem with the matte gray metal sheet what is used for the back of the nixie tubes - it is not shiny but matte to improve the

[neonixie-l] Re: Fascinating ebay sale ... apparently IN-18 production gear!

2013-05-09 Thread MrNixie (UK)
Lend me your bargepole - I wouldn't touch this deal with my own! This doesn't stack up. You are only going to need one piece of don't-know-how, and you would be completely stumped, I reckon. Of course, this item has appeared on eBay before (was it with the same seller?), and it didn't sell