Yes indeed, a very nice job. I'm impressed
John
On 09/09/2013 11:26 PM, Michel wrote:
> Wow, that is amazing! I actually like the envelope shape :-). Maybe it's a
> bit too big for a 6 digit clock, but it would look brilliant for a single
> tube nixie clock!
>
> Well done!
--
John DeArmond
On 08/28/2013 01:28 PM, Dalibor Farný wrote:
> 2013/8/28 NeonJohn :
>> I blow glass and make neon as hobbies and am the chief engineer at
>> Fluxeon which makes induction heaters, useful for heating the internals
>> of a vacuum tube to outgas them so maybe I can throw in h
On 08/28/2013 01:03 PM, Dalibor Farný wrote:
> I hope the attachment is not too big.. 400kb..
Nice. Gee, uh, I thought it was against the law or something to have a
shop that clean and neat. I'm afraid to post photos of my shops, lest
people confuse them with fractals or something :-)
John
I blow glass and make neon as hobbies and am the chief engineer at
Fluxeon which makes induction heaters, useful for heating the internals
of a vacuum tube to outgas them so maybe I can throw in here a bit.
The first thing you'd need to do is pay to have a very thorough
engineering analysis made o
On 02/05/2013 06:15 PM, Terry S wrote:
> Sorry, I don't click on any link with "mindfuck" in it.
You didn't miss anything. It takes no talent to be vulgar.
John
--
John DeArmond
Tellico Plains, Occupied TN
http://www.fluxeon.com <-- THE source for induction heaters
http://www.neon-john
On 01/30/2013 11:46 AM, John Rehwinkel wrote:
> Superior Technical Ceramics has ceramic washers as stock parts. Their 2-56
> washer was $1.40 apiece
> and their 0-80 washer was $1.35 apiece with a 4-week lead time when buying a
> couple thousand washers
> at a time. They also offer ceramic n
Gad, I feel old. I've USED that model of survey meter. There is a
variant that was made by Nuclear Chicago that used dekatrons for the
last two digits and then vertical neon counter modules for the rest.
This is the type with 10 neon lamps behind numbered film.
We had one at the first nuclear p
On 12/02/2012 10:17 PM, Zane Faught wrote:
PLEASE! Can we stop this crap?
Rehashing this issue yet again will accomplish absolutely nothing other
than making this an unpleasant list to be on.
Try shutting up for a change, y'all!
John
--
John DeArmond
Tellico Plains, Occupied TN
http://www
On 11/01/2012 11:17 AM, jb-electronics wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I made some tests with my vacuum system today: I opened the ball valve
> and let the pump run for two hours straight. After about ten minutes,
> the pressure arrived at 9E-3mbar and stayed there for the rest of the time.
Jens,
When
On 09/18/2012 05:28 AM, Dekatron42 wrote:
> Definately over-engineered, it says "created by John Day and Sean Cappy of
> Microchip" so it is no wonder they use a lot of Microchip IC's..
That's kinda old-think, wouldn't you say? While the multicolor fading
LEDs are a bit tacky, the throwing
On 07/19/2012 09:14 PM, coggs wrote:
> So beautiful. I will admit to collecting a few flip-dots. Driving
> strategies are not dissimilar to nixes. Hard to come by. Must watch
> municipal auctions when they retire bus fleets. Either the buses go intact
> to 3rd world countries or many going int
Bayard-Alpert ionization gauge sealed onto a test tube.
John
On 06/17/2012 11:31 AM, John Rehwinkel wrote:
>> Recently we made some vacuum-jacketed cold cathode lamps for use in a
>> cold climate. A single 10mm evaporative getter was sufficient to pull
>> down a 25mm X 4 ft long tube to <10E-7
On 06/17/2012 10:51 AM, Dieter Waechter wrote:
>> I think you have me mistaken for someone else anyway, as I've never made
>> any videos.
>
> You did (induction heaters...)
> And I have searched for more and I found another one:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLOgPdjeTOw
> ;-)
> Dieter
>
Tha
On 06/17/2012 06:07 AM, jb-electronics wrote:
> Thanks :-) I have some zinc-carbon batteries here (AAA size, quite
> small) that I will cut open to extract some nice carbon rods that I can
> use for forming the glass. I will use one of these rods for the purpose
> you described: Flaring the small
On 06/17/2012 09:55 AM, ron wrote:
> Hello neon john!
>
> Up to your mouthing off again like you are the god of glass blowing!
> Well, you might be! You are great! Indeed, in watching your videos, I
> have never seen anyone else with your excellent talent!
Ron, I meant you no malice so I'm sor
On 06/16/2012 03:52 PM, jb-electronics wrote:
> It does not look that bad, to be honest. And with a little practice it
> will look even better. See the picture of the joint I made today:
> http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/comparison_joints.jpg
>
> Clearly, the joint I made is not very good. You
On 06/16/2012 11:28 AM, jb-electronics wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> thanks for your advice! However, you use a little too much of the strong
> kind of words if you ask me:
Perhaps. But having traveled the road you're now on, I know just how
difficult it is to try to learn AND be using bad equipment.
On 06/16/2012 08:36 AM, jb-electronics wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> today I have tried sealing a small tube (8mm OD) on a 30mm test tube,
> both soda lime glass. As burners I used a classic hardware store propane
> soldering torch as well as a special kind of lighter (you know, the one
> junkies use)
On 06/12/2012 09:05 AM, Dalibor Farný wrote:
> Yes ;-)
>
> Thanks to Neon John for that book,
You're welcome.
>
> I uploaded some books included this one on my FTP, so who is interested,
> contact me outside, I will post a login. I dont want to share it here..
When you visit Dalibor's site, b
On 06/11/2012 04:43 AM, Dalibor Farny wrote:
> Hello friends,
>
> I am looking for the book from A. Roth called Vacuum sealing
> techniques. I found links to pdf on net, but it doesnt work.. But
> that means it should exists in pdf and it might have happen someone
> had already downloaded it..
On 05/21/2012 12:38 PM, jb-electronics wrote:
> thanks for the link! But I seriously doubt anyone is willing to ship a
> gas container that is above 100 bar pressure - that is really dangerous
> if shipped normally, and really expensive, if shipped properly, I am
> afraid.
They had no problem shi
On 05/21/2012 07:56 AM, jb-electronics wrote:
> Neon is quite expensive; about 50EUR for 12 liters. It is a
> pressurized
> bottle at 12bar, so it almost looks like a can of hair spray ;-)
Wow!!! That's about three times what it costs here. Your description
of the container makes me think that
On 05/15/2012 01:40 PM, kay486 wrote:
> Hi there, well, if you like videos about homemade tubes, chec out this guy.
> He makes all sorts of tubes and he explainst the individual steps really
> well.
> http://www.youtube.com/user/glasslinger/videos
I've just watched the X-ray tube making video
On 11/20/2011 03:56 PM, Nicholas Stock wrote:
> Thanks for the replies folks, much appreciated. I already have a good
> thermostat controlled solder station, so I'll check out the other bits and
> pieces you've all mentioned.
I strongly advise getting a station with a separate iron for SMD. Equip
I have the predecessor of this station (analog iron temperature control)
http://sra-solder.com/product.php/6267/1/7627d8d92cc7c2d24a51f46531d507ef
which is basically a knock-off of the Pace version, and am very happy
with it. I've used it for about 2 years more or less constantly and
have ha
On 11/04/2011 01:45 AM, Nick wrote:
> A file dump would be useful - we're open to suggestions. 1Gb should be
> plenty, though 200-500Mb would probably be more than enough.
I have something called File Thingie installed on my web host. It makes
an excellent file dump. I set up a neonixie accoun
On 11/03/2011 07:55 PM, Charles MacDonald wrote:
> Can you get the members list from gogle? if so you should be able to
> "invite" everyone on Yahoo.
I may be the only one who thinks this way but I vote to leave things as
they are. Moving over here was disruptive and cost us members.
Undoubt
On 09/11/2010 10:37 PM, Peter Gammie wrote:
> Fair enough. I'm not too bothered about the command line stuff, but
> perhaps you expect a shiny GUI?
Of course I expect a GUI. And forward and back anotation. And common
commands between the schematic and layout editor. You know, standard
stuff f
On 09/11/2010 10:05 PM, Peter Gammie wrote:
> On 12/09/2010, at 11:58 AM, NeonJohn wrote:
>
>> Last winter I decided to suspend all my project work and spend
>> about a month looking at every PCB CAD package on the market in the
>> approx $1,000 or less range. Man, wha
On 09/11/2010 09:23 PM, Shane Ellis wrote:
> I use a program called PCB123 to do most of my schematic drawings it
> works so-so, part creation isn't the easiest. I like eagle CAD, but I
> don't want to pay for it. Any other suggestions for professional
> looking schematic drawings?
If all you
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