Re: [neonixie-l] PIxie tube 3D socket

2016-04-15 Thread John Rehwinkel
> Holy cow, lots of choices! Are there some in particular you reccomend? I'd > hate to get a bunch of the wrong ones. It mostly depends on whether you want to solder or crimp the wires, and if you want various locating prongs. That said, I'm fond of these:

Re: [neonixie-l] PIxie tube 3D socket

2016-04-15 Thread Jonathan Peakall
John, Holy cow, lots of choices! Are there some in particular you reccomend? I'd hate to get a bunch of the wrong ones. Are there others out there that might want some? No promises on it working out but I am going to try. Jonathan I am currently using some pin sockets scrounged from

Re: [neonixie-l] PIxie tube 3D socket

2016-04-15 Thread Jonathan Peakall
John, Ordinarily I would do just that. However, the nephew is getting the printer and I'd like to learn how to use it. And there are some advantages to the printer. For example, I ca make a couple of "ears" on the side with mounting holes and make a horizontal or vertical socket. However,

Re: [neonixie-l] PIxie tube 3D socket

2016-04-14 Thread gregebert
Nice homebrew socket. I, too, am finalizing a 3D printer purchase-decision. Even though my first-print will be a nixie socket (imagine *that*), I plan to use a 3D printer for other purposes, so it's not really a cost-savings measure if I decided not to buy it. In my case, the ability to

Re: [neonixie-l] PIxie tube 3D socket

2016-04-14 Thread Paolo Cravero
Cool, John! > 4] Melt polymorph in cup of hot water and squidge it into the cylinder, > around the pins - squidge is a technical term (ignore it for now, you don't > need to know) > How much raw material is needed, say, for the socket in the picture you attached? Weight, I mean. I see it comes

Re: [neonixie-l] PIxie tube 3D socket

2016-04-14 Thread Quixotic Nixotic
On 14 Apr 2016, at 20:14, Jonathan Peakall wrote: > HI All, > > In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be helping my nephew to assemble a 3D > printer. One of the first projects I would like to use it for is to make some > B9012 Pixie tube sockets. > > I've never used a 3D printer, so it is all

Re: [neonixie-l] PIxie tube 3D socket

2016-04-14 Thread John Rehwinkel
> In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be helping my nephew to assemble a 3D > printer. One of the first projects I would like to use it for is to make some > B9012 Pixie tube sockets. > > I've never used a 3D printer, so it is all new to me. The data sheet I have > has a good mechanical drawing

[neonixie-l] PIxie tube 3D socket

2016-04-14 Thread Jonathan Peakall
HI All, In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be helping my nephew to assemble a 3D printer. One of the first projects I would like to use it for is to make some B9012 Pixie tube sockets. I've never used a 3D printer, so it is all new to me. The data sheet I have has a good mechanical drawing