Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Custom Glass Etching of Nixie Tubes

2012-06-18 Thread Keith Kirby
It is a Nixie Clock Sven Kit. I did the etching with an etching cream and a stencil I had made. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Nick n...@desmith.net wrote: That's very nice -what did you use to do the etch - HF? Nice looking clock - is it your design or a kit? Nick -- You received

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Custom Glass Etching of Nixie Tubes

2012-06-18 Thread Keith Kirby
Thank you :) On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:12 AM, MichaelB badni...@badnixie.com wrote: Beautiful work! On Sunday, June 17, 2012 7:25:13 PM UTC-7, heavyleaded wrote: Some of you might remember that I had asked you all how to remove the red coating on My Tesla tubes. I did not want to loose

[neonixie-l] Re: Custom Glass Etching of Nixie Tubes

2012-06-18 Thread kay486
Whoah!! That turned out really nicely! I have a bunch of ZM1080T around abd they dont look this pretty as the refined ones! Its also cool that you have changed the number so it matches the clear ones! Could you post here a photo with normal light and with the clock off please? On Monday, June

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Custom Glass Etching of Nixie Tubes

2012-06-18 Thread kay486
I though it would be more white-ish. It look really nice when its lit up though! On Monday, June 18, 2012 6:21:44 PM UTC+1, heavyleaded wrote: Here is the pic. As you can see the etching is on the light side and shows up much better when the light is on them. I had hoped for a stronger

[neonixie-l] Re: Custom Glass Etching of Nixie Tubes

2012-06-17 Thread Nick
That's very nice -what did you use to do the etch - HF? Nice looking clock - is it your design or a kit? Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To view this discussion on the web, visit

[neonixie-l] Re: Custom Glass Etching of Nixie Tubes

2012-06-17 Thread MichaelB
Beautiful work! On Sunday, June 17, 2012 7:25:13 PM UTC-7, heavyleaded wrote: Some of you might remember that I had asked you all how to remove the red coating on My Tesla tubes. I did not want to loose the writing on the back of the tubes that had the name and model # on them. Upon