Re: [neonixie-l] Tube Storage

2022-03-27 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Mar 24, 2022, at 11:40 AM, Richard Scales > wrote: > > I was fortunate to pick up an old plan chest which is basically lots of deep > and wide draws but the draws are not that tall. > Each shelf is lined with polystyrene and tubes push in to the polystyrene

Re: [neonixie-l] Tube Storage

2022-03-24 Thread Frank Bemelman
Try searching for a drawing cabinet, 2nd hand perhaps... Those tend to be excellent quality. On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 9:51 PM Mac Doktor wrote: > This is a "how do you guys do it?" question... > > I need a way to organize and safely store the odds and ends of tubes that > I have. Nixies,

[neonixie-l] Tube Storage

2022-03-23 Thread Mac Doktor
This is a "how do you guys do it?" question... I need a way to organize and safely store the odds and ends of tubes that I have. Nixies, Dekatrons, bargraphs, Magic Eyes etc. as well as a lot of the weird things from the WWII era. Half of this stuff is loose except for some bubble wrap. Most

Re: [neonixie-l] Tube storage solutions?

2017-09-28 Thread gregebert
Best place to store your tubes is in a clock. Tubes I like go into individual cardboard boxes, and packed snugly into a larger box. Tubes I *dont* like (IN-1's) are tossed carelessly into the junkbox where they await a horrible fate, such as a microwave oven

Re: [neonixie-l] Tube storage solutions?

2017-09-28 Thread Nicholas Stock
Nice. I need a high voltage sign in my man cave toogreat idea! I tend to store my tubes in larger closable boxes like these. http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=12745=EAIaIQobChMIyp7i7sPI1gIVBgxpCh35bQ7IEAYYByABEgLwl_D_BwE Or larger as the case may be (ha ha, pun intended...).

[neonixie-l] Tube storage solutions?

2017-09-28 Thread Paul Andrews
I've run out of space to store my growing tube collection. Before I just buy another organizer, I thought it might be interesting to see how other people store their tubes. This is mine - I've purposefully left out the clutter on my work surface! I don't feel too bad about that though, the