Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread Adrian Godwin
This (free) software takes PCB artworks created in inkscape and generates manufacturing files. https://github.com/boldport/pcbmode Some examples here : https://github.com/boldport/circuit-board-photos On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 11:07 PM Mac Doktor wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2021, at 5:51 PM, Mac

Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Jan 31, 2021, at 5:51 PM, Mac Doktor wrote: > > I finally got a macro program and used it to do all of the mousing for me. > LUXURY. I hit send too soon. At the time I was working for a local printer. My workflow was to draw the board at 200%, print it out on their 300DPI laser

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Jan 31, 2021, at 9:18 AM, newxito wrote: > I remember making an amplifier board using a felt pen in the early seventies. > In the early Nineties I laid out PC boards with Illustrator. There were no user-definable style sheets. To change the width of a trace I had to bring up a dialog

[neonixie-l] Rodan Elfin MG-17F for trade

2021-01-31 Thread Ryan B
Hello folks, I already posted this over at the facebook nixie clock fan group. I have ten NOS MG-17F for trade. Ideally I'd like to trade four of them for four MG-17G tubes, though I'd take less, or for some LL-555 from Dolam. Please let me know if anyone is interested. Ryan[image: have

Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread 'Ian Vine' via neonixie-l
@John S Love the bit about the green teeth tea lady .. On Sunday, 31 January 2021, 17:58:01 GMT, Ⓙⓞⓗⓝ Ⓢⓜⓞⓤⓣ wrote: I worked in a printed circuit factory at one time, as a silk-screen printer. At times I'd do other jobs, like cutting the blanks, using the presses, drilling boards,

Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread Ⓙⓞⓗⓝ Ⓢⓜⓞⓤⓣ
I worked in a printed circuit factory at one time, as a silk-screen printer. At times I'd do other jobs, like cutting the blanks, using the presses, drilling boards, flow-soldering. My work bench was right next to an open cyanide tank used for gold plating edge connectors. A hideous woman with

[neonixie-l] Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread alb.001 alb.001
Back in the 1970's when the electronics magazines provided full and half sizes photos of PCB's for the articles, I developed my own way of laying out PCB's.  I photocopied the printed PCB full size, taped it onto the copper side of a single or double sided PB  board, and used a Dremel with

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread newxito
I remember making an amplifier board using a felt pen in the early seventies. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread 'Ian Vine' via neonixie-l
I made a few boards using tape a loong way back. I never considered getting arty. Loving the wavey traces on that board Ian On Sunday, 31 January 2021, 10:46:21 GMT, Dekatron42 wrote: A few PCB routing softwares are getting back curved traces, I have seen examples from KiCAD and

[neonixie-l] Re: Interesting Nixie counter at auction

2021-01-31 Thread Dekatron42
A few PCB routing softwares are getting back curved traces, I have seen examples from KiCAD and Designspark but haven't tested them out myself but I sure will do when and if they are available! /Martin On Sunday, 31 January 2021 at 07:22:19 UTC+1 Richard Scales wrote: > I can remember laying