Thread Nixie tube clocks!

[CletusJones]

I think I'd rather wear a watch.

http://www.selectric.org/nixie/

 

[Petunia]

http://www.selectric.org/nixie/

Looks like a time bomb

 

[DoubleJ]

I read the title as "Pixie Tube Socks". Needless to say, I was very disappointed when I opened the thread

 

[Petunia]

I read this as tube socks too

 

[itburnswhenipee]

A Google search for "pixie tube socks" results in porn, which, in retrospect, isn't so surprising.

 

[Sarcasmo]

That's pretty awesome. Can you make them flicker and buzz? Or integrate them into some kind of apparatus that belches steam?

 

[gee]

I s'pose I could... but I live in this reality, not some retarded steampunk reality.

 

[gee]

Just built a 'seconds' clock. Took a bunch of non-matching nixie insulators and vinyl dyed them black for an experiment, took four 'tard tubes' with the digits not perfectly aligned inside the glass, and a PCB with a solder mask defect, and built a clock out of the works.

75 bucks CAD (+shipping) if anyone wants it.

 

[Applesauce]

These are SUPER STRANGE.

 

[b_sinning]

If I had the spare cash I'd be totally interested. If you have any after x-mas I'd be down for buying one.

 

[gee]

How this all went down:

gee: "hey genmay, shall I build more nixies?"
genmay: "OMG FUCK YES YGPM"
gee: "parts are in, now taking orders!"
genmay: <crickets>

I ordered parts to build 25, and at one point I had 20 of them spoken for - then most people backed out. So far I've sold a grand total of 6.

I'm setting up an Etsy shop shortly to sell them.

 

[Duke]

How this all went down:

gee: "hey genmay, shall I build more nixies?"
genmay: "OMG FUCK YES YGPM"
gee: "parts are in, now taking orders!"
genmay: <crickets>

I ordered parts to build 25, and at one point I had 20 of them spoken for - then most people backed out. So far I've sold a grand total of 6.

I'm setting up an Etsy shop shortly to sell them.

This makes me want to buy a dremel, some wood, and some brass fittings quite badly.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

How this all went down:

gee: "hey genmay, shall I build more nixies?"
genmay: "OMG FUCK YES YGPM"
gee: "parts are in, now taking orders!"
genmay: <crickets>

I ordered parts to build 25, and at one point I had 20 of them spoken for - then most people backed out. So far I've sold a grand total of 6.

I'm setting up an Etsy shop shortly to sell them.

ILL TAKE A DOZEN!11

 

[gee]

This makes me want to buy a dremel, some wood, and some brass fittings quite badly.

That sounds awesome, I'd like to see that. Go for it.

(not that I'm biased or anything)

I'll make a mechanical drawing of the clock shortly to facilitate anyone who wants to build a case.

 

[Josh]

Curious, do the clocks emit any humming sound when on?

 

[gee]

The clock emits a *very* faint hiss from the HV power supply. You need to put your ear up against the clock in a quiet room to hear it.

 

[Applesauce]

TAOS HUM

 

[Duke]

TAOS HUM

I've heard it. It's real, and it's fucking weird.

 

[Applesauce]

I've heard it. It's real, and it's fucking weird.

Me, too. When I was like 13, or so. It's incredibly creepy. ALTHOUGH, I'd just read "Tommyknockers" & it instantly made me think of the part where the main chick touches something that is sticking out of the ground in a forest, & she feels a low vibration. SUPER CREEPY.


So, there are Tommyknockers in New Mexico.

 

[water]

The clock emits a *very* faint hiss from the HV power supply. You need to put your ear up against the clock in a quiet room to hear it.

I would totally buy one if it weren't for the bare electric boards and chance of shock, can't risk it with small fingers around.