I WANT THIS!

Must admit, it does look fun.

Thank you! ^^

Nice work! Are the electronics a kit or your own design?

The electronics itself came as a kit, but finding the tubes took a bit longer because they are not fabricated anymore. ^^

www.nixieclocks.de ^__^

That's awesome, great job on it. It looks warm
*puts hands near it for heat* mmmmmm

Hehe...actually, the tubes didn't get very warm, you will be disappointed!

awwwwww, oh well *rolls into a patch on sunlight to bask*

Looks like you caught it just as the 6 was changing to 7

That's so freakin' sweet. Only thing I'd have done differently is put in sockets for the tubes for easy changing. Where DID you find the tubes, perchance?

E-Bay is your friend! Besides, matching sockets are even harder to find than the tubes! *LOL*

Oh, they have a couple of sweet clocks! I'm going to have to build one of those! ^^

I think I'm going to get a kit. How did you go about fabricating the housing for the clock? Where do you find the little bars and such?

Hmmm...I got the parts from a lokal hardware store. Since I live in Germany, I can't give you a hint where to look in your place, just use your imagination and craftsmanship. There are also ready made housings by some companys, but they are fabricated in limited numbers and pretty expensive as such.

I've seen these on websites, they're awesome... those who can't afford the real thing can get a little desktop plugin which looks similar :)

Yep... but I like my *real* one more! XD

"The internet.. is a series of tubes.. t-t-t-tubes.." *breaks down in the techno remix*

-Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA6EXypKJ7A

x3

-Z

*LOOL* XD

Tangled up!

it's a very opriginal one you made there ! :)

Thank you! ^^

you're welcome and you can sell it for cinema XD

i'm kidding ^^;

I quite forgot that besides you are a good friend and an amazing artist you are a good engineer. Job very well done. A week ago I threw away some such tubes as you used. Probably I had to send them to you:)

Aww no, I should have known that ;( . Anyway, thank you for your nice words, my friend! :)

GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!

(I am so jealous it isn't funny....) *SNIFF!*

Holy sh..

I WANT ONE NOW!!

Don't tell me where you live :)

Probably too far away from you to get me! ;D

This thing looks so damn cool XD Top notch work man =D

Thank you! ^^

Nifty looking ^^

Thank you! ^^

My God! Watch from transistors! At me in the childhood, the senior brother such collected, their these lamps. Clearing them from a varnish. The truth without a casing.

Hehe...I hope your brother has them still, they become more and more valuable! ;)

Unfortunately, no. It was in 1984. All remained in the childhood, in the past! And the senior brother already a computers adjusts in firm...

You would think that with all the interest in nixies, someone would start manufacturing them again, at least on a limited basis.

It's hard enough to find replacement 'magic-eye' tubes for my old radios...

Heh, I think hunting for parts and finally getting them is part of the fun! ;P

FUCKING COOL! I love retro tech!

Me too! ^_^ Thank you!

OMG, YOU did THAT ???? 0.0
WOOOOAAAAAOOOOOOOOOWWW !!!!!

#^__^# Thanks my bro!

LOL already 13 favourites, that's a success it seems !! ^^
(note : won't be on PC tonight, I'm back home faaaaar too late, but I will saturday !! ^^ )

aww.... well, I hope to see you tomorrow then.. ^^

Neato!

=°~°= das sieht total geil aus... du bist echt perfekt in sowas...
scheint dir alles in den pfoten zu liegen ^_+ *knuddelkuschelschleck*

ich denk an dich du flauschfell *knuddel*

HAST DU SUPI GEMACHT *schnurR*

Danke dir, du Flauschfell! *knuddel zurück* ^__^

I love it!! It's WUNDERBAR!!!

Sorry, that's about all the German I know, aside from Kraftwerk lyrics lol.

Holy crapkittens! That thing has some serious cool factor!

Thankies! ^^

WOWNESS!

That's really neat! I like that you made an enclosure for it. I usually leave electronic project boards bare.

Yep...makeing the housing took most of the time, but the clock was worth it! ^^

This is the last place I expected to see a picture of a Nixie tube clock!

Are you on the Yahoo neonixie list?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEONIXIE-L/

Whoa, I didn't even know that such a group exist.. O.o

Impressive! How much time and money did it take to make this?

Thank you. It took me around 200€ and a week to make, the most time I spend with the case.

How much did the kit cost?

I think it was 78€

That's awesome : )

I still have a bunch of american made nixie and trixie tubes,in my several parts bis,including transistors,ic`s and diode`s of many uses,I also have now get this three 2n107 transistors from GE still in origonal boxes.

I always loved the old vacuum tube designs. You shouod check out Make Magazine, its loaded with stuff just like this. But honestly, there really is something beautiful here: Most modern components are just plain old resistors and ceramic capacitors, but there is something neat about the little glass tubes with cagework inside them, and I especially the odd types of tubes, like Nixies, or green phosphor screens. Very Steampunk.

Yeah, tubes rock!

The nixie tube clock made me remember: I have my own junkbox! Its sort of funny, though, I dont have anything like solder or printed circuit boards or a way of testing the parts without actually making the thing, and seeing if it works (it usually doesnt). So, I come up from the basement after like 2 hrs of work with a dirty face and burnt/bloody hands (Im a klutz ^^) and I made my own vacuum tube contraption! Ever hear of a Royal Raymond Rife Device? Anything with tubes looks evil. I wish they still made evil looking parts.

Heh.. when I was a kid I used to dissasemble old broken tube radios and other devices also! Fun times! =D
"Royal Raymond Rife Device"? *googles it* Whoa, that looks steampunky! =D Me likes! ^_^

Hmm, it's very interessting...may the rAt take a little look to schematics of your ehmm...chronometer?

Kinda want one of these now...

I heartfully approove that masterpiece.

Is it socket or battery powered? Btw, where are the set-up controls?

Thank you very much, I am glad it's still working after all those years! ;) It's powered by socket, and there a two push-buttons at the back of the unit, one for dimming the tubes, and one for setting the time if no radio signal is recieved.

They are radio-corrected? ...when i thought there's no more surprises.