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Well done Feek looks great. Really wanting to get one these but not keen on the IN-14's. I have bought a soldering iron, some kind of board and some resisters to see if it is possible for me to solder.
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It's quite appropriate that there's a Russian on the radio in the background considering these are old Russian tubes.
Very pleased, it's a job well done[/font]
could you wire up a tiny radio on a little board underneath (or in the same case when you get/make one) that's tuned to some Russian talk station so it constantly quietly emits Russian
Man of Honour
could you wire up a tiny radio on a little board underneath (or in the same case when you get/make one) that's tuned to some Russian talk station so it constantly quietly emits Russian
What a good idea, wait.....
Man of Honour
Caporegime
All done!
The fiddliest bit was actually putting the tubes on the board, I didn't think his technique of trimming the legs to different lengths was any good so I didn't bother with that. Soldering nx6 was the trickiest due to slightly reduced space but that wasn't too hard really.
I reckon my total build time has been about four hours. It's sitting on my shelf right now running slots every minute but I'll change that after a few days. It's not in any case yet as I'll keep an eye out for suitable old kit to build it into.
It's quite appropriate that there's a Russian on the radio in the background considering these are old Russian tubes.
Very pleased, it's a job well done
Could I trouble you to put iPhone next to it? I like to see some size comparisons to real world objects.
Ta
Commissario
Could I trouble you to put iPhone next to it? I like to see some size comparisons to real world objects.
Ta
No!
My iPhone is my camera
But here it is with my Seiko Orange Monster and my work Blackberry sitting next to it.
Caporegime
Ah, ta.
Guess it confirms that I do want to bigger tubes.
Guess it confirms that I do want to bigger tubes.
Nice work! Nixies look great, very distinctive. I'm really keen to use these nixie bargraph tubes in something:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Nixie-Tube-Music-Visualizer/
Though needing a log to lin circuit for audio applications is not so convenient.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Nixie-Tube-Music-Visualizer/
Though needing a log to lin circuit for audio applications is not so convenient.
Soldato
Ha, that's really weird. From all the other pictures i thought it was about twice that size
somoen made a small hand-held sound meter with them iirc.
Ha, that's really weird. From all the other pictures i thought it was about twice that size
The IN-18s are about three times the size but five times as expensive
Soldato
I actually prefer it that size
Commissario
These are a nice size, they're not huge but really they don't _need_ to be any larger. Size isn't everything 
Man of Honour
That's not what Mrs Feek says.
What does she say?
That she prefers the model 500 over the 36. -_-