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As a similar small startup tube production company is Dalibor Farny who is recreating nixie tubes. Their youtube videos are phenomenal on the attempts to make
by bb88 4y ago
As a similar small startup tube production company is Dalibor Farny who is recreating nixie tubes. Their youtube videos are phenomenal on the attempts to make a vacuumed sealed nixie tube.
https://www.daliborfarny.com/ https://www.daliborfarny.com/
- dymk 4y agoI came to comment about Dalibor as well - amazing youtube channel. Recommended viewing for anyone who loves home-ish-scale, high-quality manufacturing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxL4ElboiuA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxL4ElboiuA He's got to be one of the world's experts on nixie tube manufacturing, at this point.
- timmg 4y agoOh wow. I just came within millimeters of impulse-buying one of his clocks: https://www.daliborfarny.com/product/puri-nixie-clock/ https://www.daliborfarny.com/product/puri-nixie-clock/ For $1700, I might think about it first :/
- exmadscientist 4y agoThe Zen was my birthday splurge several years back. It's one of the few indulgences I didn't quickly forget about and actually have in my daily life, much less genuinely like and appreciate. No regrets. They were somewhat cheaper back then though.... And one of the tubes is acting funny (slowly fading from the bottom), which I should probably do something about. But it seems like it's stabilized, so maybe I can keep on ignoring it!
- asddubs 4y agofading at the bottom usually means the tube is leaking and will only get worse over time, so you should warranty it. fading in general (especially places other than the bottom) can also be cathode poisoning, which is reversible.
- exmadscientist 4y agoI've been afraid of that, yeah. Fortunately I'm an EE these days and so swapping out a tube is pretty easy, when I finally get around to it :)
- bb88 4y agoYou know. Life and money are only temporary in this universe. If it becomes a hand me down to your kids, well that makes it even more special. I have some stock that I'm going to sell soon, and one of the things I'm buying (besides a car) is one of his nixie clocks. They'll be timeless decades from now.
- bregma 4y ago> They'll be timeless decades from now. Hopefully not.
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 4y agoAmazing aesthetic, but absurd price. I realize that they are the only game in town, but still.
- belter 4y agoLooking into the skill, materials, manual labor, novel techniques, and quality finish that goes into it, I would argue this an expensive, but somewhat fairly priced product.
- asddubs 4y agoactually, millclock is also making new nixie tubes now, so they are one of the two only games in town. nixie manufacture at a non-industrial level is pretty involved, so each tube has to pay for someone manufacturing it for several hours, and that's before you even get to material and research costs. I do wish these tubes were more affordable, but the price is unfortunately pretty understandable.
- lobe 4y agoLove Dalibor's work. I have the Puri clock, and it is a real statement piece that wows people. I didn't get it for that, I just got it half because I loved the aesthetic and half I wanted to support someone doing something that unique (one of those things I would personally like to do in a life after software). On the plus side, Dalibor himself has been extremely helpful in answering questions and resolving minor issues with the clock (both software issues, both quickly resolved). It is undoubtedly a hard to justify luxury item, but if on the fence you should buy it. It is more impressive in person than I imagined.
- nielsbot 4y agoHas anybody seen Steve Wozniak's nixie tube wristwatch? https://www.timesticking.com/steve-wozniaks-nixie-watch/ https://www.timesticking.com/steve-wozniaks-nixie-watch/ (Googling it, I discovered Nixie tube watches are "a thing" and you can buy them)
- belter 4y agoNot only they are gorgeous, you support Ukraine at the same time... https://nixoid.store/ https://nixoid.store/
- bb88 4y agoI saw that maybe a decade ago? It's amazing. There are some really pretty ones one etsy. The hand made ones are also instant heirlooms, particularly if their batteries are easily replaced.