Sweet vacuum tube clock build

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By Sean Michael Ragan
Posted 2009/12/25 @ 2:06 am
Category Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Craft, Electronics

Jason von Nieda put together this awesomely dramatic vacuum tube clock built around a Russian IV-18 nixie tube. He cites Adafruit’s Ice Tube Clock for inspiration and credits John Pfeiffer for the enclosure design.

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8 Responses to Sweet vacuum tube clock build

Grouchy on December 25th, 2009 at 8:47 am said:

“He sites Adafruit’s Ice Tube Clock for inspiration”

Sites? sites? SITES?

Fire yourself, because the word you thought you were writing is not a noun indicating a location, but a verb which means to quote or mention.

cite.

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wesc.myopenid.com on December 25th, 2009 at 9:43 am said:

Beautiful build.

while we are nitpicking, it’s a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), not a Nixie tube…

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Jim McCorison on December 25th, 2009 at 11:25 am said:

Jason spends months pursuing a visual dream. Starting from scratch he uses some existing skills, while learning many more, and creates a tangible example of his vision. While the original vision was created by another, but it was Jason that was moved enough to create the physical manifestation of the vision.

And what are the first two comments? Belittling and nitpicking. Instead of belittling the editor that posted the story, why not use your allotted electrons to compliment the project creator for a great build and a great write up about it. Admiring somebody’s work is a lot better for your inner self than belittling to the work of another.

Please, let’s leave junior high school behind and grow up a little bit.

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Jake on December 25th, 2009 at 11:43 am said:

Well said, Jim….thank you.

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Anonymous on December 25th, 2009 at 12:43 pm said:

Wow, damned impressive piece of work. It’s clear he put a great deal of thought into this, I love the flexibility of it, with the different display modes beyond just current time. Marvelous execution on the housing for it.

Also, I’ll give him $10 to take it through airport security, in countdown mode.

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Anon on December 25th, 2009 at 7:58 pm said:

My jaw is on the floor, this thing is just beautiful.

I’m looking to learn about microcontrollers and this is incredibly inspirational.

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Ross Hershberger on December 26th, 2009 at 6:08 pm said:

I’m building an audio amplifier for Make #22. It’s made of aluminum angle and Plexi. After seeing this I think I need to go work on the cosmetics of that a bit. The bar just got raised.
I love VFDs. I still use the blue VFD calculator that I bought in the ’70s in electronics school. On my Chumby my favorite clock app is the Nixie one.

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Jason von Nieda on March 31st, 2010 at 4:49 pm said:

Hi folks, just wanted to let you know that I am now selling just one of these clocks. It will be the only one sold. You can see the auction and bid at http://goo.gl/Nl7Q

Thanks!

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