wooden nixie clock: where nature meets technology
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May 29th, 2008 post a comment (2) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
I don’t know what it is, but I’m a real sucker for Nixie tube clocks. There’s something about the soothing orange glow tubes that offer a simple, yet elegant way to display any numeric information. I hadn’t seen a design that really caught my eye in a while, when I stumbled onto this wooden beauty.
The clock features a set of dramatic surface-mounted Nixie tubes which peek through the front of the warm reddish African Sapele wood case.
The only thing keeping me from putting one of these clocks on my mantle is the fact that it’s only sold as a kit. And between writing this blog, a day job (yes, I have one of those too), and trying to retain some semblance of a life, it’s almost impossible to envision having the time to build this sucker.
For those of you with more free time (and are more adept with your soldering skills than I), the kit comes with everything you need to build the clock, including pre-cut wood case parts, 6 Nixie tubes, a couple of bright neon bulbs for the hour:minute separator, and all the electronic parts you need. In all, there are 115 parts you’ll need to put the clock together.
If you’ve got the time on your hands to build your own clock, you can find this kit (along with a variety of other Nixie kits) from eBay seller Neonixie.
May 29th, 2008 post a comment (2) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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2 comments post a comment
1. 3sulBlog | May 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
I love that cool watch!
But if a Nixie Tubes will broken?
2. P7 | May 30th, 2008 at 11:27 am
The design is just sooo classic but i have a problem with DIY clock.
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