Nixie clock round-ups

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Jake von Slatt, of Steampunk Workshop, points us toward this nice round-up of commercially-available nixie clocks (top image). That article points to another round-up of homemade nixies (bottom image).

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8 thoughts on “Nixie clock round-ups”

mightyohm says:

July 15th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

I have one of Peter J. Jansen’s clocks that I built from a kit, and I couldn’t be happier. His webstore is at http://www.store.tubeclock.com/

Great kits and great customer service. My clock has been running continuously for over two years now and it still looks new.
1. Gareth Branwyn says:
  
  July 15th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
  
  That’s great to know, Jeff. I keep looking at his offerings and thinking about getting a kit. Which one did you get?
GeekPhysical says:

July 15th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

Hey we had some fun building a nixie alarm clock. It even has a snooze! We wanted to create from scratch the circuit boards. Three plates (boards) were specifically designed; one for holding the displays and interface button, one for the clock electronics and one for the speaker, and to act as a base for the entire clock.

You can check it out here: http://www.geekphysical.com/2008/11/vfd-vacuum-florescent-display-clock.html
steve says:

July 16th, 2009 at 10:43 am

More nixie clocks here —>

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3dking/sets/72157611497465528/