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[Detale]

Ok first off What's this

and where can I get one!!!

Looks cool so far man, New case huh

That Antec Skeleton is out you know


I myself am waiting for the speeds/sizes of SSD's to get better until I make the plunge.

Also I just found this on Myspace :woot:

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You Sweetie you

[clocker]

The item you circled is a clock made from Nixie tubes out of a Russian submarine.
A guy up in Canada made a limited run a few years ago...they are all gone now, sorry.

Microcenter has the Skeleton on the shelf and I've examined it in person.
Can't decide what I think and the $180 price is too high to gamble on.

That pic was from my niece's wedding invitation.

[Detale]

Do you have the name of the clock so I might find one on Ebay or something?

CHRONOTRONIX V400 NIXIE TUBE CLOCK
$415.00!!!!!

[Acid_death69]

Do you have the name of the clock so I might find one on Ebay or something?

CHRONOTRONIX V400 NIXIE TUBE CLOCK
$415.00!!!!!

they do look pretty sweet but i dont think i would want to spend that amount of money on a clock.

[clocker]

Mine wasn't nearly that much.

The guy who made mine found the tubes at a surplus auction.
He then designed the circuit and had the boards made professionally.

He was selling them as a kit- you soldered all the components onto the board- or, for $25 extra, he and his wife would assemble it for you.
I opted for the latter.

It was a fun project to be involved in (albeit only as a buyer) because he kept up a steady stream of commentary (most of it bitching) and we were updated regularly throughout the nine months it took to finish.
IIRC, he was in either Newfoundland or Nova Scotia...at any rate, someplace in the middle of nowhere.
I believe the cost was @ $150 (assembled and delivered) and it's worked flawlessly for the past 4 years or so.
I'm quite fond of it...it makes a nice counterpoint to my clocks.

[Acid_death69]

$150 from $400+ is a big difference, you got a bargin there.

[clocker]

Yeah well, to be fair those clocks display seconds (which I think I'd find distracting) and have a nicely finished enclosure for the electronics.
I couldn't tell, but they might even have an integrated power supply...mine has a brick and is exposed.
The simplicity of mine points up the "homemade" nature of the project.
He even called a few weeks after delivery to ask how it was doing.

[Acid_death69]

hmm i prefer yours than the other one. i agree with you on have the seconds, given the size of the display it would be catching your eye.

[Detale]

...it makes a nice counterpoint to my clocks.

Is this why you're Clocker?? I really like yours better than those I found. I'm going to keep looking I MUST have one now damnit!!

[clocker]

I'm "clocker" because I used to build clocks.
From scratch.