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So many shipping container house threads...

Tube/vintage tech thread.

>> No.39877
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I kinda wanna pick up the VFD tube like in the pic.. 10 bucks each on ebay.

>> No.39880
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How about guts of my Sunn Model T?

>> No.39881

Are this hard to make?
I know nothing about electronics and that stuff

>> No.39887
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>>39880
DEM CAPS

>>39881
Make clocks?

>> No.39894

>>39887
Yeah this tube things

>> No.39899
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6550s...

>> No.39901
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>>39894
Making a nixie of VFD tube clock wouldn't be hard if you had a kit and soldering skills with a bit of background in electronics. Its a bit harder to design one yourself, especially if you're going to have it microcontroller controlled.

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>>39899
I love 6500's and KT88's..

>> No.39913

>>39911

KT88's <3

NOS quad of Kt88s = 300+$ :( :(

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>>39913
Electro-Harmonix makes new KT88's..
Maybe they're not quite the same..

>> No.39929
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>>39920

Shotty Chinese tubes... :(

>> No.39944

>>39901
wow this looks amazing.
did you do this or find this picture somewhere?
how can i make something like this?

>> No.39952

>>39944
http://www.tubeclockdb.com/forum/Builders-Forum/1280-Nixietherm-IN-9-bargraph-based-thermomer.html

I'm going to build one when my tubes get here.