To celebrate my first year of owning the Puri 4 tube clock, I purchased the Puri 6 (actually 8 tubes including the 2 colon tubes) tube clock. Verrrry impressive clock. The constantly changing seconds digit brings more liveliness to the clock and makes it more interesting to watch. The only downside of these clocks is, that when I want to know the time, I keep staring in the warm amber glow waaaay too long 😁. Dalibor, keep up the good work and the Nixies alive.
I really appreciate the time you put into continuous improvement Dalibor! Garbage in garbage out the only way you know what have is to measure it. You're living the neon dream brother!
Saw 'nixie tube factory' and got excited. Saw your video and was not disappointed. I love wintergatan too, and till now it was my only RUclips subscription. Now I have two subscriptions :)
It's rate to find someone so concerned about longevity of their products. I appreciate your attention to detail and for sharing updates. I'll be a customer as soon as I save up a little more money. I can't wait!
can't wait for the goal of eventually manufacturing smaller tubes, I think the more affordable price of them can make Nixie tubes more accessible and get more people interested! I wonder if after that, we could even go as far as having tube designs with things other than numbers, like letters and symbols!
Never strive for perfection, strive to be excellent. Excellence is achievable, perfection is not and you will destroy everything trying to achieve something that can only be obtained by God. You could have the single most beautiful, advanced and excellent nixie tube the world has ever seen. But it wouldn't be enough if your seeking perfection.
I encourage you to keep an eye on the Lumileds factory in Chartres, France. It's bound to close sooner than later, and it's filled with industrial glassworking machines. They make automotive lamps, so they're used to glass-metal seals that will endure extreme conditions. I know they also have a glassworking lathe in the basement for prototyping.
In 2022 I will order myself one of your clocks for the 10 year anniversary of our technology law firm. A very special clock for a very special moment. I can't wait for the moment I hold it in my hands for the first time...
For long time testing image capturing I would setup a NVR and some cheap high resolution security cameras. They are made to film 24/7 and store the images for a long time
The resolution 12Mpix of the Canon 450D is just enough - there are 12 tubes in the shot for each. Also, I need to use long lens, to avoid distortion as much as possible - that would be a problem with wide lens security cam.. But thanks for the tip anyway!
I suspect in the future there will be more people who will be bringing "old and obsolete" technology back to life. Do budoucna přeji všechen zdar, aby se továrna povedla!
Hi Dalibor, I've watched your videos and witnessed all of your trial and error experiences. This week I purchased your Puri nixie tube clock, simply because this version (1.4 I believe) looks like a very solid and reliable piece of technology to me. Many years ago, around the time you started your nixie experiment, I bought a Chronix in12 tube based clock from a polish nixie clock builder. Later on even a second one :-) I still love to watch these clocks, but I always wanted a tube where you could have a better view on the beautiful layered metal work inside the tube. Your tubes are exactly what I was looking for. Your minimalist design of the base brings out the beauty of your exquisite nixie tubes even more and I simply had to give in to my craving of having one of these beauties. I have a deep respect for your dedication to the tubes and the open way to share all your findings (good and bad) with your customers. It's the best way of gaining our trust (your customers). Keep up the good work and keep the nixies alive. Kind regards, Eric (the Netherlands).
Hi Eric, thank you so much for this beautiful comment. I cant express how happy I am for the fact I can openly talk about both the successes and failures while customers appreciate it. Especially the failures - my life is solving the problems that comes with manufacture, I spend most of my working time in it and want to talk about it :-) hope it makes sense.. anyway, thank you for your order, keep in touch!
@@daliborfarny Just connected the clock to the internet thru the pc-based setup on your site. Worked like a charm :-) the clock is not only beautiful but very impressive as well if you're used to only in12 tube clocks. Ordering some spare tubes very soon. Thanks for the fast service. Receiving the clock was a welcome diversion from this corona infested time. You made my day a lot brighter.
I'm very impressed by the manner in which you gather and analyse your data. I'm convinced you'll get to the root of the problem eventually. Don't forget to look at simple solutions to this complex problem of gas mixture and cathode poisoning though. I have nothing to prove it, but I suspect that the reason so many manufacturers all over the world figured out how to make fairly long-lasting nixies may have more to do with a shortcut of some sort, like a getter material, a certain metallurgical makeup of the parts, or a coating that's microns thin... Perhaps an impurity you filtered out of your neon was helping you and that's why things got worse? I am taking wild guesses, so don't take me too seriously. But don't be afraid to test hunches either! Carry on, you're doing fantastic work!
@@ophello It's not just for typewriter use, it's for use with monospaced fonts. It still looks better either way and I will continue to do it because I'm not un-learning the way I'm used to reading and typing just because somebody arbitrarily decided that it's obsolete (it isn't).
I like how well you make these. I might start to try to get work in your factory cause I always wanted to make one of these. Luckyli i dont live far away(I live in Slovak Republic).
1% fail rate for a vacuum sealed component is, frankly, incredible. Your workers must be incredibly meticulous. I've seen processes sealing with glass frit and optical contact both of which fail at much higher rates.
There's an easy way to accelerate poisoning. Extreme overdriving(5-10x the operating current, enough to get the cathodes to a good 150-250C) of one cathode and optionally extreme under-driving of others. Regarding gas analysis: beware of the pumping speed trap. The setup shown in the paper is not optimal because the turbopump system will suck the helium and neon at different rates. Ideally, you want to *completely* gate the HV system off when you puncture the tube. The RGA should be doing all the work. However, you will have issues with the gas load, which will shoot way past the RGA's operating pressure. The puncturing system will need heavy throttling.
The cathodes are at 200-300C during normal operation, significant overdriving starts different processes that would not happen in a long time during normal operation (= impossible to interpolate the data back). For instance, the steel of the cathode starts delaminating, some gases can be released from the internal parts and envelope etc.. The RGA system will be an interesting project, there is Ne/Ar mixture inside, so the mass difference is not that big for the turbo like for Ne/He. I am planning to use a comparison of tubes (good vs bad gas composition) instead of the absolute amount of gases - that would be very hard.
Wouldn't an increased "lit" cathode surface area speed up the rate of material sputtering (poisoning) as well? Could also explain why the smaller tubes last longer (assuming we don't normalize for cathode area vs poisoned area, just going by visuals). You could make one cathode optimized for large surface area and keep it lit to see how it affects the poisoning of the other cathodes. Would require manufacturing a specialized cathode, but could be an interesting experiment?
With everything you’ve learned about nixie production, will you be able to make a top-view Nixie tube in the future? What would it take to produce one? You’ve said before that it wasn’t possible, but I don’t understand why.
Hi, your work is really inspiring and your videos are motivating me to try to make my own nixie tube. I would like to visit your factory someday or help you in your factory (I'm from Slovakia, 15 y. o.). Keep it up :))
in some older Nixie tubes, they can be seen with a red coat that's meant to filter the type of light you are seeing, as some tubes have a secondary, cooler light that emits and makes the image harder to see. they are probably testing this to see if it has any benefit to their own process.
You mentioned another channel which sounded like Winter Cotton Channel you were looking at to improve the content of your channel. Would you mind indicating the channel here?
Nice video, and I am excited to see what the future holds for you! :-) A random unrelated thing: I love your new studio, but it has a lot of echo. Have you thought of using a Lapel Mic for recording your audio? I am using a very cheap one ($20) and it works great :)
Thank you! I will need to figure out wireless setup between lav mic and the camera. I have all except the wireless link. The extra work with syncing audio from lav mic recorder to dslr video is pain :-)
@@daliborfarny Most editing suites have an automatic function to sync up the audio tracks of two video streams, so it works in less than one second! I use a wired Lapel mic, which is not as bad as you would think, but I hope to upgrade to wireless some time.
ruclips.net/video/VYSWIdDcbGU/видео.html tady mají nějaké staré velmi výkonné lampy. A mluví tam, jak se výrobce popasoval s problémy teplotních cyklů v okolí prostupů vodičů.
Dalibor you got in one of Techmoans videos: ruclips.net/video/Zn97Lmwwvo4/видео.html . I like how he pronouced your name(he pronouced it like Dalibou Fány :D) See? People like your work...
To celebrate my first year of owning the Puri 4 tube clock, I purchased the Puri 6 (actually 8 tubes including the 2 colon tubes) tube clock. Verrrry impressive clock. The constantly changing seconds digit brings more liveliness to the clock and makes it more interesting to watch. The only downside of these clocks is, that when I want to know the time, I keep staring in the warm amber glow waaaay too long 😁.
Dalibor, keep up the good work and the Nixies alive.
I really appreciate the time you put into continuous improvement Dalibor! Garbage in garbage out the only way you know what have is to measure it. You're living the neon dream brother!
Saw 'nixie tube factory' and got excited. Saw your video and was not disappointed. I love wintergatan too, and till now it was my only RUclips subscription. Now I have two subscriptions :)
It's rate to find someone so concerned about longevity of their products. I appreciate your attention to detail and for sharing updates. I'll be a customer as soon as I save up a little more money. I can't wait!
can't wait for the goal of eventually manufacturing smaller tubes, I think the more affordable price of them can make Nixie tubes more accessible and get more people interested! I wonder if after that, we could even go as far as having tube designs with things other than numbers, like letters and symbols!
Your focus on perfection is inspiring!
Never strive for perfection, strive to be excellent. Excellence is achievable, perfection is not and you will destroy everything trying to achieve something that can only be obtained by God. You could have the single most beautiful, advanced and excellent nixie tube the world has ever seen. But it wouldn't be enough if your seeking perfection.
I encourage you to keep an eye on the Lumileds factory in Chartres, France. It's bound to close sooner than later, and it's filled with industrial glassworking machines. They make automotive lamps, so they're used to glass-metal seals that will endure extreme conditions. I know they also have a glassworking lathe in the basement for prototyping.
Thank you for the information! Sounds exciting.
Your attention to detail and pursuit of perfection is admirable. Many would just do a warranty replacement and move on.
Unbelievable project and realization!
Good luck of the road to your dream!
Украина тоже интересуется Вашим проектом.Удачи Вам ребята и привет из Мариуполя!
In 2022 I will order myself one of your clocks for the 10 year anniversary of our technology law firm. A very special clock for a very special moment. I can't wait for the moment I hold it in my hands for the first time...
Why wait, buy it now and start enjoying it straight away ;-)
Could contact him for a custom order. That'd be cool as all hell.
For long time testing image capturing I would setup a NVR and some cheap high resolution security cameras. They are made to film 24/7 and store the images for a long time
The resolution 12Mpix of the Canon 450D is just enough - there are 12 tubes in the shot for each. Also, I need to use long lens, to avoid distortion as much as possible - that would be a problem with wide lens security cam.. But thanks for the tip anyway!
I suspect in the future there will be more people who will be bringing "old and obsolete" technology back to life. Do budoucna přeji všechen zdar, aby se továrna povedla!
Hi Dalibor, I've watched your videos and witnessed all of your trial and error experiences. This week I purchased your Puri nixie tube clock, simply because this version (1.4 I believe) looks like a very solid and reliable piece of technology to me. Many years ago, around the time you started your nixie experiment, I bought a Chronix in12 tube based clock from a polish nixie clock builder. Later on even a second one :-) I still love to watch these clocks, but I always wanted a tube where you could have a better view on the beautiful layered metal work inside the tube. Your tubes are exactly what I was looking for. Your minimalist design of the base brings out the beauty of your exquisite nixie tubes even more and I simply had to give in to my craving of having one of these beauties.
I have a deep respect for your dedication to the tubes and the open way to share all your findings (good and bad) with your customers. It's the best way of gaining our trust (your customers). Keep up the good work and keep the nixies alive. Kind regards, Eric (the Netherlands).
Hi Eric, thank you so much for this beautiful comment. I cant express how happy I am for the fact I can openly talk about both the successes and failures while customers appreciate it. Especially the failures - my life is solving the problems that comes with manufacture, I spend most of my working time in it and want to talk about it :-) hope it makes sense.. anyway, thank you for your order, keep in touch!
@@daliborfarny Just connected the clock to the internet thru the pc-based setup on your site. Worked like a charm :-) the clock is not only beautiful but very impressive as well if you're used to only in12 tube clocks. Ordering some spare tubes very soon. Thanks for the fast service. Receiving the clock was a welcome diversion from this corona infested time. You made my day a lot brighter.
Wow, very nice video. I hope you have success with your production techniques :)
Greetings from Holland
Starting a collection of NOS Nixie and VFD Clocks, One day it will include your factory line of Nixies! Absolutely beautiful line up.
I'm very impressed by the manner in which you gather and analyse your data. I'm convinced you'll get to the root of the problem eventually. Don't forget to look at simple solutions to this complex problem of gas mixture and cathode poisoning though. I have nothing to prove it, but I suspect that the reason so many manufacturers all over the world figured out how to make fairly long-lasting nixies may have more to do with a shortcut of some sort, like a getter material, a certain metallurgical makeup of the parts, or a coating that's microns thin... Perhaps an impurity you filtered out of your neon was helping you and that's why things got worse? I am taking wild guesses, so don't take me too seriously. But don't be afraid to test hunches either! Carry on, you're doing fantastic work!
hugeshows one space after a period. Not two. You only need two if you’re typing on a typewriter. We were taught wrong.
@@ophello It's not just for typewriter use, it's for use with monospaced fonts. It still looks better either way and I will continue to do it because I'm not un-learning the way I'm used to reading and typing just because somebody arbitrarily decided that it's obsolete (it isn't).
I like how well you make these. I might start to try to get work in your factory cause I always wanted to make one of these. Luckyli i dont live far away(I live in Slovak Republic).
1% fail rate for a vacuum sealed component is, frankly, incredible. Your workers must be incredibly meticulous. I've seen processes sealing with glass frit and optical contact both of which fail at much higher rates.
There's an easy way to accelerate poisoning. Extreme overdriving(5-10x the operating current, enough to get the cathodes to a good 150-250C) of one cathode and optionally extreme under-driving of others.
Regarding gas analysis: beware of the pumping speed trap. The setup shown in the paper is not optimal because the turbopump system will suck the helium and neon at different rates. Ideally, you want to *completely* gate the HV system off when you puncture the tube. The RGA should be doing all the work. However, you will have issues with the gas load, which will shoot way past the RGA's operating pressure. The puncturing system will need heavy throttling.
The cathodes are at 200-300C during normal operation, significant overdriving starts different processes that would not happen in a long time during normal operation (= impossible to interpolate the data back). For instance, the steel of the cathode starts delaminating, some gases can be released from the internal parts and envelope etc.. The RGA system will be an interesting project, there is Ne/Ar mixture inside, so the mass difference is not that big for the turbo like for Ne/He. I am planning to use a comparison of tubes (good vs bad gas composition) instead of the absolute amount of gases - that would be very hard.
I think GLASSLINGER has mentioned in his videos regarding tubes, both these issues... Keep up the great work...
Would you ever consider making old vacuum tubes like triodes and pentodes?
Wouldn't an increased "lit" cathode surface area speed up the rate of material sputtering (poisoning) as well? Could also explain why the smaller tubes last longer (assuming we don't normalize for cathode area vs poisoned area, just going by visuals). You could make one cathode optimized for large surface area and keep it lit to see how it affects the poisoning of the other cathodes. Would require manufacturing a specialized cathode, but could be an interesting experiment?
I want one of your clocks one day they are beautiful I have always loved nixie tubes.. thank you for the videos
Impressive test run!
nice, very nice, very professional :)
What if you intentionally cause cathode poisoning on those wires you are having the unwanted glow on in the large tube project?
Hey, try designing nixie tubes that will be simplier to manufacture, and making of them will be faster
This is in pipeline already
I wish you a great success 👍
With everything you’ve learned about nixie production, will you be able to make a top-view Nixie tube in the future? What would it take to produce one? You’ve said before that it wasn’t possible, but I don’t understand why.
Hi, your work is really inspiring and your videos are motivating me to try to make my own nixie tube. I would like to visit your factory someday or help you in your factory (I'm from Slovakia, 15 y. o.). Keep it up :))
Hi, you don't use getters in the tubes?
Yes he does. He even has a couple of videos where he builts an automated getter cutter to get consistent lengths.
7:00 is that red nixie tube also because of a leak? it looks pretty cool.
in some older Nixie tubes, they can be seen with a red coat that's meant to filter the type of light you are seeing, as some tubes have a secondary, cooler light that emits and makes the image harder to see. they are probably testing this to see if it has any benefit to their own process.
Sounds nice:) Time for me to make one of those clocks cause more production-lower price
I don’t know if you need this, but you’re English is pretty good man! If you’re working on it, keep it up!
Wil Clark *your English, however, needs some work.
You mentioned another channel which sounded like Winter Cotton Channel you were looking at to improve the content of your channel. Would you mind indicating the channel here?
Wintergatan channel
Nice video, and I am excited to see what the future holds for you! :-) A random unrelated thing: I love your new studio, but it has a lot of echo. Have you thought of using a Lapel Mic for recording your audio? I am using a very cheap one ($20) and it works great :)
Thank you! I will need to figure out wireless setup between lav mic and the camera. I have all except the wireless link. The extra work with syncing audio from lav mic recorder to dslr video is pain :-)
@@daliborfarny Most editing suites have an automatic function to sync up the audio tracks of two video streams, so it works in less than one second! I use a wired Lapel mic, which is not as bad as you would think, but I hope to upgrade to wireless some time.
Do you see these getting cheaper in the future?
Yes, that will be the main goal for the new tube.
Wat is power consuption for this ? 😃🇧🇷
Hodne stesti! Ty plany zni super tak snad se je podari zrealizovat :)
Just awesome!!!!!
Krásne sú tie digitrony len škoda že taká cena
Haven't they solved the problem with cathode poisoning in the past when Nixie-Tubes were a thing?
only with circuitry, the tubes themselves still get poisoned if the circuitry doesn't compensate
how did the soviets fix these problems?
ruclips.net/video/VYSWIdDcbGU/видео.html tady mají nějaké staré velmi výkonné lampy. A mluví tam, jak se výrobce popasoval s problémy teplotních cyklů v okolí prostupů vodičů.
Dalibor you got in one of Techmoans videos: ruclips.net/video/Zn97Lmwwvo4/видео.html . I like how he pronouced your name(he pronouced it like Dalibou Fány :D) See? People like your work...