{"id":5358,"date":"2003-01-08T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-09T03:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2003\/01\/08\/nixie-tube-clock\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:32:15","slug":"nixie-tube-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2003\/01\/08\/nixie-tube-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Nixie Tube Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I just pretty much let the auction evaporate at $125 for the clock. I think what I’m going to end up doing is building this clock right here<\/a>. There’s a couple of reasons for this… A) I’d really like to actually build my own clock, I just hope I do a good job soldering and such. I’ll probably have to practice beforehand on some old motherboards or kits or something. B) I’d like a clock where you can see at least some of the circuitry. C) This clock listed here is built to sync off of the WWVB transmissions, much like a few of the other clocks in my house. This is a GREAT feature. D) This clock uses huge Z5680M<\/a> 100mm high tubes (50mm numbers) which will be nice from reading across the bedroom. I’d also be able to finish the base in a color which would better match my bedroom, where the clock will live.<\/p>\n

So… Yeah. No clock for me tonight. It’s probably better for my pocketbook, anyway. Oh, I just checked and the auction jumped to $154.25 at the last minute. So, it’s good that I didn’t bid. Oh well, I’ll build one eventually. Maybe after this current computer job that I’m working on for my dentist. That job is paying about $500 and is for upgrading three computers. That extra $500 should pay off my CC. Maybe with whatever is left over I’ll get the necessary stuff for the nixie clock. While I want to work on the bed, I need to wait for it to get a little warmer out. This would be a good winter project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, I just pretty much let the auction evaporate at $125 for the clock. I think what I’m going to end up doing is building this clock right here. There’s a couple of reasons for this… A) I’d really like to actually build my own clock, I just hope I do a good job soldering\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-making-things","category-moved-from-livejournal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16273,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions\/16273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}