Antique Soviet nixie clock resurrection

[Kevin A.]

Hi everyone,

Thought I'd share a little side project I recently fired up and completed; a "restomod" of sorts on an old clock likely made in the USSR in the 80s. 

You can view all the pictures and details here: https://neonkev.com/2020/05/31/antique-soviet-nixie-clock-resurrection/

I'm sure the transistor count increased many orders of magnitude by the time I was finished!

[Michail Wilson]

Great job.  Looks awesome.

 

Now time to mass produce them?   😊

 

Michail Wilson

206-920-6312

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[Kevin A.]

Haha looks easy enough right? Especially the big chunk of steel that holds the tubes. 

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[Tyler Bourne]

What did you do with the original electronics?  Put them on display?

[kosbo.com]

Very interesting clock! Plywood case design is awful, but  I  like  electronics board, it's useless nowadays, but for that time it was designed  and made  very professional  and  without  special access to the stock,  it was difficult to find  all these components...

  The green transformer  is TАН  series, which is  transformer  with anode and filament voltages.  I also like  a few onboard   orange KT315 transistors, which looks very  unusual too...

All the best, Konstantin

[Kevin A.]

I still have the original board. Didn't want to throw it out even though its useless electrically. I've got a collection of populated and unpopulated boards that I'll turn into some sort of artwork one day. Cast them in clear resin and hang it on the wall or similar. 

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 2:22 PM Tyler Bourne <speedy...@gmail.com> wrote:

What did you do with the original electronics?  Put them on display?

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[Kevin A.]

You're absolutely right. This was made well before the internet existed. Whoever engineered the original clock was quite the craftsman and probably and engineer professionally as well. 

The plywood did look awful when I first got it, but with some sanding, fresh stain and finishing it looks decent enough. Certainly a departure from the fine mahogany trim in my (imaginary) Rolls Royce but presentable nevertheless. 

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