The MOD-6_7971 Nixie tube clock
I haven’t mentioned it before, but I’m a bit of a clock geek. The technical term for that is “horophile”. I have quite a few oddball timepieces around the house, including the first QLOCKTWO delivered to the US, a pair of Bulbdial clocks, and many Nixie tube and VFD clocks.
However, last week I received the largest clock kit ever – the MOD-6_7971 by by Carl Ott and Michael Barile. The completed clock is over 20″ wide and 6″ high, with digits 2½” tall.
I have a separate page here describing the clock, but I’m adding a link here so people can find it, and also to facilitate comments (while the actual clock page doesn’t support comments, you can comment here).
Here’s a teaser picture – click the picture for more info:
July 6th, 2011 13:26
Desperate to get hold of some B7971’s ! Do you know of any ?
August 15th, 2011 03:13
B7971’s show up on eBay every now and then. You can expect to pay upwards of $100 each for them, though, often with no guarantee from the seller. The days of being able to buy as many tubes as you wanted for $2.50 each are long gone – take a look at the ad on my main MOD-6 page (in the article above).