4 Digit IN-12 Nixie Tube Clock Build Using $40 eBay kit 

Couple of pointers for you. First: Sand the wood thoroughly using finer and finer papers till you get down to around 400 grit. Somewhere around there. Then give it a good rub down with 0000 steel wool. Dust off then wipe with a very slightly damp lint free rag. Second: French polish the wood. There's a million videos on RU-vid on how to do this. Keep adding more coats until you get a satisfactory finish. The more coats you apply, the glossier the wood will get. Thirdly: Apply a couple of coats of hard spray varnish to seal the polish. Why? Because the spray varnish will seal and waterproof the french polish. French polished objects that get wet will exhibit a milky stain on the part that got wet. Anyway, that should do the trick for ya. On another note, when you drill perspex / plexiglass or practically any hard plastic use a slightly blunted drill bit or a neutral rake bit on a slow speed. Also lubricate with water if you can to keep the bit cool. Using a high speed for drilling melts the plastic, binds the drill bit and usually cracks the hole you are drilling. People often mistakenly believe that using a very sharp drill bit will make a nicer hole when in fact a sharp cutting edge with a positive rake will only cause the drill bit to dig into the work and crack the plastic unless you are very, very careful. This is especially so if you're drilling thin plastic. Drill bits used for drilling plastic should have a neutral rake or be slightly blunt. Hope that helps ya with your next clock.

You bought expensive wood and then covered it in Polyurethane which makes it look like $1.99 plywood. Don't understand the logic there

This looks great!!! I love everything about it! Great work......I consider you my friend and my birthday is coming up...*Cough*

very nice work! you're tempting me to order a kit...

I love these types of clocks

Very nice job !

Kudos! Well done!!

Can you figure out how to get a POI led display image stick. I want to make one for fun. I cannot find the specs? But I guess it would be simple.

Just a heads up I know it's an older video but the kit has been updated with the more expensive price due to your traffic. It's now $150....

You did a great job…. I just wanna auction on the auction site and I got a Lexi clock that was already assembled I’m gonna try to buy another one and do it myself wish me luck

to the PCB that goes to the nixie tubes, how is it connected to the other PCB? is it only straightlike wire jumps? I have one of these kits incomming for myself but i was thinking on moving the vertical PCB into a fron wooden panel for a not visible PCB if its possible.

Rust-Oleum makes a triple thick poly glaze which gives a more even coat than brush on poly because it's in an aerosol can. If you do it right you can get almost a mirror shine on your woodworking pieces. You can find it at home depot or on Amazon

which resistor is behind the IC1 chip?? i cant make it out on the schematic

can i somehow build nixie clock so that the hour display is on top and minute display on bottom? i would make case for it that looks like my pc case with 3d printer.

i got the same kit and i am almost over getting it together and i just have three questions: a) i was sent two 27pf capacitors instead of the two 22pf capacitors for the positions c9 and c10 of the circuit board. am i supposed to use them? is it ok? b) what about the d7 and r5 components. are they required or not because c8 capacitor does the job alone? c) might sound stupid but there are some holes on the circuit board that are connected just with a simple white line instead of a component picture. what do we do on those white lines? leave them that way or solder them together somehow?

The MA3 bench we had in the Marine Corps utilized these tubes!

When you are drilling a hole in the acrylic, use less force and make sure that you support the back of it to keep it from flexing

on a clock like this, if you have to replace a tube, do you need to un-solder the old tube, or do they come out like a socket?

Tung oil makes water proof finish that is durable and complements the wood better imho plus I think it is less toxic. It is also a rubbed on finish with very light sanding between coats very fine grit paper

How does your FX-8350 keep up with 4K rendering?

Tip: Blade on your table saw is WAY to high, you only want it to be ~1/4 inch past the material. More blade stick out, more chance to get messed up. Slick build, nice work!

What solder fume extractor do you use ?

To fix (or hide) the damaged acrylic, I think I would have expanded the wooden base upwards. Mind you, I am no master wood smith either, lol. Mostly just used to fixing my own mistakes😉 But even if only on the backside of the clock, in order to leave the front and sides visible, a little bit more on the back just high enough to mask where the cracked acrylic is might come out ok.

If you have a router, perhaps mill a groove that is the thickness of the acrylic and on the back, pass the power under the acrylic instead of trying to drill the acrylic. Cut your base board a quarter to a half inch larger than the acrylic case. Finish the wood by sanding with progressively finer sand paper and then finally with a very fine steel wool. Wipe off with a tack rag. Apply a boiled linseed oil and turpentine combo and then seal with wax. You can then polish the base with a buffer to make it shine. Best wishes.

Use your soldering iron to make the hole in the case!

I am trying to build this for a friend but he did not give me any schematics to tell me where each resister is supposed to go. I tried to glean what I could from your video but that is proving to be hard. Where would I go to figure out how to do this?

is there any new link where someone could buy it ? cuz the ebay doesnt work anymore

I love the video and it's super cool man. I want to build one too. Do u think a beginner could seriously do it ? R there instructions? Unrelated question......why can u pronounce This and Through correctly but not Together or Other ? Not ragging on u at all. Just curious.

Any programming needed ?

Very Nice

can you share pdf file how to complete the Kit , i really want to make this for my crush on her birthday :(

i’m going to make a nixie tube clock for my project car to add a unique flair

this reminds me that thing from steins;gate. looks great though

I’m not going to be rude a criticise love you choice and video very neat work on the circuit board 👍 But one tip if you vanish wood always use many thin coated and rub down between each coat it dries quicker and lays smoother Thick coats always take ages to dry and ripple with time

Did you need to use a computer to program the clock?

Little late but nonetheless, Ebony Polishes like marble with good sanding from 80grit down to a final 600 grit, then finish with tung oil and linseed oil mix, fallowed with a coat of wax to protect the finish.

Considering these run 170V, is having the pcb exposed like that dangerous for pets or small children? I want to build one but curious as to whether it needs a full case

Nixie tubes on a pc with a top mounted water cooler would look amazing

Did you go to ODU???? They beat Virginia Tech!

May I buy all the equipment and do it myself? where to contact you

Soooo cooool!!!!

What about that 6 digit one?

you can still cover the crack with some rubber sealing, dont know the english name, but they existed to make things watertight

Sure you heard this already, but you needed to sand that poly and add some more. Try an applicator instead of a brush as well. Even a very small roller. I rolled it my hardwood floors and it's like glass.

How has your Drevo keyboard held up? I'm just curious bc I may buy it

woodworking skills highly needed hehheh

That is the worst poly coating I have ever seen applied, next time use something like danish oil, or polyurethane in a spray can.

Use a router to make a groove to set the glass in.

I've bought this product from poland and took my time building it, but having trouble making it work plug it in and nothing lit up no tube lit or LEDS . Adjusted the pot under #1 tube also. I picked it up and the tubes lite up, but still not working. I noticed I was touching some resistors underneath. Not sure what to do. You have any ideas of what may be wrong with it?

This is cool. They need to make these more well done by a company but theyll just sell em too expensive

Nice! I'd prefer to use mechanical relays to the Nixie tubes. (Dislike thathe *2* and *5* are the same numeral wires.)

they decided to use rotated "2" instead of "5" inside lamp. Could not understand, why ? Is that really makes it cheaper ?

The maker of this clock Kit also makes a plexiglass case with An oak Wood base

I prefer nixie tubes with a full digit compliment (ones that don't use an upside down 2 to substitute for a properly formed numeral '5' .

you need to sand after you polyurethane to create a glossy finish also never use a brush it creates streaks use scotts towels there very durable

Nice idea. Best to stain the wood with a thin coat and add to the darkness you want I think would have looked better in low gloss but hey still looks good!

For wood base projects, its best to sand it down the wood before applying paint to it. It will help the paint stick better and more even.

6:14 ok well...dont use polyurethane. Ever

You covered the wood with polyurethane.... How could you destroy such fine wood..

You should of melted a hole in the plastic for the power cord

Should have sanded between coats..

kit now costs $73 from POLAND of all places. Was interested in a kit until i saw that...oh well

C'mon guys....Cut the kid some slack on his woodworking. He said up front that he didn't have much experience in that. I've seen a LOT worse out of some first timers. Carolyn was right...you could melt the power supply line hole into the acrylic, but that can go wrong just as easily. A tip for drilling flat thin acrylic or plexi....clamp the plexi between two flat pieces of wood (placing clamps on both sides of the point to be drilled) and then drill the whole sandwich. The boards will lend support and structure to the plexi and prevent it from cracking or splitting quite so easily.

It's not $40. It's $100 without the tubes and $150 with the tubes.

Using a roller instead of brushes would make the Finnish look alot nicer

Wow I totally misread "flicker" - :-|

Yeah…I click links to buy kit and just ads show up on EBay…lame

I just put together the 6 tube version and am running into problems. Can someone point me in the right direction? The bulbs light up but not the numbers. imgur.com/a/sv0fe

The ebay clock kit is now a stupid price of 139.00

Your "th" sound is not the letter V sir

dang 40 bucks this dude is shelling out for his girl he's hiding it I know

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Steins gate anyone?!?

That polyurethane job looks so fucking bad lol

Sorry but the finish on the wood is crap please clean it all off and use two or three layers of beeswax to end up with a deep wood colour it will make your lovely wood-look awesome and the more you put on and rub the better it will look

“Soddering”? Lmao

You need to research wood finishing. It doesn't take that much time to apply poly the right way so it doesn't like like shit. I am sorry to say that, but you really ruined a beautiful piece of wood. Apply thin coats with and old tshirt and sand in between coats with 200 grit or higher.

That wood looks like dogshit

You ruined the wood, It looks absolute garbage in the end

Dude you bathed that thing in polyurethane looks like you spent the two days just coat after coat. Ruins the look

You need a stepped bit for dilling as well as a class in soldering. Not being a hater but it looks rushed.