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This is a cool faux Nixie clock that I found on aliexpress. It uses LED's cast through laser-cut plexiglass plates to give the appearance of a Nixie tube. As a kit, it has some challenging surface mount soldering. My first kit was actually a fail and I could never get it to work reliably. For the second kit, I used a cheap hot air soldering station off Amazon and it helped significantly. | This is a cool faux Nixie clock that I found on [https://www.icstation.com/mobile/imitate-glow-tube-clock-full-color-glow-tube-clock-p-16275.html aliexpress]. It uses LED's cast through laser-cut plexiglass plates to give the appearance of a Nixie tube. As a kit, it has some challenging surface mount soldering. My first kit was actually a fail and I could never get it to work reliably. For the second kit, I used a cheap hot air soldering station off Amazon and it helped significantly. | ||
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Revision as of 19:06, 4 November 2023
This is a cool faux Nixie clock that I found on aliexpress. It uses LED's cast through laser-cut plexiglass plates to give the appearance of a Nixie tube. As a kit, it has some challenging surface mount soldering. My first kit was actually a fail and I could never get it to work reliably. For the second kit, I used a cheap hot air soldering station off Amazon and it helped significantly.
