Kosbo Round VFD Clock Kit - Building, Troubleshooting & Making a Case

[@RWBHere]

Nice one, Jim! Those VFD's are going the way of hen's teeth and rocking horse droppings. I've seen one of those old clock displays being used as a low-power Amateur Radio transmitting valve. The small amount of RF that they can produce can be received from well over 1,000 miles away, given a decent aerial, receiver and ionospheric conditions.

[@jordanch68]

A piece of 35% window tint would help the display. Some microwave ovens use something darker over their VFD displays but 35% seems to work well for me in most cases.

[@HariWiguna]

Cool project Jim! Thanks for sharing the debugging. I've never seen your DIY cnc wood router. That's pretty amazing too. Keep up the great work!

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks Hari - I've been meaning to show off the CNC router for over two years so far... finally got around to a project which used it. I'm looking forward to the next installment in your Sodoku machine. Cheers!!

[@dooronron69]

genius. damn you have some talents there. love the clock and the housing, wow, amazing, wish i had the skills to do something like this.

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thank you very much +dooronron69. You're too kind. Cheers!!

[@MrKillerno1]

.... - and the equipment, and the materials, and the knowledge, and the crafty-ness, and so on......

[@OrbiterElectronics]

That looks brill Jim, very nice job indeed & I love the housing you made for it. Cheers John

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks John - Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!!

[@fominto]

Loved it, loved it.... the troubleshooting part, thumps up, very interesting.

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks Hugo - Glad you liked it. Cheers!!

[@mnelson10000]

Very nice!! Love the electronics builds, thanks for sharing.

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks +mnelson10000 - Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you're well. Cheers!!

[@moumend713]

Must be cool to have a father like you.

[@TobyStatusOnline]

Impressive Work space Jim!

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks Toby - It's actually a lot less impressive when you see it in real life... It's just a 6ft x 14ft shed, with most of the clutter moved so it's out of view of the camera when I'm recording. Cheers!!

[@billconiston8091]

great video, finished clock looks great

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks Bill - Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!!

[@murtelbrunft]

What about a greenish-blue filter foil to enhance contrast of the display?

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Nice idea - Thakns murtelbrunft - I'll keep my eyes open and see if I can find a suitable lighting gel for the job. Cheers!!

[@apexmike849]

Great result! I see that you don't have much truck with the notion of clamping things down when cutting them ;-)

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks ApexMike - My cheap clamps would just slip anyway. Cheers!!

[@tomsch5192]

Nice job I always like your videos

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks Tom - Very glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!!

[@PhilXavierSierraJones]

Intro tune is so good I made a ringtone edit.

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Haha.. nice... I have it as my ringtone too :-)... If you PM me with your email address, I can send you a higher quality mp3 copy. Cheers!!

[@PhilXavierSierraJones]

+Jim Conner Oh my! Thanks a bunch!

[@frankowalker4662]

That looks fantastic. Is it still working after 4 years?

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thank you. Yes - it's still ticking away happily. It's reasonably accurate (2 mins per year), and still on it's first coin cell backup battery. I'm still very happy with it sitting on my desk next to my moniter :-)

[@frankowalker4662]

@@ThingsWhichArentWork Thats realy good, I've got a novelty clock that gains about 5 mins a month. LOL

[@tobortine]

Excellent job.

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thanks +tobortine. Cheers!!

[@BenjasUberHobby]

Loved the video :)

[@michaelturner4457]

Think you were lucky the reversed elect caps didn't explode on you. I've done it myself with a kit once....reversed elect cap....BANG!!!

[@cicco1838]

great work awesome klock

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Thank you very much Cicco... Cheers!!

[@Ni5ei]

$65 as a bare bone DIY kit without any case? You can buy this in a really nice aluminum case for $40 shipped on Ali

[@IscleGaming]

gcode is also used for 3d printing :D

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

Indeed it is... You can do some surprisingly powerful things with g-code because they keep on adding new features (such as bezier curves) as the stepper motor controllers become ever more capable. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers!!

[@NathanDavisVideos]

If I had it my way... I would have made a wrist watch outta that VFD Circular clock! I'm not sure how that would work out though. Can anybody try?

[@EvertvanIngen]

Can one actually make an Wrist Watch out of this?

[@TheTommy83180]

Like

[@MrKillerno1]

How about you build these clocks and sell them as whole? The item at kosbo is sold out, but when they are not?......maybe a project?

[@齐万]

好漂亮啊

[@ThingsWhichArentWork]

谢谢