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Dekatron Kitchen Timer

April 6, 2009 by Caleb Kraft 9 Comments

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[Eschlaep] put together this beautiful kitchen timer using a dekatron. We see all kinds of tube projects, but dekatron projects are fairly rare. The over all aesthetic is quite nice, though we’d be tempted to find a way to protect that high voltage circuit.

[via the Hack a Day flickr pool]

Posted in classic hacks, Tool HacksTagged dekatron, egg, kitchen, nixie, steam punk, timer, tube, wood

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