So I finally got in mikenelson1982’s Gizmo kit, pretty much had the core components I needed. I had already ordered IV-9 Numitron tubes and 14mm capacitors, bought those on ebay from some guy in Russia. Then I picked up the gizmo holster from AJ in the shop. Now I have everything together:
I am planning on getting as close as I can to the real deal until I can actually get my hands on a real Sanyo calculator.
I will be picking up the misc. components later today, I already have most of the larger capacitors, the voltage regulator, transistors, and the fuse. I still need to locate what looks like a smaller relay and rectangular potentiometers.
Drilling the holes was probably the biggest pain in the ass since not all the holes that need to be drilled are visible. If I do it again, I will print up the backside of the board and use that as a drilling template since all of the mounting points are visible. The golden paperclips took close to 2 hours to complete, I found that using 1 paperclip per run worked best, the medium strait section fit the best without bending.
Im going to start covering the numitron wires, but I need to find out which colors go on which leg. If anyone has a cheat sheet it would be appreciated.
This is beautiful, and a million times better than mine so far. I am really regretting not putting the stuff behind the Nixie tubes on mine now, but I guess practice will make perfect.
Looks good so far. Going the extra mile to add the extra bits really sell the idea that its real and not something just thrown together. Using the old calculator for parts is the same thing I did and it really helps with the illusion. However, I feel the need to tell you that the 14mm disc capacitors are not the right size and I can say that for certain since I have the real parts on my build. Other than that good job man, I can’t wait to see it finished.
So the caps on the gizmo are not 14mm? Or are you saying mine look big for 14mm? I want to get as close as I can until I get my grubby paws on some real Sanyo parts. I know I wont be happy until it is like yours, since after all, I’m using yours as a guide.
Oh sorry, what I meant was the disc capacitors on the real Sanyo ICC-808D are not 14mm. I had purchased 14mm disc caps before I got the Sanyo parts I used in my build and when compared side by side the real disc caps are more like 12mm. I know its such a small difference but if you want accurate sizing 14mm is just a little too big. I know it has been mentioned before somewhere that the size is 14mm, but that is just not correct and I can say that with 100% certainty.
I bought a Sanyo ICC-811 calculator and gutted it. Look for the calculators in that series, nearly all of them have the same parts. I also found a vintage Sanyo calculator site from Japan that showed the boards from a majority of the Sanyo calculators in that series along with a few more, which helped quite a bit.
Progress is slowly moving along, after about 3 attempts I finally got a tube shelf I was happy with. Based on the floating shelf deign, I made this out of aluminum and used rubber grommets
Got alot more work done so far. Was able to mount all of the Numitron tubes, drilled out the error box and started working on the daughter board. I’m hoping to actually finish it up tonight. I’ll post the rest later this evening:
For the most part I am 99.9% done. The only thing I see missing is the label for the error box. I am having some issues keeping the error box mounted to the back plate, the hot glue keeps coming undone. I may have to end up drilling a small hole in the back and securing with a screw.
Your the man, Nathan . . . that looks like the real deal . . For future endevors in proping ,I would invest in a high temp industrial glue gun . . The glue is strong. .
And here I thought the one I was using was hot. My wife has two guns, a smaller low temp one, and a larger “lose sensation in your fingertips for 2 days” one. I would hate to see what the industrial gun can do. Thanks for the tip!
