Streamline Nixie represents yet another attempt at Art Deco/Streamline Moderne design, two similar architectural styles I am obsessed with.  This clock is however, a first for me in that I drew up a dimensioned mechanical drawing in advance as opposed to starting with a few rough sketches and designing ‘on the fly’ as is my modus operandi. I actually adhered to the design drawing very closely and the finished product is exactly as I drew it up! Sometimes I amaze myself!!  The case is entirely handmade and constructed of solid T6061 aluminum and solid brass. The radius’d corners were hand shaped on a 12” disk sander and the whole piece was finish sanded with 220 grit open coat paper and sealed to inhibit tarnish. Once again, all fasteners are either non-magnetic stainless steel or brass. I have used the gorgeous red-filtered Z568M tube in this clock because I liked the contrast created between the orange/red filter and the brushed brass & aluminum. I have also used one of the beautiful, yet cantankerous, little INS-1 tubes as a center mounted pilot light. (I have had fairly good luck with these tubes lately driving them with 180VDC and a 200K current limiter) This bad boy weighs in at a respectable 18#’s and has a footprint of 6-3/4” inches wide by 17-3/4” long, yet is only 2-3/8” high. It rides low and slow, as they say out here in East LA!