[Tony] sent in a Nixie tube chess set he’s been working on, as well as we’re just floored with the high quality of this build. The chess pieces glow without any type of visible wires, the board is incredibly stylish with touches of gilding as well as brass, as well as incredibly well developed utilizing (mostly) materials as well as elements contemporary to the old Russian Nixie tubes.
Instead of numeric Nixies, [Tony] selected IN-7 as well as IN-7A tubes originally made to screen scientific signs such as A, V, as well as ~. To power the these tubes, [Tony] utilized 64 air-core transformers beneath each square on the chess board, enabling these Nixie tubes to be powered just like an induction charger.
Even though his blog messages are a bit thin on details, we’ve got to hand it to [Tony] for an incredible build. He states there will be a set available that includes a enormous PCB, however we wouldn’t hazard a assumption as to exactly how much that will cost.
You can inspect out a pair of videos of the Nixie chess set in action after the break.