Be sure to wear good quality protective gear (full
face shield plus
safety glasses) in case the tube decides to blow up from thermal
stress.
As it says in my Whitechapel MG1 technical manual :
'All persons handling a CRT should be wearing the following items :
a) Gauntlets to protect the hands
b) A Class 1 British Standard BS2092 (impact resistant) face visor with
headband, to protect the face and eyes
c) Canvas apropn to protect those other preceious parts '
:-)
-tony