20 Feb
2013
20 Feb
'13
12:01 p.m.
Presumably this is the place the original poster was
talking about:
<http://www.thomaselectronics.com/services/crt_refurbishment.php>
Yes. There are only a handful of places left that still rebuild tubes,
and of them, most specialize in the ever shrinking market for high
power devices for replacement use. I sold some 50 kW tubes to one of
them a couple of years ago, and got a nice tour and talk, and the
truth of the matter is that tube rebuilding is EXPENSIVE. Even the
audiophiles with their dead thousand dollar triodes get turned away -
they can not afford the rebuild process. Unless Thomas is desperate
for business, I suspect rebuilding the Datapoint CRTs will probably be
insanely costly.
--
Will