22 Apr
2009
22 Apr
'09
7:52 a.m.
On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 16:24 -0700, Chris M wrote:
I haven't followed this thread, but at least at
one time (circa 1995)
there was an outfit near or in Philly that would cut the neck off of
yer crt and presumably meld a new face (?) to it. Sounds like fun. You
work the buzzsaw and I'll be in the other room checking on your
medical coverage.
That used to be very common in the 70s and 80s - you could send a tube
away to be rebuilt with a new electron gun. Usually the cathode lost
emission well before the phosphor was on its way out, and particularly
with colour TV tubes the glassware and screen was the most expensive
part.
In the mid-to-late 80s when I had a Saturday job in a TV repair shop, we
did this a couple of times a month. IIRC it wasn't even that expensive,
although shipping from IV51 to the Midlands where the tube rebuilders we
used were was pretty expensive.
Gordon