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Old 01-27-2018, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
removing the glass from the de-cataracted duds by cutting the caulk was a convenient source of quality safety glass.
After several people said they cracked/broke the glass on 21FJP22s while trying cataract removals, I would not have thought the piece of glass (the anti-glare "lens") was "safety glass" at all, in the sense that it might resist breaking or would break into small bits as car windshields do. Am I misunderstanding what "safety glass" is/does?

Also, on the TV sets that had 21FBP22s as opposed to 21FJP22s, I always think of the separate, flat piece of glass that was common on many sets over the years, but it seems that some 'FBP' sets had a separate piece of glass that was basically conical and shaped to fit right in front of the CRT itself; were those pieces a more-"safe" type of glass than the anti-glare pieces that come off 21FJP22s?
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