So of course I just COULDN'T scrap it .....

[madlabs]

Yep, never say die! Always worth a shot. Congrats!

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

I don't think CRTs for those are unobtanium, perhaps you could just liberate one from a lower-end set. I've seen sets like that mentioned here before.

Originally Posted by madlabs

Yep, never say die! Always worth a shot. Congrats!

Thank You for the responses guys .

And Jon , I wish it were true that the CRT was easily obtained but a wanted ad here turned up nothing , and come to find out it's a "low voltage focus" tube that not a lot of sets appear to have used . I do now believe this one will produce a good picture and it's not like I have any "Daily Watcher" plans for it anyway , just to be able to run it a couple or few times a year will be fine with me .

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by init4fun

Thank You for the responses guys .

And Jon , I wish it were true that the CRT was easily obtained but a wanted ad here turned up nothing , and come to find out it's a "low voltage focus" tube that not a lot of sets appear to have used . I do now believe this one will produce a good picture and it's not like I have any "Daily Watcher" plans for it anyway , just to be able to run it a couple or few times a year will be fine with me .

I wouldn't form any conclusions based on your wanted ad, that set is too recent to fetch big bucks so only the most dedicated enthusiasts would be after them.

I'm pretty sure the Bradys had one like it early in the series; two of them were fighting over a Space Command 300 remote.

Strange, I hadn't heard of a low focus voltage CRT in a B&W set.