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Hot wire in West LA
Charles wrote: "There must have been some kind of official tool for this purpose, and there were CRT re builders all over the place. I can think of a half dozen in the West Los Angeles area. Some of them were just one oven and lathe in the back of a regular TV repair shop (such as West Coast TV repair on Sepulveda Bl in Culver City). So we should all keep an eye for articles, and for any stuff like that on eBay."
Ah yes, West Coast Rebuilders, located near the Culver City Drivein. I knew them well. I got all my rebuilds from them including the 21FBP22 in my 21CT55. It was really dark in there. I recall they even had a dirt floor, although I might be mistaken, senior memory and all. But I'm positive they used a red hot piano wire connected to a car battery to remove all face-plates before rebuiding. At $45 a rebuild they couldn't waste time on some of the dainty procedures described above.......Tom
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