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Old 12-26-2013, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by paulg View Post
I used to use ECHO rebuilt tubes.. He sometimes used the brand PRECISION tube.
He was a one-two man outfit on the Southside of Chicago - somewhere around 63rd and Kedzie I think.
He was very much the expert. The place was a fascinating workplace. Crude but effective. His tubes always turned out beautifully. He prided himself on how broadcasters would bring studio CRTs to him to rebuild.
He would write the date of pickup on the tube. He would give a warranty of "a year, a month and a day. " just to cover the tech's butt if he couldn't get the dud tube back in time... Quite a character. I learned a lot from him.
I wonder why he put a straight gun in this CRT ? Seems unlikely bent guns hard to get in the early 60s. Maybe it was just a mistake ?

I put an ad in the classifieds for a replacement.

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Originally Posted by dieseljeep View Post
I see one of the tube suppliers has "dollar days", where a lot of those odd 450ma tubes that your set uses are a buck each. A good time to pick up more spares.
Which one ?
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