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Congrats on receiving your newly rebuilt crt in one piece! Exciting, isn't it?! I can understand your enthusiasm about getting it installed asap. Of course, we'll be just as excited about seeing pics once you get it installed.
I was very pleased with the jugs I had rebuilt in Dallas. I only wish the VDC facility in Dallas was still open. Those people were really nice to deal with and ya couldn't beat the price... $170.00. It's a shame they closed their doors.
How much did you have to spend total for your tube (shipping, rebuilding, etc)?
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Yeah, I can hardly wait to get it installed. It might be a little while before we see a raster on this, though. I had this plan that I was going to go through the chassis while the CRT was away, fix anything that was obviously broken, and align it. This was a working set, with a good picture (until very recently when the crt went downhill quite rapidly), there were just a few little things I knew weren't quite right. I didn't find much wrong with the chassis, but I found a whole bunch of tubes that were either gassy, h-k leaky, shorted, microphonic, or some combination. That surprised me. I replaced 3/4 of them last time around. Yeah, it was probably 25 years ago, but I don't watch much tv. Also most of the ones I replaced back then werent original, either. Sheesh. I've seen roundies with most of their original tubes.
Anyway I got sidetracked and haven't even ordered resistors, caps and tubes. I have my list, hopefully I can find time to do it tomorrow.
Total on the rebuild including packing, shipping etc. came to $550.53.
As for VDC, that was a great deal, especially since you and others on this list had such positive results. But a year ago I didn't have the money (or the time to take the set apart , or a place to do it).
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I wonder if that foam is anything like that stuff they make those Tempurpedic beds out of.....that might be ideal in this case....very soft, smooth (scratch free) and absorbs an incredible amount of shock without transferring the energy.
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Naw, It was just ordinary foam I got at the hardware store.
I actually tried to buy that stuff you're talking about once (for a Maserati headliner of all things). It's really expensive, and they make you buy a whole bunch of it.
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(Hmm... That shredded cardboard reminds me of something... Hmm...)
Ah, here we go. Looks like Hawkeye Picture Tube shops locally for
their packing material!
http://www.corrugatedsolutions.biz/
I guess if it can be used to pack eggs, it can be used to pack picture tubes..!
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I guess it works!
but I suspect It didn't come from Hawkeye, I never saw inside the inner box on the way out, though. I found someone who was willling to pack it locally, and I printed out all the box illustrations and links further up in this thread, and took them down there. I hoped the packing would be something Scotty would approve of for the return trip. He did.
On the same day I picked up the CRT, my new toy arrived on Greyhound - a Tektronix 535. It was like Chritsmas around here...
John