URGENT-Get Your CRT Tubes Rebuilt Soon!

[Steve McVoy]

I don't know why you assume that Scotty lied to you. At that time he probably only had a few left, but they have been surfacing from various places since then. I've never had anything but honesty from Scotty.

[Dan Starnes]

I need to get my Predicta Holiday CRT to him, good idea on the tax return, that is what I will do with mine.
Dan

[John Folsom]

Steve McVoy is correct. I have dealt with Scotty in person, visited his business, and watched rebuild tubes. Scotty is EXTREMELY honest. Four or five years ago, when I first became involved with Scotty, he indicated that his supply of 21" round CRT guns was very limited. But he has since found a source of supply of new-old-stock guns, and now there is an ample supply. So this exonerates Scotty. He was not, and is not a liar. Shame on you for calling him one.

[ohohyodafarted]

Same what John Folsom said!

[bluenorm]

Long live Scotty and his business

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by bluenorm

Long live Scotty and his business

Mega-Dittoes to that one!

[rcaman]

so you are calling me a lier. he said there would be no more period. he lied he f$$king lied. steve

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by John Folsom

Steve McVoy is correct. I have dealt with Scotty in person, visited his business, and watched rebuild tubes. Scotty is EXTREMELY honest. Four or five years ago, when I first became involved with Scotty, he indicated that his supply of 21" round CRT guns was very limited. But he has since found a source of supply of new-old-stock guns, and now there is an ample supply. So this exonerates Scotty. He was not, and is not a liar. Shame on you for calling him one.

Steve, did you read this? Maybe at the time when you talked to him, he thought there were going to be no more guns. He later found a source for them. Now there are guns. That does not make him a liar.

[Steve McVoy]

Steve, no one is calling you a liar. I think the explanation you got from me and from John Folsom explains why Scotty told you there were no more guns.

[Steve McVoy]

A collector sent me this:

I just was in communication with VDC about a couple of round CRTs for my early color sets, and received the following good news from them. They still rebuild some of the old color units at $250 each.

Also I have been in contact with Jeff Aulik from Clinton in Illinois. I specifically asked him about rebuilding the Philco Predicta CRTs because he told me a year before that they still do those. Here is his recent response: "We do and we don't rebuild CRT's at Clinton. Rebuilding is extremely time consuming. Everything is done by hand by the Engineering staff, from making the electron gun to putting the finished tube in a shipping box. We accept only a small number of rebuilds each year, chosen on the basis of which ones can make us enough profit to justify the number of hours spent, in addition to the oddball and sometimes expensive items that have to be scrounged up (usually related to making the electron gun.)"

So, there may be options for having your tube rebuilt. Check with Video Display and Clinton.

Erv Kuczogi
Video Display Corporation
570-253-3910

Jeff Aulik
Clinton Electronics
(815) 633-1444

[Eric H]

Does anyone know if Scotty can rebuild the 7DP4 for the 621TS?
The electrostatic focus makes it an oddball.

[John Folsom]

I had Scotty rebuild a 7DP4 quite a few years ago. If he still has (or can get) guns, he cn rebuild them.

[radotvguy]

I never had anything rebuilt by Scotty however i spoke with him many times over the phone and he seems very pleasant . At one time i was going to have a round color tube rebuilt by him and that was a few years back . At that time he did say his supply on the gun assembly for that tube was limited however he stated he was searching for more becuase of the demand and rarity of that gun . He was nice enough to stear a guy to me who needed a few b/w tubes being i had a lot of crts at that time and i made a few bucks as well . Enough to buy something else to putz with . Cant say anything bad about Scotty , he always seemed nice and pleasant . Even the famous Vaughn in Long Island always spoke well of Scotty and they do buissness often i think .

[RCAkid]

While I haven't had Scotty rebuild a tube for me, I too have been in touch with him and found him to be quite straight up. He had warned me about the shortage of guns as well and that he was trying find a source but at that time whatever he had is what he had and when it was gone, it was gone.

He has also helped me on a couple of other items and I have found him to be knowledgeable and truthful.

Not to beat a point down but Bill at Moyer's told me that there were no more flyback transformers for my CTC-21 in their stock and they were gone some time ago and didn't expect to see any more even in aftermarket versions. So if he gets a hold of a batch, does this mean he lied? No! That is the information he had to work with.

Same kind of situation. Even with the internet, no one can know exactly what is out there completely. There may be stashes of 15GP22 crt's out there we don't know about...who knows.

So basically, IMHO, no one lied to anyone on this situation and to call Scotty a liar on this issue, I think is a mistake in a situation that is destined to be forever in flux.

Just my 2 cents.

[AUdubon5425]

I received a quote from Hawkeye of $300 to rebuild my 23MP4. Truthfully, that is way over budget for me.

VDC told me they had 23MP4s in stock for $139, so I ordered one. Turned out that was an inventory error, but they had a substitute. That's fine, as long as it'll work.

So I get a 23EWP4, hook it up and all is well. Except they charged me the $139 for it while their advertised price for the 23EWP4 is $59.

I'm going to call them next week and see if they will refund the difference or give me a credit, as I plan to get a new tube for my little Philco.