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Ohydrofarted has a very good article on his website. I have been making somewhat crude yoke covers using the same styrene plastic(They may be cride, but they do work). As I do not have access to a lathe(nor room to put one), I have been using hole cutters. This works, but the sizes you can get are limited. It is also harder to make perfect circles with the drill hanging, etc.
A couple of things-my yoke covers are for B&W sets and have centering rings. These have to be accounted for in making the portion of the yoke cover that is clamped to the CRT to hold the yoke straight. Luckily, in two of the cases, (an Admiral and RCA), spring clamps for holding these on the cover were still in the set. The issue is making sure the centering rings can still be adjusted on your new cover.
One of the yoke covers I re-built was made of two types of plastic, the celluloid that falls apart and a center section made of a later plastic that has held up fine for 50 years(the TV is an 1963 RCA). This made the centering ring issue easier as the rings were mounted on the good plastic.
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06-03-2012, 12:52 AM
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