URGENT-Get Your CRT Tubes Rebuilt Soon!

[mikeh]

I talked to Erv at VDC today on the phone and was informed they no longer rebuild the round color crt's. So I now is the time to get off the fence if you need a tube rebuilt.

Mike

[jeyurkon]

Scotty just rebuilt a pair of 12LP4A CRTs for me. They test great! He does really nice work.

It'll be a bit before I can put one into a set, but I'm sure they'll perform well.

John

[jhalphen]

Good day, Gentlemen,

Follow up on the RACS rebuild of a Telefunken RFB-VI-1 pre-war CRT.

This tube was rebuilt for a collector friend of Eckhard residing in Germany.

Here are some screen shots of the CRT reinstalled in the original TV chassis sent by RACS.

On Feb 23rd of this same thread, pictures were shown of the rebuilt CRT ready to leave the factory. These are proof-of-the-pudding pictures that the rebuild was entirely successful.

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France

[jeyurkon]

Thanks for the update. That's pretty nice work. How many transistions in the glass did they need to handle the pyrex?

Also, what is the "bring your dead CRT to the ETF for rebuild project?" Is this for a specific CRT type or any one that can't be dealt with in the US?

John

[jhalphen]

Hello to All,

Hi Jeyurkon,

Pyrex adapter intermediate glass rings:

Talked to RACS yesterday. Philippe, the Manager said "from memory, 2 to 4 rings". His brother is the Tech Manager but was out of the office otherwise i would have got a precise answer. I can inquire if you want to know precisely.

About this:
Also, what is the "bring your dead CRT to the ETF for rebuild project?" Is this for a specific CRT type or any one that can't be dealt with in the US?

Basically, the project as of now is for any rebuildable B&W CRT. So far, there is strong interest in 12AP4's and 30BP4's in lower quantities for this second reference.

We are having problems with the shipping prices quoted for the ETF (Columbus, OH) to France & return. Several members here have found cheaper shipping cost directly from their location to France.

If you take into account that the bulk shipment of tubes returning to Columbus must then be re-shipped one by one from there to wherever the final user lives, this again adds to the total shipping budget.

To work in complete transparency, here are some figures we have been quoted recently:

9 x 12AP4 tubes from ETF to France (ONE way)
300 lbs, 1 pallet, total size 56" L x 40" W x 56" H, each CRT individually boxed.
price Euros 987.00 - US $1337.58


1 x 20BP4, boxed, size 22.4" x 22.8" x 32.3"
San José (CA) --> France, Euros 390.00 - US $528.52
Same CRT, France --> San José, Euros 291.00 - US $394.36

Eu/$ conversions at today's currency exchange rate: 1 Euro = US $1.3552

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/eco/devise...R&NAV2=DEVISES

The CA Gentleman (Hi Tom!) was quoted US $163.00 for USPS shipping from his location to RACS, clearly a very competitive price!

We are therefore now working on getting quotes from the French Post Office "La Poste" for the return shipments from RACS to any US location for individual CRTs.

Will update as more info comes in...

Best Regards

jhalphen
Paris/France