Dead CRT disposal?

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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

After I aired the 21AMP4 I wanted to salvage it's connector, so I whacked at the neck with a small hammer. Could not believe how hard I had to hit it to bust the neck off.

I've noticed that, some of the necks seem really thin, whereas others are tough hombres! I use a 2 Kg metal mallet when airing CRTs, plenty of force to be had there, especially if I just drop it onto the neck from about 3 or 4 feet.
Once I had a tube break in such a way that the gun shot forward into the shadow mask! It looked really weird seeing the front of the gun protruding through. The phospor had been blown away from the inrush of air.