Dead CRT disposal?

[Kevin Kuehn]

Originally Posted by Down Under

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.

Here's a picture of one that did just that. You can see the gun assembly stuck forward in the shadow mask. It actually blew glass off the front of the CRT.