Shipping CRT's

[vts1134]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

I'm tellin' ya I've had CRTs (modern junk) resting on their side with their necks propped up fall off the prop, and snap the neck...An entire postal journey that way is a very bad idea.

Also a tube should never have debris big enough to damage the phosphor loose inside it. That debris had to be a defect...Hopefully not knocked loose from a rough ride.

If the foam is cut to exactly match the contours of the CRT then the neck will be under no greater stress than the rest of the CRT. This tube isn't large (although the neck is thin). I should also mention that 23ЛК1Б's are pyrex so they are stronger and lighter than conventional picture tubes. http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_23lk1b.html

[DavGoodlin]

Kevin's method is it. I put the CRT in the same position, added 2-3 inches of bubble all around with bearing at the funnel, not close to the neck in any way.
A within a custom-constructed a wooden box glued and screwed!

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I just sent a Zenith SS flat chassis and modules wrapped in a ton of bubble wrap and foam panels completely around the slightly oversized box.

It was delivered one state away by FedEx TOTALLY destroyed after being in their custody. Said member described damage consistent with a 9 ton truck running over it.


Shipping: $26

Value to VK member BEFORE shipped: Key to a Chroma-color Avanti restoration

Value to VK member AS delivered:

[Dave S]

Nice looking box, Kevin. I had a 15HP22 here a while back that John Folsom had shipped to New Jersey years ago in a box he had custom made that looked just like yours.

Don't forget, they used to send CRTs through the every day. The OEM cartons aren't nearly as high a quality as the one you or John made. But they were surely designed to be 'good enough.' I'm also pretty sure those cartons didn't stay "face up" or "face down" or whatever they were supposed to be during all of those shipments.

I store all my CRTs face up on the theory that if there ever is any non-fatal debris loose inside I don't want it damaging the phosphor.

-- Dave Sica