The Craft of Picture Tube Rebuilding

[albert22]

This was the last crt rebuilding facility in the united states. A very long and slow video but it may interest some old guys that like me.
At 1:46:40 starts the restoration of a rare 19vp22 tube (kind of summary of the previous 100minutes).
A project to keep the craft alive here>
www.earlytelevision.org [/url]

[GreyWoolfe]

Guess I am an old guy, too.  I watched the whole thing.   

[Gyro]

Me too. Long and a little slow, sure, but compulsive viewing. 

It had an interesting 'village blacksmith meets high-tech' feeling... The washing out of the old getter flash with a wet 'mop' over the sink, the hand tweaking of the electron guns and spot welding the getters with bare hands. At the same time the skill in extending the neck tube in the horizontal lathe and sealing in the guns, very skillful.

I was impressed by the apparently fearless handling of the tubes too, the releasing of the vacuum using the tungsten 'drill' melting through the glass, that would scare me to death! I guess that comes from long experience.

It's a shame he doesn't do scope CRTs too, I have one that just needs a little spot weld repair on the grid.

[albert22]

Glad you like it.

I was impressed by the apparently fearless handling of the tubes too, the releasing of the vacuum using the tungsten 'drill' melting through the glass, that would scare me to death! I guess that comes from long experience.

Frightening moment when the 19vp22 tube started to did cracking sounds. I would run the hell out of there.

I was also surprised by the tolerance in the position and rotation of the electron gun, especially in color crts.

regards

[AF6LJ]

That was good Thanks.

[helius]

Another (long and slow) video from the last commercial CRT rebuilders in the world, RACS in France.



The shop in the OP, Hawkeye, closed in 2010. RACS closed in 2013.

[T3sl4co1l]

Coincidence of coincidences, that's my brother Nick.  He's done a lot for, and with, the Early Television Museum.   He brought back a lot of the French tooling and ET is learning/using it.

Tim