A bazillion questions about crt rebuilds....
 

If you've had a 21 inch round crt rebuilt, how did it come out? was it all you hoped? Did the purity and convergence still set up ok when you got it back?

If it was a 21fj, did they fix the cataract? Were you able to ship it across the country without getting it broken? How did you pack it? What carrier did you use?

And finally, who rebuilt it?

I have a 21fbp22 in a Silvertone thats getting pretty soft. Are the odds of success pretty good?

The tube isnt that horrible, but it's a long way from good.

Whaddaya think, should I do it?

John C.

I think that VDC (video display corp) used to rebuild the round tubes but unfortunately I don't think they are doing it anymore.
Hawkeye may do the round tubes but I'm not sure.
From what I've heard people have been very satisfied with the results from VDC...they would remove the PVA bonding material and reattach safety glass around edges, thus turning a 21FJP22 into a 21FBP22.

I found Hawkeye on the web. I guess I'll call them and see. Arent they the ones working on the 15gp22 project?

jc

Rebuilds
 

Yes, they are one element of a team working on the 15GP22 rebuild. They rebuild as far back as the 21AXP22.

Well I drug the Silvertone out of storage last week, intending to get the 21fbp22 rebuilt. I called Hawkeye and talked to Scotty, he says they can do it. :) Now all I have to figure out is how to get this giant bottle to Iowa. Scotty doesnt have crates for these, so I went to the UPS store to ask if they could pack it. I had to explain to them what a picture tube is. They said "we dont pack anything fragile, it has to be able to survive machine handling and a 4 foot drop" I went to another one and they said "were not set up to pack anything that large."

I'm thinking of putting it on a Greyhound. I'll check a couple of more places on Monday, but it looks like I'll probably be packing this myself, and I don't know how. :headscrat

Has anyone done this?

John

I have an unused NOS CRT (21JP22) that I recently installed in a set. The way it was packed was in a regular cardboard box, with some padding in the bottom where the screen was. The most important part of the package was a piece of cardboard that fit snugly in the box with a small hole for the tube neck. This helped protect the tube from moving around.

I have not shipped by Greyhound but I figure that should be pretty safe, it will just be in the cargo areas of the busses and should not have to be moved around on conveyer belts, etc.

The most important part of packing anything is to prevent any movement of the cargo inside the box.

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Chad- DId the hole fit tightly around the neck? What contacted the neck, the edge of the cardboard? Was there something to spread the load around where it contacts the neck?

Andy- About $300

John

On some I've seen (not color roundies) the contact is farther down, on the bell. That piece of cardboard is a sturdy arrangement, folded so it can't go anywhere. I don't think there was anything around the neck. I don't think I would want any possible transfer of energy at that point.

I'll need to double check...the cardboard collar was likely at a more substantial point on the tube than the end of the neck.

I have a brand new RCA rectangular pikchure toob in it's original box (part of a unbuilt Heathkit set) and I can confirm that it has a cardboard insert that effectively supports the neck....if memory serves, it is where the neck meets the wider portion of the "bell" of the tube.

See below crude illustrations for details

And here's what the cardboard support looks like....you'll note that it's just a sheet of cardboard with the edges folded up (or down as your persepective may be) and a hole in the center.

My rebuilds were done by VDC in Dallas, and I was very pleased. Cost was 170 bucks. Since I am 6 hours from Dallas, I took them there myself. Unfortunately, due to the Dallas facility recently closing, VDC will no longer be rebuilding the roundies. They were probably the cheapest as far as pricing was concerned.

For shipping, VDC was placing the tube in a box, then strapping the box in the center of a wooden pallet. They told me they had no problem shipping them this way.

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