Hi Jess
Yes sounds like a job to wear googles for sure, I can see the end of the pin but I'm not sure if I can get it hot enough to tin. Worth a try I guess. Thanks
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From: Jess Askey
To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Arghhhhhhhhhh!
I did this exact same thing on a G-07 Raster monitor about 20 years ago. The method I used is still going strong on mine....
If you can still actually get to the tip of the broken pin the glass, I used a fine tipped soldering iron to tin the end of the pin in the glass. Then, I tinned the end of the broken pin. Holding the pin with a pair of needlenose pliers, I held the pin in position while applying heat with the iron on the pin. Once I felt the solder melt and the pin slightly push inwards with the slight pressure from the pliers, I held steady and took off the heat. This worked very well for me and I then put some epoxy around the base of the pin to support it better.
Now, there are some inherent dangers in this I suppose (I was only 17 when I did this). My pin was a bit below the glass, so I just sort of ground down the glass edges with my soldering iron tip in a drilling fashion until my tip hit the broken pin base.
I was of course doing this with my head turned and eyes closed for safety purposes. ;-)
simon wrote:
While testing the new transformer I snapped the focus pin of my 25" star wars CRT! bugger!
The tube still has vacuum and I can see the end of the pin in the glass, has anyone got a good tip for fixing this?
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