I think that is because without the vacuum, the mask may have fell away from the front of the tube. I know when he was describing the process of letting the vacuum out, he has to do it at a controlled rate to keep the mask from coming off the front.
--- On Mon, 6/14/10, James Hagen <jamesjonhagen@gmail.com> wrote:
From: James Hagen <jamesjonhagen@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Tragic 19VLUP22 tube...Please help if you can
To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 4:06 PM
I contacted Hawkeye about doing one last 19LUP22 tube for me. His
requirement is the tube still needs to have vacuum for him to touch
it...
James Hagen
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Cris Rhea <crhea@mayo.edu> wrote:
>> I am sure to take over the business you would need to
>> practice alot before you worked on good tubes.
>>
>> Luke
>
> If the tube needs to be rebuilt, then it's already not a "good tube".
> You've got no place to go but up.
>
> It would sure beat trashing a tube because nobody out there is willing
> to do rebuilds any longer.
>
> With the move away from standard CRTs in most industries, I can't see
> anybody doing this for a living any longer, but someone certainly
> could do this on the side as part of the vector game hobby.
>
> --- Cris
>
>
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