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The Craft of Picture Tube Rebuilding
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0:00:55 The Road Trip
0:03:03 The rebuilding process starts
0:07:08 Relieving the vacuum
0:12:03 Measure and record gun orientation
0:15:23 Another method of relieving the vacuum
0:17:41 Note the position of the Aquadag
0:19:07 Verify that the tube has gone completely to air
0:19:44 Cut the neck glass and remove the gun assembly
0:22:32 Clean the inside of the neck
0:26:53 Replace the Aquadag coating in the neck
0:28:08 Re-necking the tube
0:32:17 Prepare the glass for welding
0:33:40 Weld and anneal the new neck glass
0:37:21 Prepare the new gun assemblies
0:49:29 Install the gun and preheat the tube
0:52:28 Weld the new gun assembly onto the neck
0:59:05 Evacuate and bake out the tube
1:06:48 The bake cycle and pinch-off
1:11:23 "Bombing" the getters
1:14:00 Hand-held bomber
1:16:00 Arc-proofing the tube
1:20:13 Cathode activation
1:22:30 Attaching the socket
1:23:50 Soldering the pins
1:24:49 Exterior Aquadag coating
Bonus:
1:26:24 19VP22 Rebuild
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @SpinStar1956
    @SpinStar1956 Місяць тому

    Do you guys still rebuild CRT's? Really appreciate you making this as it is a very lost-art! 73...

  • @advance512
    @advance512 2 місяці тому

    No demo?

  • @sengho2563
    @sengho2563 5 місяців тому

    It took god 7 days to create a universe. It only took this guy 2

  • @Daniel-OConnell
    @Daniel-OConnell 9 місяців тому

    I can never understand, how someone who goes to the trouble of making and uploading a most interesting video can sabotage it with lots of background noise and music, which only detracts from the quality and the viewers ability to listen and learn.

  • @MiscPractice
    @MiscPractice 10 місяців тому

    Is this the BBC?

  • @olischwanke3551
    @olischwanke3551 11 місяців тому

    Was für ein cooles Video! Ob es die Werkstatt heute in 2024 noch gibt?

  • @12345678989814
    @12345678989814 11 місяців тому

    It's a shame that never got this up and off the ground I think the guy was supposed to start it and got it on the road several years ago

  • @tonyking9235
    @tonyking9235 Рік тому

    MUST ADMIT I DONT THINK YOU CAN BEAT THE OLD CRT FOR PICTURE QUALITY. MOST DIGITAL PICTURES ARE CRAP .UNLESS DONE IN 4K OR HIGHER. WHICH MOST ARE NOT . JUST MY OPINION

  • @n8goulet
    @n8goulet Рік тому

    I have a 19" arcade monitor. Actually a Wells Gardner VGA with more or less a regular standard resolution tube. U3000. Anyway, I slammed the coin door a little hard one day, and the picture went crazy. It's been looked at by a CRT monitor specialist and said the tube is bad. Is there any hope for it? These kind of monitors are hard to find now. I have others.The monitor boards work. No one seems to know what kind of tube I can swap it with. Maybe the tube can be fixed? I really like these monitors, and it simplifies my emulation needs for easy hook up and no special drivers needed, etc. Works with a variety of different type of emulators, not just MAME. Not sure a GroovyMAME setup would work with all the other emulators I run. Thanks.

  • @galagapjp1290
    @galagapjp1290 Рік тому

    Question for those who had to rebuild tubes, was anyone able to remove phosphor burn?

  • @davids8449
    @davids8449 Рік тому

    Shame Scotty could not talk a little more....He is a chap of few words. Yep, nope. Was he in High Noon

  • @totallysmooth1203
    @totallysmooth1203 Рік тому

    This was 2008, just before Obama and America's Democrat enemies and their war on America. I doubt this factory is even in existence in 2013. A lot of things were lost in that cold civil war.

  • @horus2779
    @horus2779 Рік тому

    What's that device called that helps to crack the glass. Thanks as a want to recycle wine bottles

  • @DinAlter
    @DinAlter Рік тому

    Great video, great skills and job. I'm glad I got here to see the whole process :) One thing makes me curious where/how he got all that different new guns for all those tubes ? Are they still available in 2023 (guns I mean)?! Thx Scott and filmmaker for that material :) God bless U guys :)

  • @wolfganglohrie6820
    @wolfganglohrie6820 Рік тому

    Thanks for that video, have enjoyed every minute.

  • @JTSuter
    @JTSuter 2 роки тому

    With the increase in CRT collectors, do you think there's now a demand for tube rebuilding? I have a variety of Sony BVM and PVM tubes that need work

  • @aaronmurphy5060
    @aaronmurphy5060 2 роки тому

    Do we get to see it running? Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing

  • @richardleveson6467
    @richardleveson6467 2 роки тому

    This brings back memories - very painstaking work and also a fascinating, painstaking video. My job at GE was to "expose" the red blue and green phosphor films on the front panels using a "lighthouse" which mimicked each of the three (RGB) electron guns optically, using a UV point source. The UV passed through each of the 300K+ holes in the shadow mask and exposed the phosphor behind in exactly the right spot so that, in turn, each phosphor layer could be 'developed' by rinsing away all the unexposed film, leaving only the RGB dots. Amazing ingenuity! This is one technology that has been utterly changed by advancing technology.

  • @jmitchell8164
    @jmitchell8164 2 роки тому

    Any idea of the cost to what I just watched? I would guess, not cheap.

  • @22763344
    @22763344 2 роки тому

    Señores, por increíble que sea, en mi pais hubo una pequeña empresa que hacía eso, que funcionó desde los años 60s hasta creo los 80s. Era la época de los altos impuestos a lo importado tanto en TV y otros y por eso era casi esencial esa empresa. Saludo desde Costa Rica.

  • @Scubado199
    @Scubado199 2 роки тому

    I served my apprenticeship with AWV (Amalgamated Wireless Valve) company Australia back in the early 1960's. This brings back many fond memories and a few terrifying moments, like the time I dropped a 26" tube at my feet and it imploded shredding the legs of my overalls to pieces, he must have been looking after me that day because I didn't get a single cut. It is surprising how few people know of the potential danger in these glass envelopes. Great job putting this together.... Well done.

  • @Christian-Klaff
    @Christian-Klaff 2 роки тому

    Was für ein äußerst spannender Krimialfilm! Und die ganze Technik die es damals schon gab! Fernsehen (Versuchssendungen) ab Ende der 20'er Jahre und ab dem 27.lll.1934 ein tägliches bis zu 6. Stunden laufendes Programm, Bildtelephon, und Kabelfernsehen! Das alles sind Erfindungen der 30'er Jahre in Deutschland! Wer hatte das erste regelmäßige Fernsehen? Wer hatte zuerst Bildtelephon? Wer hatte zuerst Kabelfernsehen? Immer nur Deutschland!!! Das war wenigstens noch eine richtige zuverlässige Technik!

  • @ShadowsOnTheScreen
    @ShadowsOnTheScreen 2 роки тому

    Apparently the now dead art of crt rebuilding

  • @gustavoleguizamonmunoz6365
    @gustavoleguizamonmunoz6365 2 роки тому

    Una excelente obra de ingeniería,causa asombro ver el Proceso complejo para la formación de la imagen,amo la electrónica,es una pena que no se le de el sitial que merece tamaño invento,crt que duraban 20,30 años,las famosas pantallas modernas son un verdadero fiasco.Respetuosos saludos Earlytelevision.thank you very much Mr Scott.Greetings.

  • @davemould4638
    @davemould4638 2 роки тому

    Two things surprised me. First the lack of precision. I thought that the position of the electron gun in a colour tube had to be very precise. Seems that anything within a couple of mm is OK, and the angle of the gun (how concentric to the neck) also doesn't seem to be a concern. The runout when re-necking must have been a mm or more (and only adjusted approximately by eye) and the angle and position when fitting the new gun was just judged by eye also. The second thing that surprised me was that there was no final functional check - I would have thought it necessary to check that the gun was working as it should and the phosphor had not developed any defects during the process. Also the reason why the whole CRT needs to go through a heat cycle while pulling the vacuum was not explained.

  • @BGTech1
    @BGTech1 2 роки тому

    Now this skill will be lost to time

  • @brianbloom1799
    @brianbloom1799 2 роки тому

    Why are you not letting us hear him talk, Music, just don't do it for me.

  • @MathewRenfro
    @MathewRenfro 2 роки тому

    One of these days this television thing is gonna go big.

  • @applanateearth586
    @applanateearth586 2 роки тому

    3.30 start in morning! Why.?

  • @tschaeikaei3
    @tschaeikaei3 2 роки тому

    If someone reads this who has been into picturetube rebuilding: i have a bunch of 9" projection tubes which i plan to rebuild some time in the future. Currently building a workshop, collecting materials an so on. But i don't have any idea where to get gun assemblies or (what in this case is the most important) phosphors. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and best regards from Germany.

    • @remzi133
      @remzi133 2 роки тому

      Hello, you might want to be aware, if you are not already, of LLC MELZ in Russia. They already supply the electron guns and glass stems with pins for multiple CRT rebuilders in the world, apart from theirselves. On their Facebook page they regularly share what they and others do. They even made a new CRT for me a few years ago. They are very professional and adequate in this field. Regarding phosphors, I am also still looking for a (more local) solution. Best regards from the Netherlands.📺

  • @RastaJediX
    @RastaJediX 2 роки тому

    I would love to buy all this equipment and perform this as a service for retro gamers and other CRT enthusiasts. I would kill to have this as a job.

  • @yuglesstube
    @yuglesstube 2 роки тому

    Would anyone please indicate what televisions cost in that era relative to say cars, utility bills etc? I surmise they were very expensive.

  • @i.c.a.productionsbyr.p.
    @i.c.a.productionsbyr.p. 2 роки тому

    Davvero interessante. Come un meccanismo interferenziale. Un sistema simile a quello della cinematografia, quando l'otturatore a pale copre il flusso di luce durante il cambio del fotogramma nella pellicola che scorre davanti alla finestra di proiezione.

  • @Trump985
    @Trump985 3 роки тому

    How are color tubes rephosphored? And does anyone know who rebuilds them? Hawkeye seems to have gone out of business I can’t seem to find anyone else anywhere and no one is building replacement tubes anymore

  • @112dir
    @112dir 3 роки тому

    Очень интересно! Спасибо за фильм...

  • @davecarlson3414
    @davecarlson3414 3 роки тому

    To bad and really sad this business is coming to an end a true craftsman and family business here.a craft that will be forgotten soon. I really hate what America has become with the just toss it out and buy a new one attitude.

  • @ericlees7518
    @ericlees7518 3 роки тому

    this is a long process mmmmmmmmmmmm to think they were mass produced by mullard in simonstone burnley the factory shut down and all the equipment went to india mmmmm i have a video tape of the last day of production there mmmmmmm there was a glassworks and a wire works built in 1959 all gone now mmmm i have photos of the factory being built mmmmmm so how much does this process cost would it be more cost effective to just buy a new tube ther will be many still available somewhere mmmm remember they were mass produced mmmmmmm

  • @Naudia93
    @Naudia93 3 роки тому

    Taste the cadmium goodness!

  • @TheHanso1961
    @TheHanso1961 3 роки тому

    Very nice video did not know this was possible ,this guy is a real artist👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @collectionmaster1016
    @collectionmaster1016 3 роки тому

    Awesome watch of a lost art. Thank you.

  • @visigoth2020
    @visigoth2020 3 роки тому

    this is art.

  • @vancouverman4313
    @vancouverman4313 3 роки тому

    The electron gun assembly on the 19V22 looked very different to a conventional one. How did they manage to get a new one or was it custom made?

  • @Cashpots
    @Cashpots 3 роки тому

    If this site is still monitored might it be possible to reupload this film. If you do this the UA-cam system will offer an automatic translation into English. This seems to be missing as the present upload was too early.

  • @BillKibby1
    @BillKibby1 3 роки тому

    So cool to see again! Last time was in the late 1960's with my father in a shop in Seattle. Truly craftsmen of the highest order.

  • @38911bytefree
    @38911bytefree 3 роки тому

    ART and pride for the job, this is what it shows in the video. Nicely edited, stunning shots.

  • @leonidsplp
    @leonidsplp 4 роки тому

    OK ! Latvia .

  • @BONETTIAGAS
    @BONETTIAGAS 4 роки тому

    Fantastic

  • @Rocketman88002
    @Rocketman88002 4 роки тому

    He just couldn't get that wobble out of there. Should be a way to use the tailstock to center the tube neck.

  • @therestorationofdrwho1865
    @therestorationofdrwho1865 4 роки тому

    This damn song.

  • @francispotter5300
    @francispotter5300 4 роки тому

    What is the cost ball park figure

    • @davesica
      @davesica 3 роки тому

      Scotty was charging about $275 at the end. What they'll cost if and when the operation comes back online at the Early Television Museum as a nonprofit or elsewhere as a for-profit operation is yet to be determined.