On 04/28/2014 04:47 PM, Matthew Smith wrote: > Quoth Tidak Ada at 2014-04-29 06:13 ... >> I once opened a 50 cm B/W picture tube to make a lamp of it. I carefully >> packed the tube in thick blankets and then filed off the exhaust nipple. >> About one minute of hissing and the pressure was equilibrated. No danger >> at all! > > Aha! I wanted to get the electron gun and base of a CRT, to re-mount > into a longer accelerator structure - was wondering how to break the > vacuum safely.
That works but it pretty much destroys the evacuation port for future use. I have the same intentions and have collected several B/W guns. My technique is to use a dental turbine (a dremel will do) and bore an about half mm hole through the neck downstream of where I plan on cutting it. That way I can re-open the tubulation in a controlled manner and reuse it. John -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains, Occupied TN http://www.fluxeon.com <-- THE source for induction heaters http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/535EE1AC.7010501%40neon-john.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
