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emeritus · 27th May 2019, 1:42 pm

I remember dad disposing of two old CRT's in the 1950's. They were from old TVs which had separate perspex or armour plate glass explosion screens. The first one he tossed out of the back door into our concreted back yard, rapidly closing the door after him. Result, an enormous BANG and lots of tiny fragments of glass. For the second one, he first put it in a hessian sack, then put it in the dustbin and lobbed in a brick. Another, quieter, bang, but the glass was contained. After that, our neighbour, a semi-retired rag and bone man, showed him how to knock off the pip with a shovel, but I don't think he ever did any more himself.

27th May 2019, 1:42 pm	#10
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,349	Re: CRT lost its tension band I remember dad disposing of two old CRT's in the 1950's. They were from old TVs which had separate perspex or armour plate glass explosion screens. The first one he tossed out of the back door into our concreted back yard, rapidly closing the door after him. Result, an enormous BANG and lots of tiny fragments of glass. For the second one, he first put it in a hessian sack, then put it in the dustbin and lobbed in a brick. Another, quieter, bang, but the glass was contained. After that, our neighbour, a semi-retired rag and bone man, showed him how to knock off the pip with a shovel, but I don't think he ever did any more himself.