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Old 04-05-2006, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Kaye-Halbert TV
Somebody should eMail a CRT rebuilder with this question... All the ones I knew here in LA (now LONG gone anyway), would remove the safety glass and NOT reinstall it. In place of the glass, they applied a steel band around the circumference of the tube. This was supposed to cause an imploding tube to be contained and not ricochet out into the room.

Charles
I don't know enough about tubes designed for banding vs. tubes not designed for it - that would scare me a little (like, could you apply too much pressure to a tube not designed for it, and make it less safe?). - Wayne
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