Masks available for Motorola VT-1

[kbmuri]

Here's what I wrote the guy:

Originally Posted by kbmuri

The small tubes will stay in their sockets and can be best left there. The picture tube is the great concern. The shroud around the face of the tube, 50 years ago, used to hold the face snugly in place and shipping the set was less of a concern. Now that the shroud has deteriorated, the front of the tube is no longer secure. Shipping it in its present form will certainly snap the CRT's neck and the resulting implosion will probably do collateral damage. Subsequently, the broken front half of the tube will be free to bounce around inside the set for the remainder of the trip and destroy many or most of the remaining glass tubes, and probably other fragile components. The links I included below show graphically this problem.

So there are two ways you can go.

The best answer is to remove the CRT and pack it separately, double-boxed with lots of padding, and the rest of the TV should be sturdy enough as-is. Although I realize this is extra work not agreed upon. If you're comfortable doing this, I'll be happy to pay the extra materials and handling. If you haven't handled an antique picture tube before, then you'd better not go this route. They're pretty hazardous to carry around.

The second route would be to secure the CRT in place by packing maybe an entire roll of tissue paper or soft paper towels firmly all around (and hopefully in front of) the CRT and then stuffing the entire cabinet firmly with newspaper, thus immobilizing everything and preventing the CRT from moving in any way. If you take this approach, it would be better to remove all the small vacuum tubes and wrap each tube in each ball of newspaper that you use to stuff the cabinet. Just to allow you to pack the cabinet without bending the tube pins when inserting the newspaper, and also not having to pack carefully around the tubes. No need to write down where each tube goes -- that's what the Sams sheet is for. Then ship the set upright, with most of the packing in front and back.

Either method should get the set here safely. I hope this info helps and I hope to see the TV in good condition soon. Thanks!

Let's hope it gets here intact.