Cataracts repair gone wrong........

[eberts]

The 23EGP22 was the first mass produced rectangular tube made by a tube company called National Video.
The first ones were sulfide screens.
Later batches used rare earth.
It was the most dangerous and stupid tube designed, based on costs and profitability, with no regard to consumer safety.
At the time, just making a rect tube was like landing a man on the moon.
The tubes were very unstable. At the time, the technology just wasn't there, no computers, just draftsmen in a room, saying "Oh yea, that looks good."
Many engineers were very closed minded too.

Look at an old TV, You have a high wattage, high temperature, high voltage generating mess with a potential bomb all enclosed in a real wood highly combustible box. Almost like an automobile.

You guys should use an infra red heater to remove an RCA type safety glass, and use a piano wire to slice the gooey Zenith type plates off. You can clean up a Zenith mess with paste paint remover.

The tubes should be warm. Wear eye protection.

Never, ever remove a tensioned band.