Rebuilding electrostatic CRTs

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by bgadow

Before I started reading up on the subject (before websites like this one) I used to assume that all picture tubes were rebuilt in big vacuum chambers of some sort.

I've seen photos of a big, demountable CRT setup they used in developmental work at RCA's Princeton Labs. The front pops open and they could insert whatever guns or screens they were testing and re-pull a vacuum and give it a go. Pretty slick!