CRT Rebuilding Video

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by Chris K

Thanks for the info and the link although I doubt the extent of vacuum associated with UHV is needed. UHV is more for high energy physics applications and it's hard for me to believe the machinery and sealing surfaces shown in the video can pull anything close to UHV levels. That being said, I agree with you typical lab vacuum pumps, even in series probably won't cut it. The ETF has one of these evac pumps? The one in the video was 2 stage. I'll need to look at the closeup of the gauges again to check the levels. Unfortunately, the camerawork in the video is pretty poor with significant operations being performed out of frame. I received a PM from the individual at RACS in Paris who did the training and I'm going to open a discussion via email with him. He related Nick's situation and responsibility challenges so I better understand the current state of the project.

From what has been told, when Hawkeye closed down, all the equipment was donated to the museum, including the needed pumps, the state of operation after all these years is unknown, I do believe that bandersen did a walk through when he was just there, and posted a vid on his channel with someone telling of the process.