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Now we get to the removal of the tubes and mod of them. If you are feeling a bit enterprising you may want to save the tubes from the frames and sell them on eBay if they still work. I get about 20 emails a week with people trying to get new tubes from reading our other articles. That aside make sure you save the reflectors. |
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Disassembly of the tubes is a rather straight forward process if not a very delicate one. The tubes sit inside of a acrylic tube caped at both ends. I have heard that using a soldering iron can melt / cut the tube apart while making a lot of toxic smoke as a byproduct. |
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Using a dremal tool cut around the base of the tube to remove the majority of the casing. When you have the tube free cut a slot in the square ends. Using a pair of wire cutters (Diagonal cutters) to split the slot you cut to free the tube totally. |
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With the tube removed you will need to insulate the ground wire that runs exposed on the outside of the tube. A simple strip of clear tape is more than sufficient to insulate it. That aside, place the tube into the reflector and use a drop or 2 of hot glue to hold it in place.
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With the tubes reassembled in the reflectors we wanted to do a test to see if it worked. Sure enough it worked as well as we had hoped! The camera really picks up on the blues in the screen and you can see the gradient of the monitors viewing angle to. When the screen is on its not very bright at all.
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