CRT implosions

[Gordon JC Pearce]

jpero at sympatico.ca wrote:

> Several tonnes even on little ones 14"-20", even MORE on 36" CRT.  
> The largest CRT that was is hitachi 40" TV.

I've got a Ferguson 34" 4:3 TV.  No idea who made the tube but it's a 
monster.

I used to work in a TV shop, and when I moved into a new flat my 
now-ex-girlfriend (not because of the TV!) asked if I couldn't somehow 
get a good deal on a TV.  So I asked, and my boss said "Yes I'll let you 
have this trade-in one nice and cheaply, you'll probably want the van 
for this though" - Ok, why? - "Well you've got to pick it up from the 
guy's house and deliver this new one".  Fortunately her band were round 
rehearsing so the drummer (not a small chap) and I (not a small chap 
either) lugged this behemoth of a set into the house.

It has a slight EW correction fault, but barring getting a Hiab to lift 
the bloody thing I'm not exactly keen to haul it through to the bench.

Gordon.