[R-390] TUBES

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 00:41:55 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Hauser" <[email protected]>
To: "CORYHINE" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] TUBES

> Yup -- and we used to be able to put men on the moon.  Same thing -- went
> out of style <yawn>.  None of the moon rocks were diamonds, etc. so no
> reason to go back, and now it's a lost art.  I pass by the outfit that
made
> the landing module (Grumman) every day.  Big round white tank and lots of
> buildings.  Big tank used to say "Grumman".  Then they changed it to
> "Northrup-Grumman".  Now it's blank.  I think they're going to put a mall
in
> there.  We're good at that still, well mostly.  Roosevelt Field,
Lindbergh's
> takeoff field, was turned into a mall after WWII -- one of the first of
it's
> scale in the world.  Somewhere there's a plaque commemorating the flight.

It's in front of the Avis building on Old Country Road, where Lindberg took
off. The mall is a couple of miles down the road and was built in the late
'50 as a small shopping center.

> But think of this.  Once upon a time, there were no tube factories, no
> machining, etc.  But someone hand crafted the first tube.  Ok, some glass
> blowing and a vacuum pump was involved.  Hey, and those guys didn't have a
> Dremel!  Heck, whaddya need, some glass, some pins, some thoriated
tungsten,
> some itty bitty pieces of beryllium copper.  Probably could harvest some
of
> the stuff from old tubes -- especially types that are in good supply but
not
> popular.  What about refurbishing old tubes?  Someone on the list has a
> technique for cleanly opening the glass.  Just go in there and restring,
> recoat the filament, elements, etc.  Use a microlaser to weld stuff --
> borrow one from the radial keratotomy guys ("one eye just $800, two for
> $1500")  Where there's a will there's a way. Maybe the Russian Toob Factry
> would take pity and send a rescue party. ;-)
>
> Actually, if it isn't clear, what I'm trying to do is provoke an extreme
> do-it-yourself fanatic somewhere out there, y'know put a bug in his head,
> push him over the edge.  Gimme a hand ....
>
> Barry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CORYHINE" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 4:32 PM
> Subject: [R-390] TUBES
>
>
> > The trouble is that at the time these tubes were made, they were under
> contract and the volume and funding was there.  We still had a wartime
> mentality.....  Now, there are a few who would like to get the old tubes,
> but the factories, materials, and people involved are largely gone.  It
> would not be cost effective to reinstate what existed at that time.
Reality
> stinks!
> > N2AQS
> >
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