Possible Avenue for CRTs

**logansryche** · 03-07-2015, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by Jonniebrass

My nephew repairs arcade games and deals in parts for them . I don't remember why but he could only use crt from televisions and not computer monitors.

Not sure since the tube itself from a TV is the same tube in a computer monitor - the yolk and electronics on the end are different though.

Originally Posted by olddude

My post was, don't take them" unless "you have a down stream and was aimed at noobs who can easily be led in the wrong direction and disaster easily if they haven,t studied their craft.

I know you were. Some people need to get over themselves.

Originally Posted by submarinepainter

I used to take them for nothing and cut the cord , then my nephew took them and stripped them , reassembled and the town he lived in took 3 a day for free , I started charging when gas was really high because I took them 50 miles north and wanted to turn a profit , my market dried up after that and now I will take them only if I am getting a lot of stuff with them .

There's a way to legally process these tubes that doesn't' involve melting everything and hope you get something out of it - only problem is, as usual, it costs money. The way I think of it: if I can get ahold of a cutter to separate the halves of the tube, i'm left with two pieces of glass, a hunk of lead, and phosphorus dust. Everything of which is recyclable.

The norm is that I'm obviously nuts and that nothing will ever come of it because what I've been talking about in regards to CRTs is against the grain and not everyone likes that. It sometimes rubs people the wrong way and if they don't like how I do things or my ideas - there's the door. I'm not going to change my way of thinking or adjust my idea because one or two people didn't like it. The concept works. I know for a flipping fact the concept works. I just don't have the way to make it work. That rubs people the wrong way also because it comes off as begging. No one said they had to come in to my threads and read them.

**Mmarro89** · 03-08-2015, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by logansryche

Not sure since the tube itself from a TV is the same tube in a computer monitor - the yolk and electronics on the end are different though.

I know you were. Some people need to get over themselves.

There's a way to legally process these tubes that doesn't' involve melting everything and hope you get something out of it - only problem is, as usual, it costs money. The way I think of it: if I can get ahold of a cutter to separate the halves of the tube, i'm left with two pieces of glass, a hunk of lead, and phosphorus dust. Everything of which is recyclable.

The norm is that I'm obviously nuts and that nothing will ever come of it because what I've been talking about in regards to CRTs is against the grain and not everyone likes that. It sometimes rubs people the wrong way and if they don't like how I do things or my ideas - there's the door. I'm not going to change my way of thinking or adjust my idea because one or two people didn't like it. The concept works. I know for a flipping fact the concept works. I just don't have the way to make it work. That rubs people the wrong way also because it comes off as begging. No one said they had to come in to my threads and read them.

It rubs people the wrong way because why do you think you will succeed where multi-national companies have spent millions in research and development to somehow turn a profit but have only had to close half of the processing plants. I'm just curious how you are able to afford the thousands of dollars of specialty equipment for CRT processing while you are trying save a few hundred dollars from permits. I'm trying to be nice in my previous posts but I am determined at this point to drag this horse to water and I will make him drink.... To continue on this horse metaphor.. You're putting the cart before the horse. Do what's profitable like breaking computers that you got for cheap, resell as much as possible and get the best you can on your scrap. Then worry about reinventing the wheel.

**logansryche** · 03-08-2015, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by Mmarro89

It rubs people the wrong way because why do you think you will succeed where multi-national companies have spent millions in research and development to somehow turn a profit but have only had to close half of the processing plants. I'm just curious how you are able to afford the thousands of dollars of specialty equipment for CRT processing while you are trying save a few hundred dollars from permits. I'm trying to be nice in my previous posts but I am determined at this point to drag this horse to water and I will make him drink.... To continue on this horse metaphor.. You're putting the cart before the horse. Do what's profitable like breaking computers that you got for cheap, resell as much as possible and get the best you can on your scrap. Then worry about reinventing the wheel.

I firstly never claimed to have the equipment necessary to process these correctly, but people read, see, and hear what they want to. Secondly, what makes me so sure I'll succeed where others fail? I'm willing to go and do what others wont. In other news, I got a message from a guy on the arcade cabinet marketplace and a 20" tube is heading his way. That's money in my pocket. Don't believe me? That's on you.

Night everyone,
Matt