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From: P.A.Wilson@newcastle.ac.uk (P.A. Wilson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle
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Date: 26 Feb 90 10:24:13 GMT
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>In article <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Gregory Ebert) writes:
>
>While most of the other items here are pretty harmless, I think the CRT
>bashing belongs in the kids-don't-try-this-at-home category.  The forces
>and velocities associated with an imploding 25" CRT are difficult to
>comprehend...

      When I was a kid, about 10, a couple of mates and I went scavenging on the
local tip (strange past-time but we enjoyed it :-) ). It just so happened that we
found an abandoned 24" CRT, and we decided to have a bit of target practice,
luckily we were situated behind a wall about 20 yards away from the CRT. After
about 5 minutes of fruitless pelting with house bricks (even what seemed to be
direct hits would bounce off :-) ), one of us hit the screen dead centre.

      The resulting implosion was rather spectacular, LOUD noise, persistant
russle of glass scything through grass, and then we heard a whistle and ducked.
The electron gun had been blown clean through the tube and was flying towards us
at a frightening rate of knots, it screamed overhead (parting hairs in the process)
and embedded itself in the trunk of a tree a couple of yards behind us
 - we could not dislodge it.

      It strikes me now that , this could easily have been more memorable for far
worse reasons. So have fun out there but be aware of the significant dangers
involved. This is a really interesting thread lets keep it up.