Tearing Down A 6L6GC

[Fretts]

There's been many times I have busted open a tube, but I never photographed the process.
This time, I got really mad at one tube in particular, and decided to make a pictorial out of it. My knowledge of tubes may not be encylopedic, and you may not learn anything new, but you might find this entertaining anyway:
http://home1.gte.net/res07egs/TubeKill/

Cheers
Fretts

[John Phillips]

Did you write all that before or after inhaling the cathode coating? ;)

[hawkeyeinexile]

i do similar but less patience & have learned less. till now. most entertaining. thanks :D

:cool:

[Willie]

Just Hilarious....you show that valve who's boss!

[San]

That was great, I didn't understand a word but it was great!!

San.

[TieDyedDevil]

Brought a smile to my face... I did that to a cracked 12AX7 when I was a kid with way better eyesight than I have now.

[AlexT]

Never taught tubes stories could be this funny.....

:D

[Fretts]

Originally posted by John Phillips
Did you write all that before or after inhaling the cathode coating? ;)

(wheeze...) K<H! K<H! KHAHK! KHAHK! KKKHHH!
....huh?

[CrazyGearHead]

Do you need a hug?

[Fretts]

Worth another look

[Hacksaw]

nice, haha that looked fun..

But, now I dont know what to do, I received a messages that I was at the last page of the internet now what to do! HELP! ;-)

[Fretts]

Go outside.

[Old Tele man]

re: "...at the last page of the internet..."

...go outside and tell AL GORE that "his" internet has reached "The End."

[Hacksaw]

Took the advice, went outside, HOT, Humid, Lightning, came back inside... started surfing from the beginning again. ( microsoft.com?)

the inventor, Al was unavailable for comment. (again)

[Timbre Wolf]

"like a freshly peeled lobster"

:roll:rotflmao:roll:rotflmao



You tell that tube who's boss!

- T

[trdlasvegas]

I bet you can't put it back together without a few pieces left over.

-Tony

[SteveStrat]

Cool pic's. Never seen inside a 6L6, that's pretty cool.

Thanks!

Steve

[Voxy Foxy]

only a 6L6 deserves punishment like that :eek:

[BBQLS1]

Cute.

[go7]

+1 thanks for the chuckle.

[Old Tele man]

"Humpty-Dumpty" goes high-tech?

[Chris Scott]

I think you have a future as an author of the most successful tube amp book ever written-- putting a slightly twisted spin on pure electronics theory might be just what's needed to crack those best-seller lists......

[Fretts]

Top of the New York Times bestseller list, 52 weeks in a row,
Slaughtering Ions, The Dark Side of the Space Charge

[donnyjaguar]

Well done!

[KeithC]

I thoroughly enjoyed that!
Top notch :AOK

[jbltwin1]

Was that freudian or was it just a coincidence that the "victim" was a GT? I think not. It's a conspiracy to defame the the good name of boob tubes!(I still thought it was hilarious). I've never broken any apart but you know, now that I think of it, I have some "issues" with a GT in the basement!

[briangibson]

thoughtful, entertaining, well-written, informative. way to put the quest of greater knowledge before your own health; although tubes can be quite expensive, that powdery sugary goodness inside those tubes probably isn't nose candy. NOS tubes- it almost sounds like nose... i know what you were thinking.

[Fretts]

My health has gone down the tubes anyway.