On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:44:11 GMT, wrote:

Hello all!

At work, there was an old computer monitor kicking around without its
casing. It got shoved and moved around until the CRT socket board hit
the table the wrong way and broke off the end of the tube. All of the
metal bits (electron guns, filament, etc) came out with the bit of
glass around the pins, so now I have the circuit boards in the salvage
pile and this funny-shaped glass bottle on my desk. (It still has the
metal band around the front rim.)

It occurs to me that it might be amusing to make a beer glass out of
this thing.

Get a yard glass...drinking will kill a person well enough without
giving it a "head" start.

Tom

However, I don't think that CRT phosphors and the aquadag
on the inside are part of the four basic food groups. I've thought of
three ways to deal with this problem.

1. Erosion - put a handful of sand, rocks, or bolts in the tube and
shake it around to abrade the phospors and conductive coating. Then
rinse well.

2. Corrosion - put in a mild acid or other chemical that will dissolve
the unwanted material. Then rinse well.

3. Sealing - pour in some food-safe coating and slosh it around to coat
the entire inside of the glass, covering up the phosphors etc.

I realize that if I want to drink out of the neck, I won't be able to
fill it more than about halfway, so that there will be an air gap above
the beer when I try to drink from it. I guess I could punch out the
anode connector to make an air hole, or just drink from a long straw.
Also I'll have to polish the edges of the neck glass where the base
broke off.

Has anybody tried doing this before? What worked or didn't work? Is
this a bad idea for some reason I haven't thought of?

Thanks!

Matt Roberds