taking apart an old oscilloscope - danger?
 

yodleboy wrote:
hey, i have gotten an old (1950's) tektronix type 310 scope that i want to
gut and use for a pc case. i don't want to kill myself, so is there
anything i need to do or be aware of? It does not work and has not been
used for at least 20 yrs, so would components still be carrying a charge and
if so what do i do about them. as it is not working, keeping parts intact
is not an issue...

i've attached a few pics

thanks for any advice.






About the only real danger is implosion of the CRT. That's a nice
classic instrument though, it'd be a real shame to tear it apart if it's
complete.

At the very least save the CRT, tubes, tube sockets, transformer and
other parts as they're hard to find and useful parts.