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Amp Stuff => AmpTools/Tech Tips => Topic started by: Platefire on June 24, 2010, 11:51:45 pm

Title: Picked up Old GE Tube Service Case
Post by: Platefire on June 24, 2010, 11:51:45 pm

Tried out a new road exploring around the other day and found a flea market I didn't know existed. Found an old electronic services case with "GE Tubes" wrote on the side full of old NOS tubes. Unfortunatly most of the tubes are radio/TV tubes. Only a few common amp tubes. The case is so cool though! It has a orange top that when unlatched folds down into two seperate compartments and bottom is gray. I cleaned the thing up, made a new handle out of 1/2" hot water pvc and put all my amp tubes in there. It's nice to have all my amp tubes consolidated to one location. Very cool find! Platefire

Title: Re: Picked up Old GE Tube Service Case
Post by: FYL on June 25, 2010, 06:51:38 am

Tube caddies are nice...

Title: Re: Picked up Old GE Tube Service Case
Post by: jjasilli on June 25, 2010, 08:33:16 am

I haven't been able to accomplish the tubes in one place solution. Either thgere's too much stuff; or its the wrong size to fir any coherent plan.  I too stumbled across a nice old tube caddy.  It has lots of room at the bottom; but not enough room in the upper fold-out trays for my peamp tubes. If I store stuff in the bottom, I can't find it.  So I use the tube caddy trays to sort larger caps;  big fat power tubes like 6550's go in the bottom in tube boxes, along with extra trannies & fat cable.

I use a fishing tackle box for all other tubes, with 4 pull out, see-thru plastic boxes with adjustable spaces for all other tubes.  But the fat tubes don't fit in there!