Oh I have one of these scopes! Still works, to. Mostly all original parts inside, but the CRT has some burn-in so the storage is less sensitive in some areas.
Is it a fast scope? By all means, no it is not. It is a work of are though. My dad gave me all the documentation to the scope and it’s plugins when he gave it to me. A couple thing to watch out for is the fact that you NEED silver bearing solder it wont stick to the ceramic porcelain substrates, and the silver migrates over time across the substrates to form shorts. It will look like brown smudges or dendrites when it does this, and it’s more prevalent the higher the voltage you go.
[Source](https://users.monash.edu.au/~ralphk/scope564.html)
These old Tek scopes are works of art.
The page that OP posted as “Source” refers to a “storage tube” that can capture a sharp trace.
There’s an explanation of how this works on wikipedia here:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektronix_4010#Principles_of_operation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektronix_4010#Principles_of_operation)
I cannot imagine trying to troubleshoot that. Then again, can’t be that bad, everything is probably actually labeled well in the maintenance guide!
Probably a noob question, but what are those standoffs called?
Also came with a small-ish spool of silver solder. Many calibrations, and a few repairs, of these from my (’72-77) Navy days.
tolerance: no
Exquisite.
When people see the inside of my preamplifier the first thing they say is…
“What are those white things?”
Because the layout is so clean and organized.
Love using them.
Oh I have one of these scopes! Still works, to. Mostly all original parts inside, but the CRT has some burn-in so the storage is less sensitive in some areas.
Is it a fast scope? By all means, no it is not. It is a work of are though. My dad gave me all the documentation to the scope and it’s plugins when he gave it to me. A couple thing to watch out for is the fact that you NEED silver bearing solder it wont stick to the ceramic porcelain substrates, and the silver migrates over time across the substrates to form shorts. It will look like brown smudges or dendrites when it does this, and it’s more prevalent the higher the voltage you go.
Service the shit out of it replace everything with OEM
This handicraft definitely carries a lot of weight.