Hi Dennis - Yep, working via the removed bottom plate is about all one can do without getting destructive.  It works, but I like to inspect the results of my cleaning...haha
CW Forever!

Tim
N6CC



On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:46 PM Dennis Monticelli <dennis.monticelli@gmail.com> wrote:
It's been years but I recall removing the bottom plate and maneuvering up a strip of DeOxit soaked paper between the contacts.  

Dennis AE6C

On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 12:37 PM Roy Morgan <k1lky68@gmail.com> wrote:
Might be blasphemous, but you might drill a hole in the side big enough to get a cleaning strip into the contacts. 

OR: Maybe the upper contact can be unthreaded out to allow a thin wood rod to clean the inner contsct and the upper contact in your hand to get polished. 

OR: does the bottom plate come off to allow access to the contacts?

Roy

Roy Morgan
K1LKY Western Mass

On Jun 11, 2023, at 2:20 PM, Tim <timsamm@gmail.com> wrote:


Those are really good keys.  Mine is a real workhorse around here with the TCS, ARC-5 and the rest of the pile.  It has a good feel and of course, is authentic...  One issue is the flameproofness it is a bit problematic if you need to disassemble it to clean the contacts.  Tiny, tapered pins, precision dowel shaft etc.  Key Guru's advise that should be done by a good machinist with the proper tools (rather than my hammer and files...).  Anyone got helpful hints?   But still a winner around here, it has lots of miles on it...
Tim
N6CC

On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 9:34 AM Doran Platt <jeepp@comcast.net> wrote:
Well, here's my key example, in situ, with a vintage ops position. Glad to find out it was sort of universal. Will be moving it over to the ARC-8 setup with a genuine ATC transmitter.
K3HVG
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