[GreenKeys] print hammer heads for 32,33, and 38 printers

[Don Robert House]

>  What I need are suggestions as to what material to use and what 
>type glue to use to make a print hammer for my Model 32. It is my 
>understanding that print hammers are not availiable as they all 
>turned to mush.I no longer like the idea of my model 32 just sitting 
>here idle because of a little round peice of rubber.Shurly someone 
>out there has solved this problem and got their machine back into 
>service.Wayne  WB0CTE

Wayne,

You can clean the metal print hammer very well and use a bastard file 
to rough it up a bit... then stick on one of those small synthetic 
rubber bumpers you see hanging in the hardware store. They are 
typically used to keep an object from scratching your lady's table.

Try to get a package of small ones that are about the same thickness 
as the original print hammer head.  The diameter is not critical. 
You can also cut or file the "bumper" down to make it work.  If you 
use your machine for long periods it may heat up enough to loosen the 
adhesive.  You can then re-fasten the bumper with 3M trim cement from 
the auto parts store.

If you don't like using the pre-packaged bumpers you can cut circles 
out of old rubber floor mats left over from your old car.

If you are really handy (like George Hutchison) you can carve a print 
hammer head out of a block of hard rubber!  The man is a fantastic 
craftsman!

Good luck,

Don

P.S.
I am writing to the Lynn Steele Co. down South to see if they will 
reproduce the print hammer heads.  They make all types of rubber 
pieces, so they just might make these for us.
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