[GreenKeys] print hammer

[Bob Camp]

Hi,

One fairly simple thought:

Sheet rubber is a common item. You can get all sorts of compositions and
thicknesses fairly easily. Last time I went shopping there were several
local suppliers. They would sell you a couple of square yards of stuff
without any real hassle. The question always is which rubber to use. Again
there are zillions of different compositions.

Once you have the raw material you need a punch to blast out the print
hammers. Last time I looked at one (gulp .... *several*  years ago) they
looked like a round disk without any real fancy stuff associated with it.
Don't remember if they had a little nubbin on the back side of them or not.

Even if it's a punch you can't buy at the leather working counter down at
Hobby Lobby a rubber punch is not to hard to make.

Given the punch and the raw material making a couple hundred imitation print
hammer pads shouldn't take more than an hour or two.

The questions:

What are the dimensions of a "real" print hammer pad?

What's the right material to use (need one that's soft enough and holds up
to heat and oil) ?

Given that information the rest *should* be fairly easy.

    Enjoy!

        Bob Camp
        KB8TQ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wayne476@excite.com>
To: <greenkeys@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 6:53 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] print hammer


> 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
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