[GreenKeys] Re: Hot 32, life and worth of a 32/33

[O. Warren]

> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:10:36 -0600
> To: greenkeys@mailman.qth.net
> From: Don Robert House <drhouse@abac.com>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Tech tip for today...
>
> Folks,
>
> Remember to not let your 32 heat up.  There should be vent slots in
> the plastic cover under / behind the paper roll.   After the machine
> gets hot, the heat starts to melt the print hammer head.  George was
> experimenting with some material to make print hammer heads.  I have
> forgotten what the material was.  I will be doing some more
> experimenting later this month.
>
> Happy new year,
>
> Don
>
>
>> >On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Don Robert House wrote:
> >
> >>  120 - 130 volts DC, 60 ma to the mounting cord.  To work in the local
> >>  mode the dial has to be blocked in an off-normal position.
> >
> >So that's how you do it. I always resorted to pulling the dial plug
> >from the ccu. Blocking the dial is better as the lights still work.
> >My 32 & 33 only get exercised during winter holiday season,unless a
> >special project is underway.
> >
> > Chuck
> > kb4new
> > cswiger@widomaker.com
>>
          Hi...

     They told us in school that the 32's and 33's were originally designed
to be something of a "throw away machine".  However they then told us that
with proper maintenance these machines could "run forever", and about an
Assistant City Foreman named Walter Burris who made them do so..

I then got assigned to work under him..!!  He had 32 framed suggestions
awards on his shop wall for improvements to those machines, like better
bearings, and other things..

Keep them well oiled, well cleaned, including the distributor and signal
contacts, and the type hammer rubber in good condition.  There should be a
blower wheel on the motor which is sufficient to keep them cooled.


Dick