[GreenKeys] stunt boxes

[wa2hwj@att.net]

Les,
I'm not saying you need to strip out the stuntbox, but it wouldn't
hurt. Just clipping up the function bars doesn't keep them
from banging against the code bars..it just keeps them from
"selecting" a pawl and tripping a switch or other function.
If you have one of those "full" stuntboxes, it is putting quite
a load on the codebars and associated clutches. Realistically,
the way we use the machines probably doesn't make much of a
difference to the code bars. But, if you're running it a lot
at 100 wpm, it is working hard.
I just resurrected a Navy Model 28KSR that has the original
"Mark 1" typing unit and keyboard. This poor old thing had
been sitting in a warehouse for probably over 20 years. It
has the aluminum cabinet that sits on shock mounts. A little
oil and dusting, and it took right off. The typing unit is
so old that it's the type that won't fit into an ASR since it
has the extended left front rail that would bang into
the perforator. I learned that the hard way many years
ago...my first 28 was a Mark 1 and when I tried to upgrade
it into an ASR configuration, it wouldn't fit!
These things will be running long after we're all gone.

Jack WA2HWJ


> Jack;
>    Do I hear correctly; it would be prudent to pull the stuntbox "tines" (cannot 
> remener correct term) for tose functions not really in use.
>     Les K1YCM/3
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 8:22 AM
> To: Henry Minsky
> Cc: greenkeys@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] stunt boxes
> 
> ......... That stuntbox is putting a pretty heavy
> load on the machine's codebars...
> Jack WA2HWJ...............