[GreenKeys] Wild Goose Chase

[Charles Ring W3NU]

Looking at the cabinet pics, what comes to mind is a sort of "2819"  or 
19 made to look like a 28 in the manner of the 5302 telephone which was 
a 302 phone put in a new housing that looked a lot like the newer 500 
phone. I also don't see any place for the M14 TD in that cabinet. Is the 
28ASR-looking dome meant for the M14 reperf?

I have never seen one of these and would consider it rare and needing to 
be preserved.



John Lawson wrote:

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>   Well, judging from the pix, it's a Model 19 plus a Model 14 Typing 
> Reperf in the big WU cabinet.
>
>   Looks like the 'major players' are all there - including the 
> synchronous motors - also the interesting "TU" looking piece of gear.
>
>   You're missing a bunch of keytops - they come off easily and might 
> still be lying around.
>
>   The 'typing unit' , the one with the 'vanes' in the front , fits on 
> the top of the piece with the keyboard and is locked down with three 
> big thumbscrews. The other machine is the reperforator.
>
>  The 'desireability factor' of this particular one for you depends on 
> whther or not you want to take the time and effort to do a 
> clean-up-and-restore on the machines...  it doesn't look near as bad 
> as some I've seen, but it will need a Costco-sized bucket of TLC and a 
> 2-pound can of elbow grease, IMHO.  Of course I can't be there to try 
> and gently turn things and see if it's stuck, or to see any damage 
> that doesn't appear in the photos.
>
>  I don't remember your original post, but if it's free, or 'cheap 
> bux', then I'd at least take the guts, and leave the big cabinet - 
> otherwise it's sure worth preserving, if only to eventually give it to 
> someone else who wants to dig in and restore (and use ) the machine.
>
>
> There's my 200 millidollars...
>
>
> Cheers
>
> John  KB6SCO
>
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