[GreenKeys] Sorry stuff

[Paul Wills]

This may be helpful:

My neighbor is in charge of the parts department for a local Honda motorcycle dealer.  I 
mentioned that I was looking for packing material and he said that he had tons of stuff that 
wrapped bikes and parts when they came in.  He said that he would save some for me.

A couple of days later, a box of "goodies" arrived including packing peanuts, bubble wrap and 
a big sheet of another material that looks very much like the felt pad that sits under a model 
15 base.  I have no idea what it is or how much of it they use but it might be worth a shot to 
try a local motorcycle dealer.  Needless to say, I didn't use the felt to ship anything as 
it's worth keeping around for future use.

PDW



On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:45:29 -0400, Tim Swarthout <73131.3073 at compuserve.com> wrote :

> Old 14, 15 and 19 machines as well as earlier 28's used a quilt type
> material for sound deadening inside the cabinets. Sometime later, probably
> in the late 50's or early 60's, Teletype started using a plastic foam for
> the sound deadening material. I am sure that this probably saved them a lot
> of money, but it is really sorry stuff when it starts to deteriorate from
> the heat and also the petroleum environment that it operates in. I have a
> machine that has this type of sound deadening material and I want to remove
> all of it and replace it with something better. Are there any suggestions
> out there? Thanks in advance.
> 
> Tim Swarthout, WA5QEG
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