[GreenKeys] Model 31

[Eugene Hertz]

Roy, thank you very much for bringing these slitters to my attention! I have been looking forever to find a source of 3/4" tape for my teletype ticker (401B?-I forget the exact model).  Now with these links, I may just have some good plans to build a slitter to go from 1" tape to 3/4"!

Thanks!
Eugene


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roy Morgan [mailto:roy.morgan at nist.gov]
>Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:18 AM
>To: gil at baudot.net, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: RE: [GreenKeys] Model 31
>
>At 07:05 PM 3/30/2005, gil at baudot.net wrote: 
>>Hi folks: 
>> 
>>I also have one of these Model 31 machines. ...There are only about a 
>>dozen of these M31s know to exist; 
> 
>Gil and other Greenkeyers, 
> 
>I guess that an M-31 registry might not be a bad idea, then. 
> 
>>... My M31 was the first machine I got running. Never 
>>could get the tape feed to work too well, since a rubber roller had 
>>hardened. 
> 
> 
>Caig Laboratories to the rescue! What you need is their rubber restorer 
>called CaiKleen RBR Rubber Cleaner and Rejuvinator. See www.caig.com for 
>info. Apparently it works like this: you slop it on your poor, old, tired, 
>stiff rubber part. The part then gets all gooey and soft and mis-shapen. 
>The whole thing stinks a bit. You are sure you've ruined it. Then, after 
>a while, The rubber thing returns to it's original shape, soft and pliable 
>and ready for service again. You are amazed. 
> 
> 
> 
>>... The machine uses 5/16" gummed or non-gummed tape,...I 
>>got a small roll of original tape from (the late) John Sheetz, and 
>>David Forbes sent me some ungummed tape that Tom Jennings made by 
>>slitting bigger stuff (how did you do that Tom?). 
> 
>Avid Niche Photography Enthusiasts to the rescue! The "spy camera" called 
>Minox and similar ones use narrow un-sprocketed film 9.1 to 9.3 mm 
>wide. Some folks slit normal 35 mm film down for use in their miniature 
>cameras. A commercial slitter is available for some $350 or so but 
>enterprising Minox buffs have devised home brewed equivalents. Such a thing 
>would work FINE for slitting normal TTY tape. Here are a couple of links 
>to get ideas from: 
> 
>http://www.pathcom.com/~vhchan/slitters/slitters.html 
>http://www.subclub.org/darkroom/splitter.htm 
>http://www.hektor.worldonline.co.uk/minox1/slitter.html 
> 
>Roy 
>Who has both a Minox and a TT-30/AGA-1 
> 
> 
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