[GreenKeys] FS: TELETYPE RIBBONS (fwd)

[Don Robert House]

Jack,

I have had pretty good luck with the ribbons from military surplus.   
I bought an eyelet tool and eyelets at our Meijer store.
Let me have your new address and I will send you a tool and some  
eyelets.

Don
K9TTY



On 26 Sep 2007, at 7:33 AM, wa2hwj at att.net wrote:

There have been a lot of people hawking boxes of "genuine teletype  
ribbons" that are usually government surplus. They are (1) dried out  
and (2) the eyelets (grommets) are usually rotted out. I have been  
looking to get a small
eyelet tool and eyelets (used in the arts and crafts world) to try to  
revive the ribbons and then re-ink them. It has been a "when I get  
around to it" project. I have a collection of various vintages of  
ribbons, still new in the box, but usually dried out. Not surprising,  
the old Bell System ribbons seem to be the best, some of them almost  
seeming to be brand new (real dark BLACK ink). If the clear plastic  
wrapper is not compromised, those ribbons will leave a lot of ink on  
your fingers as soon as you open them up...a good thing! I always  
save the spools.
I have had no problems with the STAPLES ribbons, except that they  
don't last long (ink). My 15's and 28's seem to function properly  
with those ribbon's eyelets and the plastic spools. However, I would  
suggest that anyone with these old machines test the ribbon reverse  
manually (flip the reversing guides) to be sure things are working as  
they should. No ribbon in the world will work in a non-functioning  
mechanism.

73,
Jack WA2HWJ

NNNN

-------------- Original message from KC0NNC at aol.com: --------------


> thanks for the info (I missed his email address, and the items may  
> no longer
> be available, but i would like to check back with him: please advise)
>
> Also To the subscribers reading this post...
>
> Have we come to a consensus on which new source has the best ribbon  
> for Model
> 15 use...
>
>
> I have several units that use this ribbon, but need the industrial  
> quality
> spools and direction reversing grommets that seem to have prevailed  
> during the
> broadcast era when the 15's were in service at every radio station  
> I worked at.
>
> I would give my left eyeball now to have had the foresight to walk  
> away with
> a carton or two of what seemed to be "those shitty ribbons" now  
> that I need
> the steel spools, and strong ribbon for computer check writing on  
> my OKIData
> (model 82) printers which I now use in my consulting business.
>
> The knowledge has to be out there, as to which ribbons (still  
> available new)
> work and play the best. The plastic spools split when stressed, and  
> I have to
> manually reverse the tape direction as the grommets seem to have  
> been an
> option I did not ask for.
>
> Thanks for any replies I see come through...
>
> 73's
>
>
> Harvey E. Smith
> 2020 Baculite Mesa Road
> Pueblo, CO., 81001-2456
> 719 406 9735
>
> fka WA0BBG
> nka KC0NNC
>
> HarveyEsmith at aol.com
>
> KC0NNC at aol.com
>
>
> 73's
>
>
>
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