[GreenKeys] Re: Teletype Ribbons

[Don Robert House]

Yes Jim,

Rayon combines the qualities of holding more ink than Nylon and wears  
much longer than cotton.
If you have a re-inker installed on your older Teletype machine it  
really doesn't matter so much, and nylon would last the longest.
I doubt you could fit a reinker on a 32, 33, or 38 but Riceguy might  
be able to fabricate one.

As they say across the pond...

Cheers,

Don


On 12 Nov 2008, at 10:50 AM, Jim Haynes wrote:

IIRC, to use a bit of Internet shorthand, the cotton ribbons hold more
ink, but the nylon ribbons don't wear out so fast and can be re-inked
a few times.  Seems like they recommended cotton for Model 15-28 and
nylon for 32-33, but that might be just because nylon was not available
when the earlier machines were first built.  Or it could be that the
32-33 are harder on ribbons than the 15-28.



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