[GreenKeys] TTY cleaning

[Larry Tighe]

Magnets too?????


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack" <wa2hwj at att.net>
To: "'GreenKeys'" <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: [GreenKeys] TTY cleaning


> ZCZC
> 
> Well...
> 
> As far as "how the pros in the TELCO did it"...
> 
> When I worked in the Teletype Repair shop for New York Telephone,
> (1970's) we used a SEARS dishwasher to clean our TTY's. Mashed down
> the
> interior plate holder "fingers", and put the typing unit in
> with a half cup of dish washer detergent. The typing unit
> came out looking brand new, including the felts. We then
> dried it with compressed air, oiled/greased everything with
> genuine Western Electric oil and grease, and ran the
> machine for about an hour to warm it up.
> 
> Never had a problem with any machines we cleaned that way...
> mostly 28's, but also some 15's.
> 
> Prior to this method, we used bottles and bottles of
> tri-chloro...not a good idea.
> 
> Jack K0TTY
> 
> 
> NNNN
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Haynes
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:51 AM
> To: George B. Hutchison
> Cc: GreenKeys
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Magic Cleaners
> 
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, George B. Hutchison wrote:
> 
>> Jim Haynes, have you anything to add to my short stand on the soap
>> box??
>>
>> George - W7TTY
> 
> Can't really think of anything to add.  The late Chuck Cook W6SCR
> had a Teletype repair business, before Teletype Corp. got into the
> business, and I believe his procedure was a soak of the complete
> machine in kerosene.  Or maybe it was diesel oil.  Which reminds me
> of stopping at a gas station in Tennessee earlier this year and one
> of the pumps was labeled kerosene - maybe that's what they sold
> instead
> of diesel oil - but I digress.
> 
> When I first put together a Model 15 out of parts given me by
> Ray Morrison I took it all apart and used Gunk, knowing of that
> substance
> from the airplane business and I don't think 409 or Simple Green were
> around back then (1959)  I later learned from the manual that I had
> taken apart some things that were not meant to be taken apart,
> supposedly required special tools at the factory to assemble, but
> the machine worked OK anyway.
> 
> 
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