[GreenKeys] moving an ASR-28 page printer (was: help identifying acouple teletypes? )

Wed Jul 21 16:43:42 EDT 2010

Sounds like loading is not going to be an issue. If as you say they
have a forklift.

Just make sure the driver has experience and mostly good experience.

One your sure the insides are all secure, make sure you secure the tops.

A 35KSR and ASR's top hinges up, and the paper cover hinges on the top. BOTH
can fly open if in the bed of a pickup. Tie them down with a strap not tape.

All Teletype gear is top heavy, keep that in mind when you secure it,
straps just
around the pedestal is not a good. Plan on someone pulling in front of you and
you having to stop quickly.

Once you get it home, if you are by your self and dont have like a low
riding U-Haul
with built in ramp. I'd pull the typing unit, and even the punch on the 28.

A caution: If you go this way, watch out for parts that are loose. When I pulled
an ASR35 apart to get it out of the pickup by myself there was a screw laying
in the typing unit frame:

http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=18597

And if never worked on this stuff, take lots and lots of pictures.

-pete

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Don Robert House <packard42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Where did the 33 come from? I saw a 35 KSR.  It is also very heavy,
> but a hand truck will move it well, providing the typing unit is
> bolted down like several have mentioned.
> If there is a 33 there a hand truck works well for it as well.  As far
> as moving an ASR using two small square dollies will work.  Also at
> Home Depot and Lowes they have
> "sunken" dollies about 8 inches in diameter with 3 or 4 casters on
> them.  These work quite well.  I have four of them under my M19ASR.
>
> Don
> K9TTY
>
>
> On 21 Jul 2010, at 2:58 PM, Larry Godek wrote:
>
> On the 28 there are 4 bolts, 2 on each side of the printer itself that
> bolts it to the Keyboard-base.  Most of the time they aren't there or
> maybe 2 of them are anyway.  If you don't have those bolts in place
> the printer could bounce up off the base and damage the two gears that
> drives it.  One on the main shaft and the other is the "intermediate
> drive gear" that is turned by the motor pinion gear.  Then to you
> could bend something underneath or on the front plate, depending on
> how much and in which direction the printer bounced.  If your
> untrained in  28 maintenance, then you could have one heck of a time
> finding and fixing the problem.  If it's to severe then major
> maintenance such as removing and replacing, rebuilding the affected
> parts could be in order.  If the main drive gear has teeth broken out
> of it, then it's necessary to pull the main shaft out of the unit
> after finding a replacement gear.  If it's the front plate that's
> damaged, then
> you have to pull the front plate off and do the repairs.  Not
> something for the un-initiated to try.
>
> IN actuality you can take the whole Keyboard-base and printer out of
> the machine which will help a lot.  Be sure and set the whole
> mechanism on something that won't allow the oil-grease to penetrate
> onto the car seat though!  Unless there is something in the bottom of
> the cabinet on the 28, that's as light weight as you'll get it.  One
> person can then push-shove it into the back of a truck or van then, at
> least i have and i'm not a big guy at all.
>
> The bolts are not something you find in the hardware stores either.
> Special size and thread.  Lots of postings n here in the past as to
> where they could be found.
>
> the 33 is not a heavy item, at least nothing like the 28.  Just be
> sure and have that Shipping bolt in place to keep from having Excedrin
> type headaches in the future....
>
> Inquire on here if the bolts aren't there and get some suggestions as
> to how to transport the thing.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
> --- On Wed, 7/21/10, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
>
> From: Richard <legalize at xmission.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] moving an ASR-28 page printer (was: help
> identifying acouple teletypes? )
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 12:45 PM
>
>
> In article <42953BEA7CAA4CFEACF842BC188060C2 at ljt>,
>     "Larry Tighe" <larryradio at att.net>  writes:
>
>> Be damn sure the typing unit is screwed down to the base or you'll
>> have a
>> possible disaster should you lay the machine on it's back for transit.
>
> Any online documentation for the 28 that shows the location of these
> things?  Or even better maintenance documentation that would show how
> to partially disassemble if needed?
>
> I know the model 33 has a shipping bolt that has to be put in place
> before shipping.  Is that the sort of thing you're talking about for
> the model 28 as well?
>
> Thanks!
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