[GreenKeys] Teletype ribbons

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

Dried out ribbons can be revitalized with a bit of diesel oil per Dave Ross's method.We did it at MRCG meet this year and got nice bold print.
Jay KE6PPF






-----Original Message-----
From: John Nagle <nagle at animats.com>
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Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 3:27 pm
Subject: [GreenKeys] Teletype ribbons


> From: "Dave Hunter" <dhunter at islandregister.com>
 Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] ASR-33
 To: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio at att.net>
 Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
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 Hi Larry and all:
 
 Now, that sounds as if it would work. The problem was, that 
 I used my only good ribbon in my Model 28 ASR, and that 
 left me only with a couple of NOS, but dried out British 
 Navy ribbons, made for a European machine. They had no 
 rivets at the ends, and I had to swap spools to make them 
 work...
 
 However, with this little trick, they should work just 
 great.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Dave
    You're working too hard.
    All the mechanical Teletypes use standard Underwood typewriter ribbons,
hich are still available. They're Nukote B76 ribbons, available from 
mazon.com:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EFJY8U
    The original ribbons were cotton, and these are nylon, so they don't
ast as long.  You can turn them over and use the other half, though.
                    John Nagle
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