[GreenKeys] Model 28 All Wound Up

[Keelan Lightfoot]

Tony,

Thanks for the reply! My problem is a bit different than yours. The spring tension is set too tight, and I can't release the tension by 'oscillating' the escapement lever. The carriage isn't getting jammed at the right, fortunately.  I received a couple off-list replies (thanks, Jack and Tom) that said "loosen the nut". I should have thought of that before, given that I've already had the front plate (the one with the serial number badges on it) off of my other machine. As soon as I loosened the nut, the spring went "shoook" as it released it's tension.

I'll be back home tomorrow after a week of vacation. I'll loosen the nut!

- Keelan

> Hey Keelan;
> 
> I had that happen once.
> 
> What I did to clear it was hit a Carriage Return to release the
> pawls (the little stepper feet that move the wheel) then put
> A LITTLE pressure on the mechanism that holds the type hammer,
> pushing the carriage to the left (home).
> 
> It seems to me (and this is 40 years ago I'm talking about) that
> it was caused by setting the line for too many characters (like
> about 80 per line) which caused the feet to jam-up and were not
> able to be released (dropped down) when the CR was received.
> 
> UE,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNN
> ZCZC