[GreenKeys] Model 14 tape printer repairs, parts, etc.

[Jack]

Agreed...lit would be educational to get it going again, but not
"urgent".

When I was 15 years old I bought a Model 19 from a surplus company
in Philadelphia and had it shipped to my home in Long Island. It ran
great for one week and the motor burned up. Thankfully, my father
had a Model 15 weather TTY in his office and he knew the TTY
repairman very well....(skip forward 10 years and I was my father's
TTY repairman when I got my job with Ma Bell! By then it was
a Model 28.)

Jack



-----Original Message-----
From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Burns
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 8:01 PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [GreenKeys] Model 14 tape printer repairs, parts, etc.

Jack's advice is good!  -My spare motor- (ebay: $20) is sitting next
to 
the pieces of my original motor as emotional backstop!  I will not be 
daunted...that M15 will run again.

That said, my feeling is that a 50 or 60 year old, all metal, greasy 
piece of industrial equipment should properly be approached as 'Guy
Fun' 
(or Gal Fun, if you're a gal.)  So long as I don't hurt myself...:-)

-Dave in Boston

P.S. I'd be looking for bits of spring or metal falling out of the 
starter-switch clamshell when opened.
P.P.S  Stuff designed to last forever or be repaired to keep on going
is 
such a pleasure to behold.  Today's equivalent motor is probably 
unopenable and utterly unrepairable.
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