[GreenKeys] Replacing Model 14 tape printer rubber platens

[Bruce Gentry]

Bruce Gentry wrote:
> I don't think it's anything that benign. When the machines are 
> disposed of, "losing" the crank is a fast, easy  way for the military 
> or telephone/telegraph company to make it less usable.  Also, I can't 
> recall any convenient and obvious place to store the crank when the 
> machine is being shipped. I am sure somewhere along the way the 
> machine is handled by someone who does not care or is not allowed to 
> care, about keeping it complete for the next owner. "Just get it in 
> the truck, you aren't being paid to think!!!!"  Too often the world 
> just plain sucks.
>
> Bruce Gentry
>
>
>  
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> Steve Garrison wrote:
>> Glad you got the Model 14 printing again!  And Kleinschmidt platen 
>> cranks are not compatible with the model 15 variety that seem to grow 
>> legs and walk away.  Although it seems as if the Kleinschmidt variety 
>> also have the ability to grow legs and walk off.  Must be something 
>> in the platen crank gene that causes that to happen.  :-)
>>
>> Steve G./N4TTY
>>
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2012, at 12:24 AM, John Nagle <nagle at animats.com> wrote:
>>
>>  
>>>> On Jun 11, 2012, at 3:00 AM, John Nagle wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> I need to replace, or at least re-attach, the rubber platen
>>>>> on a Model 14 tape printer. Is there any suggested replacement?
>>>>>         
>>>     It turns out the rubber platen roller is fine.  It had become
>>> wrapped in several layers of old gummed tape, turned solid black
>>> by the ribbon.  Once the old gummed tape had been removed, and
>>> all the adhesive cleaned off (Q-tips and dish detergent) the
>>> rubber roller looked new, and this Model 14 now works.  I ran it
>>> for about an hour today on a bench at TechShop.
>>>
>>>                John Nagle
>>>
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