[GreenKeys] Teletype ribbon reverse

[Raymond Cote]

Instead of the knot in the ribbon, I short pop rivet works FB in the riht place near the end. 

On Apr 23, 2013, at 18:41, "Duncan Brown" <duncanancy at earthlink.net> wrote:

> To be clear, all teletypewriters made by Teletype Corp (at least M28 & older) use an eyelet near the end of the ribbon to push an arm next to the ribbon spool to reverse.  If your ribbon doesn't have a eyelet, just tie a knot in the end of the ribbon - works fine!
> 
> Teletypewriters made by Kleinschmidt for the military (eg TT-4, TT-98, TT-76, etc) had a special ribbon spool with a hole on the inside where an arm sensed lack of ribbon. Since these ribbon spool assys are no longer available, you must keep the old Kleinschmidt spool and wind a new ribbon on to it.
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
> 
> 
> 
> On 23-Apr-13 16:14, tony.podrasky wrote:
>> Hey Richard & al;
>> 
>> AFAIK every Teletype machine you might have a chance of owing
>> uses the eyelets.
>> 
>> I once bought a box of ribbons and found out that they didn't
>> have eyelets - so I put a 4-40 screw thru the ribbon and tightened
>> a 4-40 nut onto it. Worked fine.
>> 
>> UE,
>> W6ESE - tony
>> NNNN
>> ZCZC
>> 
>> 
>> On 04/23/2013 11:55 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>>>     I am not very experienced with Teletype machines.  What sort of
>>> ribbon reverse mechanism do they use?   Some typewriters require the
>>> ribbon to have an eyelet at each end to operate the reversing lever and
>>> some rely on increased tension on the ribbon as it comes to the end.
>>> The latter require the ribbon to be fixed firmly to the spools. Since
>>> ribbons come both ways its important to know if you are shopping for
>>> replacements.
>>> -- 
>>> Richard Knoppow
> 
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