[GreenKeys] Teletype Machine Model 32

[Pete Lancashire]

On the outside it is pretty clean, good so far.

BEFORE you turn it on

Take a look at the rubber cap that hits the type wheel, on 32's and 33's it
has a tendency to decompose. If it fails and falls
off the steel button that the cap snaps onto will hit the type wheel and
ruin it very quickly.

A piece of rubber tubing you cut a piece and slip over the arm will get you
started.

Next look for is oil vs rust, and if the grease on the gears etc is still,
well grease.

You don't need to go nuts but there are places that you need to make sure
are oiled, sinterted* *bearings, etc. before you
run it for more then a few seconds.

DO NOT USE WD40, 3-IN-1 etc.  Just a good grade light machine oil are good
to start with. Search the list for
recommendations. Just a warning .. lubricants are somewhat like a religion.


Then manually turn the motor using the fan cage, make sure the correct
rotation, about 20-30 full rotations, if it freezes
up don't think about power until you find out why. 32/33's are know for
jamming / freezing up.

Next, make sure power switch is off, plug it in, but be ready to unplug it
fast

I'll let someone else finish, got to get back to work ....

-pete

PS how about a few inside pictures ?





On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Meaghan Murphy <meg at meaghanmurphy.com>wrote:

> Hi Everyone!
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> I recently acquired a Teletype machine and I have been doing a little bit
> of research to learn more about it, and I found this newsgroup. If anyone
> would like to share their expertise, I would certainly appreciate it! From
> what I understand, assuming the machine is still in operable condition, I
> could hook it up to some sort of modified computer terminal and have it
> send and receive messages. Has anyone tried this? I know that I may have
> gone down the rabbit hole a bit with this, but I love that people are
> repurposing 40+ year old technology. Thanks in advance for your help!
>
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