[GreenKeys] platen refurbishing

[Steve Garrison]

Please do keep us appraised!  Maybe you have hit on the magic bullet.  Hope
he is around for a few years more.

 

Steve G./N4TTY

 

From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Lueck
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 4:16 PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [GreenKeys] platen refurbishing

 


Hello all -

I'm having the platen on my M15 re-covered.  It was rock hard, and the type
bars were perforating the paper, even when I backed the typing force
adjustment as much as possible.  The guy doing the restoration says that the
platen currently measures a 100 Shore-A, which is the same as "modern" (lol)
Selectric typewriters.  He says older typewriters used a 90 Shore-A
material, but claims that the softer material could allow perforation of the
paper and ribbon, which is exactly the problem I'm having now...  

Does anyone have an opinion on this?  

I'll keep you all apprised of how this works out...  His prices seem pretty
reasonable.  

Thanks,

Keith

 

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