[GreenKeys] platen refurbishing

[Keith Lueck]

BTW, here's a link to the guy's site:

http://www.jjshort.com/typewriter-platen-repair.php

Real friendly and responsive folks.  Looks like this is only going to cost around $60.  

--- On Fri, 3/8/13, Steve Garrison <steve.n4tty at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Steve Garrison <steve.n4tty at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [GreenKeys] platen refurbishing
To: "'Keith Lueck'" <kwlueck at swbell.net>, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Date: Friday, March 8, 2013, 4:06 PM

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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