[GreenKeys] sneak peek of the secret project

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Gil and All -

To me, one of the coolest things in RTTY land was watching a Model 15 (with the cover off) receiving RYs!!! Those vanes flipping back and forth are like nothing else!!!

Even a Model 28 with the selector bars sliding back and forth is not near as cool as those vanes flipping up and down!!!!

Tim Swarthout, WA5QEG


-----Original Message-----
From: gil <gil at baudot.net>
To: COURYHOUSE <COURYHOUSE at aol.com>; greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: kim <kim at gothamcitymotors.com>; charles <charles at gothamcitymotors.com>; caksr <caksr at me.com>
Sent: Fri, Mar 8, 2013 3:47 pm
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] sneak peek of the secret project


Yes, there is a nice black crinkle bat-cover, which will be in place for demos to the kids.   The cover was off for the initial demo to Kim, since watching the M15 mechanism is so very cool.  


The cover-off problem is not the snagging a finger issue as much as the high voltage on the terminal strip.


I have considered making a plastic cover for an M15, and John Nagle's stuff is inspiring, but I don't want to try working with a brass skeleton.  I am thinking of a wood skeleton though, with plastic sheets retained in routed grooves.  A nice cherry, or mahogany perhaps, finished with a dozen coats of highly-polished tung oil...


gil




gil smith
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] sneak peek of the secret project
From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com
Date: Fri, March 08, 2013 2:23 pm
To: gil at baudot.net, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Cc: kim at gothamcitymotors.com, charles at gothamcitymotors.com,
caksr at me.com

     
gotta love it!  This is  COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
 
Glad to see  people  putting their tty skills   to use  for the good of mankind!
 
 
 
one  comment though  with the open mech  just a little  afraid  some   kid  will want to feel the mechanism....  and snag  goes the  finger.....
 
 
 
A  clear  Lucite  housing in order perhaps?!
 
 
 
I  have to worry about  stuff  like this at the  SMECC museums  well as   any of  our offsite  displays  as  well...  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/8/2013 2:01:36 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, gil at baudot.net writes:
 
 
Hey folks:
 


 
Commissioner Gordon has authorized a limited amount of secret project information to be leaked to the press.
 


 
News flash:  Bat-Tronics Industries, a division of baudot.net, has just delivered a Teletype Model 15 to the batcave.  The Bat-Teletype will enhance batcave communications in the fight against evil.

 


 
Bruce Wayne, a prominent Phoenix businessman, has for years been providing special days for terminally-ill children by inviting them to take a ride in his batmobile with a parent at the wheel.  More recently, he has been exhaustively re-creating the batcave at an industrial park in Phoenix.  Kids now enter into Mr. Wayne's study, lift open the Shakespeare head, press the big button, and the bookcase slides open.  Entering through the bookcase and sliding down the pole they arrive at the batcave, which has more vintage electronics than I do (and I have a lot).  Next to all the vital batcave equipment, the batmobile sits on a rotating platform.  Adjacent to the cave is Mr. Wayne's car collection.  As I understand it, over a hundred kids have been through the bat-experience.  Sadly, not all of the children are still with us, but their spirits fill the cavernous batcave.  The full story at:   http://gothamcitymotors.com
 


 
The attached pics:  
 
- a sneak-peek at the batmobile (just a peek)

 
- Mr. Wayne's assistant Kim prints out the first official batcave communique
 
- Gil's mom Minnie assists with the delivery

 


 
Stay tuned for the next episode...

 


 


 
gil smith
greenkeys moderator
gil at baudot.net
www.baudot.net
Vaux Electronics: 480-354-5556




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