[GreenKeys] Spacing Was: M28 Troubleshooting Question

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no... just  advise her   the living  room  needs  to be  re  color  matched 
to   match the  28   ( and then run like    real fast <grin!>)
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/29/2013 8:28:02 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
coryheisterkamp at gmail.com writes:

Just wanted to give the group an update. I was able to obtain a  
replacement part from Paul, (aka Mr_RTTY) and found some time Monday to make  the 
necessary repair. Lots of fun with c-clips, springs and linkages, but it's  all 
back together and running great! The spacing is now consistently smooth.  Of 
course my ITTY decoder is now on the blink so I have nothing to print.  
Parts are on the way.

Next step is to find someone to media blast the  M28 cabinet. What 
"authorized" colors did they originally come in? Might be  tough to find something 
"living room friendly".  LOL.

Thanks,
Cory



On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Cory Heisterkamp 
<_coryheisterkamp at gmail.com_ (mailto:coryheisterkamp at gmail.com) > wrote:

Found it!  Problem is, it's what you might call a  hardware failure. 
There's a bracket that supports the pivot that plays a  part in positioning the 
type box that fatigued and broke away from its  fastener. It's semi-captive 
because of where it's buried but it appears that  when the type box is 
required to line up for B,G,O, the angle is such that  play in the mechanism is at 
it's max and the whole type box moves out of  alignment. For the other rows 
it's either over center or under center of  it's pivot.

Of course it's in one of those 'how am I going to get to  it' spots and is 
a multi-function part.

Did my last pic make it? If  so, I've got a snapshot.  -Cory


On May 3, 2013, at 7:08 PM, David Christ <_radioham at mchsi.com_ 
(mailto:radioham at mchsi.com) >  wrote:

> The picture helps a ton.  It is now obvious what is  going on but I don't 
know why.  The three letters that are misaligned  are B G and O.  When you 
look at the position of these letters you will  find that they are all in 
the rightmost row of the typebox when viewed from  the front of the machine.  
Note that D is one row to the left of B.  Tells me that the typebox is slow 
in positioning to the rightmost row  or held back somehow.  I wonder if 
there is a little binding or  something that is slowing down the positioning of 
the typebox.  Make  sure that you are not using too heavy a lubricant.  Oil 
not grease and  a light oil at that.
>
> My best guess of what is  happening.
>
>  David










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