[GreenKeys] Spacing Was: M28 Troubleshooting Question

[Cory Heisterkamp]

Well, well, no shortage of options here, thanks a lot!

You know, a black or brown crinkle finish might look pretty sharp with
those red lenses lit.  I don't think I've ever seen one in Cherry Red.
Somebody might mistake it for a miniature Coke machine!  -Cory


On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Steve Garrison <steve.n4tty at gmail.com>wrote:

> The paint schemes available are on page "J" of Change II of the 1149B
> Bulletin (or page 12 in my PDF copy), if anyone is interested.****
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> Steve G./N4TTY****
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> *From:* greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *Cory Heisterkamp
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:28 AM
> *To:* greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] Spacing Was: M28 Troubleshooting Question****
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
> Cory****
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> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Cory Heisterkamp <
> coryheisterkamp at gmail.com> wrote:****
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> 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.
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> Of course it's in one of those 'how am I going to get to it' spots and is
> a multi-function part.
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> Did my last pic make it? If so, I've got a snapshot.  -Cory****
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> On May 3, 2013, at 7:08 PM, David Christ <radioham at mchsi.com> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > My best guess of what is happening.
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