[GreenKeys] The 37 arrives in Portland Oregon, a quick look

[Don Robert House]

Pete,

I have a second keyboard for my M38 that uses the same keytops and  
levers. Let me know which ones you need to replace.
Remember to always bolt the keyboard frame to something before  
removing the cover... else everything falls apart..!

Don


On 4 Jun 2014, at 9:56 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote:

Picked up at the freight depot  the 37 that I acquired from Potomac  
Metals in Va.

It has been a long day for me so just a few quick pictures and  
observations

https://plus.google.com/photos/111617808980322733757/albums/6021266239827424257

Overall they did a pretty good job of packing for a LTL shipment.  
Total weight was 305 Lbs.

It was to be scrapped if I had not worked out an acceptable offer.  
These guys do not keep stuff around long, they can't. I could not let  
it become breakage.

Here's what I see wrong so far

- Lots of oil coating all over, good no rust etc.

- As known the noise deadening foam is stuck to everything, going to  
be a real fun job to get cleaned up. The stuff is really nasty.

- There are parts bent and missing from the left side ribbon assembly  
Parts can be substituted and or temp parts fabricated. Blah ....

- There is a knurled fastener and maybe the nut assembly missing from  
the  position bar. Minor.

- Two key caps are starting to split. Minor again.

- the hinges for the top have parts missing and the top needs some  
'body' work to get it to align back up. Again I'll say minor but at  
some point the duct tape has to go !

- The thing that could be major is I found a plastic part sitting in  
the remains of the  foam  bits on the left side of the printer base.

That's it for now, time to hit the sack

-pete







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