[GreenKeys] Damaged M15 typing unit...

[Pete Lancashire]

The "fun" part is when you offer a seller an extra $20 or $30 to do
additional packing/padding/etc and they
say not needed and the thing shows up with a couple wads of news paper and
a corrugated box that has
been used at least two other time.

Now days when a box like that shows up from shipper I take photos as I take
it apart. This summer I'm
going to add a clip on movie camera to my front porch and take movies and
start posting them on YouTube
with the Ebay item number and put the URL in the feedback.

I use to try to work with the sellers but only once has one even hinted at
making amends.

-pete






On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Kenneth Gartland <trnsrme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all...
>
> Repairing broken frames on M15 typing units is not as bad or difficult
> as one mite
> think...
>
> Back in the day (1967 thru early eighties), broken frames, legs etc. were
> often
> encountered...Shipping methods were probably as bad then as they are now!
>
> The cast iron front & rear legs are particularly vulnerable to
> breakage...They usually
> "Fracture" cleanly tho, and can be welded back together reasonably well
> with today's modern welding techniques...
>
> I have seen many repaired units come thru the shop...
>
> These days, a great product, JB weld (Original), which has been around
> a long time,
> is routinely used to repair such things...
>
> If using JB weld, it does set up fairly quickly, so it mite be an idea
> to place the
> typing unit on the base, without using the thumb screw hold down
> bolts, before it sets up to ensure proper alignment to base...
>
> The alumiunum cross bar can be "Welded" in a similar fashion...
>
> In closing, there may be some members who have a "Canabalized"
> typing unit from which you mite obtain a leg set...If not cast iron,
> the aluminum
> alloy ones are directly interchangeable...
>
> It wud be nice to salvage the typing unit if possible...
>
> Shipping is murder on these things...For example, despite detailed
> packing instructions to a seller re: the shipping of a complete M26KSR
> machine, the entire kbd base assembly was completely broken off behind
> the typing unit, which I had requested to be removed & packed separately...
>
> It is going to be a difficult repair, as the base metal on these machine
> is very
> thin and fractures easily...
>
> So, I sympathize with your feelings of receiving such a damaged machine...
>
> I am sure between us all, we have the resouces to help you out...
>
> Cheers & good luck!
>
> Ken VE3-HMQ
> i-Telex 61663
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