[GreenKeys] M33 Motor fan...

[Brad]

No the hammer moves but it does not actually strike the platen either in line or local mode.

 

Carriage return does not work.. it does exactly the same thing all the other keys do.

 

I don’t have any tape at the moment but I wonder if I could create some?

 

Right now the carriage is stuck over on the right.. every time I hit a key it rings the bell.  There’s no obvious movement of the gears that are supposed to drive it.

 

From: teletypeparts at comcast.net [mailto:teletypeparts at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 12:14 PM
To: Hodge, Brad <unclefalter at yahoo.ca>
Cc: Gartland, Kenneth <trnsrme at gmail.com>; GREENKEYS BULLETIN BOARD <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] M33 Motor fan...

 

Brad,

 

Putting the machine in Line mode without a computer or the like what you describe is normal.  Its called running open.  

 

Does the print hammer strike the platen when you are in Line mode?

 

Does the carriage return (CR) return the carriage and the line feed work when you depress LF?

 

I think I gave you a typewheel chart earlier, but here it is a again.  Quick check, CR is 1348 marking and LF is 2 and 4 marking or holes in the tape punch that corresponds.  Read left to right from the front.  A is 1 and 7 marking.

 

Put a length of tape in the tape punch and turn it on of course.  Also a piece of paper in the platen.  See if you are getting the characters that you type correctly.  You can use the type punch to see if you are getting characters correctly.  

 

You may be typing and printing correctly, just printing all the time.

 

No adjustments, just test and isolate.  

 

Turning the motor fan backwards a little should not have a big effect on the machine.  

 

Your 33 looks nice and clean and the motor and gears are quiet.

 

Visual, Visual, Visual.  Sorry.  Cant stress it enough.  

 

Wayne

 



 

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From: "Brad" <unclefalter at yahoo.ca <mailto:unclefalter at yahoo.ca> >
To: "teletypeparts" <teletypeparts at comcast.net <mailto:teletypeparts at comcast.net> >, "Kenneth' 'Gartland" <trnsrme at gmail.com <mailto:trnsrme at gmail.com> >
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Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2016 2:58:50 PM
Subject: RE: [GreenKeys] M33 Motor fan...

 

Oh and one other note… if I put the 33 in Line mode, it just endlessly and repeatedly does what you see there when I press a key in local mode. 

 

 

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