[GreenKeys] carriage return straps

[Nick]

Had two 15' with ripped carriage return straps lately.

Found a great fix :

The black rope we all love (what is it called, dacron or so) is performing excellent. I cut a piece of the medium size, took the core out, used my wifes iron and iron-board and some wax paper and flattened the rope. Installed the hardware at both ends and back in business. After many hours of printing, no sign so far of wear and tear.

I was also thinking about to make new straps out of spring steel. Haven't looked on the net yet for the right size - should/could work, right?

Nick - N0NCQ

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-------- Original message --------
From: Til128 at aol.com
Date: 4/27/17 1:02 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: creativegardening at hotmail.com, GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Sad ... even if was free

Hi all:

Looks like a LOT of work to me. I see among other things, the motor stop switch is missing - -

Lots of rust..stored in a damp area?
A bunch of spring replacements.
 Is the carriage return strap included? LOL

Tom

In a message dated 4/27/2017 12:43:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, creativegardening at hotmail.com writes:
Just wait, this seller will learn like all other ebay sellers. Most of them start very high, sometimes in the thousands and a month or two later you find the same item relisted for $99.99. And another month later, it will be sold for $50 !
For some reason, this particular machine doesn't look complete to me - well, what do I know, I am the rookie here.
Nick - N0NCQ



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-------- Original message --------
From: Steve Garrison <steve.n4tty at gmail.com>
Date: 4/27/17 12:21 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: 'Pete Lancashire' <pete at petelancashire.com>, 'Bob kb8tq' <kb8tq at n1k.org>
Cc: "'greenkeys at mailman.qth.net'" <Greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>, 'Roy Morgan' <k1lky68 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Sad ... even if was free

I sent him a note asking if he was serious on the price?   His reply: “Go shop somewhere else!”
Steve G./N4TTY
From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Pete Lancashire
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 12:17 PM
To: Bob kb8tq
Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net; Roy Morgan
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Sad ... even if was free

When did WU finally take them all out of service ?
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
Hi
Boy, for the price, I was already to go and then I noticed the “pick up only” :)
I’ll give the guy some credit. He did try pretty hard to describe a gizmo he knows absolutely nothing about.
Bob
On Apr 27, 2017, at 11:18 AM, Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com> wrote:
Jeff,

I like the part where he says:
Has 3 cords,
If it had four cords, I might buy it.
HAH!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/172645821514
--
Regards,
Roy
Roy Morgan
k1lky since 1958
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