[GreenKeys] "New" machines in the stable - seeking information

[Pete Lancashire]

The Creed's condition is amazing !

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Per Jensen <admin at zapro.dk> wrote:

> Hi group.
>
> I was lucky to come by two "new" machines for my collection of Teleprinters
>
> A fine Siemens T1000 RO and a Creed 7B/CTK will join my two Siemens T37
> and the Olivetti T2-CN in collection.
>
> Now to the questions:
>
> Can i retrofit a keyboard to the T1000 RO? There seems to be extra
> connectors on it’s mainboard for keyboard, auto answer etc - but i miss
> documentation & schematics to be sure. Is there a service manual in
> existence that has schematics so i can see how to put together a keyboard
> for this?
> As a RO it is of very little interest to me, so converting it to be able
> to send would make it much more useful.
>
> Now to the Creed 7B.
> It needs a total restoration - it’s not rusty, but a lot of the “white”
> metal parts has this white fuzzy covering - i guess it’s the
> cadmium-coating corroding because it has seen some moisture in the air.
>
> It seems to do both printing and perforation in the tape (i’ve just run it
> by hand for now) - is there any way to turn off perforations and only print
> on the paper tape?
>
> I want to take off the keys and clean them one by one - the top of the
> keys is a presumably a brass ring with 4 tabs folded down under the
> key-body. Under the ring there is a sheet of clear plastic which under is
> the printed text. Quite a lot of them has sucked in some oil so i want to
> clean them - is it safe to un-bend these tabs, or will they just break if i
> try?
>
> The 7B came with a big (!) sound proofing box. The top of the box is
> partly hinged so it can be opened for adjustment on the paper path. It has
> holes to feed in paper and to feed paper out. Is it original? It does not
> bear the Creed-logo or any type designation, but it does have this black
> “crinkly”-paint that was classic at that time.
>
> My standard go-to solution to fix old stuck mechanics is a partly
> teardown, soaking parts in a mix of turpentine and mineral oil - it has
> worked perfectly on the old T37 and T2 machines, but i’m not sure about
> painted parts - it may strip the paint- any advice on this?
>
> With the two machines i also got some keys. There are the tubular kind
> from Chicago Lock co. - do they have any use in Teletype-systems? because i
> can’t find any key-holes on the machines i got.
>
> Some pictures of the stuff that i got: https://www.dropbox.com/
> sh/gneu0qyg0ifwefm/AADvssdhaehMJo_5zl_MyCrqa?dl=0
>
> That was a lot of questions for now, and i hope that you will be able to
> help me do something useful with these machines.
>
> Regards,
> Per.
>
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