[GreenKeys] Model 14 restoration

[Duncan Brown]

Ralph,

The RPE is a 60 WPM machine and much larger than the high-speed BPRE.

Duncan

On 17-Mar-21 09:51, Ralph Irish wrote:
> Jim & Duncan, et al
>
> I saw one of the 'vertical machines' back in 1969 or 70.  I was told 
> it was a
> "BRPE" perf for high speed operation.  And, it also was a 'fully punched'
> arrangement.  I could have had it for probably fifty bucks, or so, but 
> just
> had no specific use for it.
>
> For duplicating picture tapes, it would have been a great machine.   
>  Looking
> back, I don't know if I missed out on a good thing or not.  But, at 
> that time,
> fifty bucks was a lot of money.  I was probably making around $14 per hour
> then. Fifty bucks was easily a month's worth of lunches at the plant 
> cafeteria!
>
> Thanks for the images and info.
>
> Ralph - W8ROI
>
> -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
>
> *From: *"Duncan Brown" <duncanancy at earthlink.net>
> *To: *greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> *Sent: *Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:35:16 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [GreenKeys] Model 14 restoration
>
>
> On 16-Mar-21 22:47, Jim Cooper wrote:
> >
> > How about the big, black, heavy
> > vertical one with the tape roll flat on
> > top that reperfed, but fully punched
> > the tape?   The tapes out of that were
> > perfect for sending and storing picture
> > tapes because they were fully perfed
> > and thus flat and wrapped up nice and
> > tight!
> Teletype Corp originally referred to that machine as the "Single Magnet
> Reperforator" (Bul. No. 147). I think it must have been Teletype Corp.'s
> first reperforator. It was also know as the "RPE" model. ("Single
> Magnet" refers to the fact that it was a Stop-Start, serial machine, as
> opposed to the synchronous machines that had 5 magnets.)
>
> It was typically used with the M19 and sat on a little dolly that rolled
> under the M19 desk.  There was a later version that had the same case,
> but had a M14 reperf inside.
>
> (pictures enclosed)
>
>
> > How many still know the 'pro'
> > way to wrap tape around your thumb
> > and fingers so that when it fed out from
> > the inside it did not twist up?
> For details on how to wind tape, see RTTY Magazine, OCT 1977 (enclosed)
>
> Have fun,
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
>
>
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