[GreenKeys] Model 28 FIXED!
Harold Hallikainen
harold at w6iwi.org
Sat Oct 2 19:06:03 EDT 2021
Congratulations! Next, I'll come over and we'll get it on the air!
Harold
On Sat, October 2, 2021 3:53 pm, Mike McAuley wrote:
> Wow! It's going now.Printing correctly! That little spring not being
> connected was causing all that.Only issue I see remaining now is that a
> few types are printing low, like the type box is not being lifted high
> enough.K, A, U, W and Q are printing low.Besides that, all I need to do
> now is change out some type pallets for more often used characters.For
> example mine has "7/8" instead of a comma. "1/8" instead of a
> colon...Thanks!!Mike
> -------- Original message --------From: John <john-koster at tx.rr.com> Date:
> 10/2/21 3:09 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Mike McAuley <mmcauley at cox.net> Subject:
> Re: Model 28 with a new problem
> I just confirmed there is a spring on mine. Hard to see back in
> there but it's there for sure.  I gotta go look at the chart some
> more to see if this makes sense, but if it's just sitting in the
> outer position and never in the back position, that will mess
> things up.
>
>
> On 10/2/2021 4:45 PM, Mike McAuley
> wrote:
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> Ok. Mine isn't 'connected' to anything really.
> No spring.
> Just floats between the upper & lower
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: John <john-koster at tx.rr.com>
> Date: 10/2/21 2:39 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Mike McAuley <mmcauley at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: Model 28 with a new problem
>
>
>
> Probably should have some spring tension holding it towards
> the rear and then is pulled forward by either the upper or lower
> slide. Â Kind of like an OR gate. Â I'd have to look at parts
> section to see if spring is involved.
>
> John, W9DDD
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> On Oct 2, 2021, at 4:26 PM, Mike McAuley <mmcauley at cox.net>
> wrote:
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> John, both upper and lower horizontal motion stop slides
> move in & out with the bellcrank.
>
>
> Is the common horiz. motion stop slide just
> supposed to be free floating between them?
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>
> Mike
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>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: John <john-koster at tx.rr.com>
>
> Date: 10/2/21 2:17 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Mike McAuley <mmcauley at cox.net>
>
> Subject: Re: Model 28 with a new problem
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>
>
> You get in and out motion on both slides? Â I guess that
> would have been too easy.
>
> John, W9DDD
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> On Oct 2, 2021, at 4:09 PM, Mike McAuley <mmcauley at cox.net>
> wrote:
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> That bell crank/rocker engages with just two of the
> bars right? 4 & 5?
>
>
> They're both engaged and appear to be
> operating
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>
> Mike
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: John <john-koster at tx.rr.com>
>
> Date: 10/2/21 1:58 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Mike McAuley <mmcauley at cox.net>
>
> Subject: Re: Model 28 with a new problem
>
>
>
> You may have missed getting everything in synch when
> replacing front plate
>
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> <omdllocpogmobglg.png>
> Number 5 code bar should control Lower Horizontal Motion
> Stop Slide. The bell crank not in the notch in the code
> bar.
>
> I think you can confirm this by manually moving the code
> bar and watching the slides. Chech #4 first to see how
> it's supposed to work?
>
>
> On 10/2/2021 1:54 PM, Mike McAuley wrote:
>
> So I got the code bar 3 issue fixed
> as far as I can tell. I can see all five code bars
> shifting back & forth.
>
>
> But now
> there is a new issue...
>
>
>
> A types as W
> E types as Z
> I types as P
> S types as Y
> U types as Q
>
>
> 3 types as quotation mark
> 7 types as 1
> 8 types as 0
> Dash types as 2
> STOP types as hashtag
> Spacebar types as H
> Line feed types as L
>
>
> Now I was sleuthing the bit codes
> for all those keys and from what I see, the common
> denominator is bit 5.
>
>
> On those keys, a bit 5 SPACE is
> being turned into a MARK. On other characters
> where bit 5 is *supposed* to be a Mark, they are
> typing fine.
>
>
> AND... it's not doing it on ALL the
> keys where switching bit5 from S to M would change
> the character. For example, typing C does not
> change to V.
>
>
> I can also see that these affected
> characters happen to lie in the center four
> columns on each side of the typebox (middle four
> for the FIGS section, & middle four for the
> LTRS section.)
>
>
> The bit 5 code bar is NOT stuck. I
> can see it freely running back & forth between
> M & S.
>
>
> So the question is: what could be
> causing a MARK to be sent on bit 5 in cases where
> it should be a SPACE?
>
>
> Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions
> appreciatedÂ
>
>
>
>
> 73s
>
>
> Mike
> KD7VRG
>
>
>
> --
>
> John Koster
> john-koster at tx.rr.com
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> --
>
> John Koster
> john-koster at tx.rr.com
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