[GreenKeys] M28ASR perf question

[W2HX]

>Most likely the transfer bars from the keyboard to the perf ...  best to get the adjustment manual and run thru them before anything else.

Question. Are these the same transfer bars used to actuate the printer? The printer works fine from the keyboard. So could the problem be how the reperf is bolted down to the plate, maybe it was bolted down slightly off kilter? Could it be that simple? Again, I'm hoping that because when I type and the printer prints the character perfectly from the keyboard, maybe the keyboard transfer bars are aligned ok?

> Usually there is a cover over the punch block which guides the confetti into a chute going to a chad box, which gets emptied by you when it gets full.
Anyone have some pictures of this? I don't see much room in the cabinet for a chad box, but maybe I'm not looking at the right area?

> finding the sticky transfer bars is probably the first thing you ought to do ... then you will have a working punch, and if you decide to swap for another reperf the keyboard bars will already be set up.
Ok, so this makes me think you are saying the problem may be with just the keyboard transfer bars and not the interface of those bars to the reperf? You seem to indicate that putting in another reperf would likely have the same problem.

Thanks for all the comments!

73 Eugene W2HX
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Cooper <jim.w2jc at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 5:24 PM
To: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>; GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] M28ASR perf question

On 27 Feb 2022 at 21:34, W2HX wrote:

>   1.  Are the sticking bits most
> likely an issue with the perf
> mechanism or the keyboard levers? If
> it is the keyboard, then a new
> perforator wouldn't help fix it

Most likely the transfer bars from the keyboard to the perf ...  best to get the adjustment manual and run thru them before anything else. 

>   2.  What is involved in swapping a perforator? Hard? Easy?

relatively easy.  Though with the KT bars from the keyboard, you will have the same problem with getting them aligned and non-binding.

>   3.  Where do the chads go with a
> full chad unit? How are the chads
> emptied? Are there any modifications
> I would need to my cabinet? Anyone
> have a video on this? 

Usually there is a cover over the punch block which guides the confetti into a chute going to a chad box, which gets emptied by you when it gets full. 

> I guess I could attempt to find the
> cause of the sticking bits, but if I
> really want a full chad unit, why
> not just replace it. Would seem the
> path of least resistance. But open
> to ideas. 

finding the sticky transfer bars is probably the first thing you ought to do ... then you will have a working punch, and if you decide to swap for another reperf the keyboard bars will already be set up. 

w2jc