[GreenKeys] Model 33 CR LF

[Troy Peterson]

CR Problem solved! Moments after posting this...  I simply reduced the 
tension ever-so-slightly on the drive belt and now it returns back 
reliably and with authority every time.

Cheers,
Troy.


On 30/06/2022 12:14, Troy Peterson via GreenKeys wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Here's a video of the carriage return problem:
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6BkMjAAqsqo
>
> You can see that it returns very slowly and when I type 'W's it doesn't
> actually engage and move forward until the fourth keystroke, so the
> first 3 are overlapped on the page.  If I compress the spring a little
> by hand to make it shorter then it returns with much more authority and
> engages... I've checked and lubed everything I can see and the carriage
> seems to move pretty freely to me but maybe there is still something I
> missed and it's not free enough.
>
> Cheers,
> Troy.
>
> On 29/06/2022 16:39, Troy Peterson via GreenKeys wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Thanks to the replacement resistor for the tape reader from Wayne my
>> Model 33 is now completely running. The keyboard, printer, tape reader,
>> and punch all work and so does the current loop. Now I just have a
>> couple of final minor issues that I'm hoping you guys can help with.
>>
>> Firstly, the line feed sometimes gets jammed... It's somewhat random,
>> but the lever that pulls the cog down gets stuck after doing a line-feed
>> and so subsequent LFs don't work unless I jiggle the platen knob to free
>> it. This doesn't happen every time, only occasionally... I think I've
>> just got to look at that mechanism and work through it, but as far as I
>> can tell it's all freely moving and clean and properly lubricated...
>> Just thought I'd check to see if anyone here has any specific
>> suggestions to look out for.
>>
>> My other issue is with the carriage return. It's quite slow and doesn't
>> completely return on it's own without some help... I opened up the air
>> vent on the piston but that hasn't helped. Basically after a carriage
>> return if I type a couple of characters the carriage works it's way back
>> and re-engages but every time after a carriage return the first 3 or 4
>> chars are overlapped on the page before the mechanism re-engages and
>> moves correctly. I found that if I manually compress the carriage return
>> spring a little bit to make it stronger then the problem seems to go
>> away so I suspect my spring is somehow weak... Is there an adjustment
>> for it? I haven't been able to find any... Are there any other
>> suggestions, or do you think I need a new spring... in which case, does
>> anyone have a spare?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Troy.
>>
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