[GreenKeys] [External] ASR - 33 keyboard questions

[Jeff G]

I went and found the vids:

Here's the keyboard video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkB5YRpSWnI

And here's the link to the entire Model 33 series - he battles a LOT of
problems with his 33: https://www.curiousmarc.com/mechanical/teletype-asr-33

Jeff

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 4:22 PM Jones, Douglas W <douglas-w-jones at uiowa.edu>
wrote:

> From: WAYNE [teletypeparts at comcast.net] -- Tuesday, March 15, 2022 3:06 PM
>
> > I sent Troy some kybd pics and will try to help him.
>
> The help you gave me when I had my 33 keyboard apart was very important.
> Thanks.
>
> > His problem is the classic kybd problem with new owners.  The machine
> doesnt type correctly so they take the kybd apart and the side frames
> spring out.  Difficult to get that reset lever back in correctly.
>
> Right.  I had mine apart to replace a broken contact block and quite a few
> keycaps.  Tightening a few loops of 22 gauge telephone wire around the end
> frames before unscrewing the keyboard from the base was a very important
> trick.  That kept it from springing apart into loose pieces prematurely and
> allowed me to keep all the parts in place and in order while carefully
> removing pieces for repair, one at a time.
>
> The two things that gave me the most trouble were the repeat key and, when
> reinstalling the keyboard, hooking the H-lever in without accidentally
> knocking some of the return springs off of the bottoms of the key levers.
> I'd get everything just right, I thought, but some keys would stick down
> when you pressed them because they'd been knocked off their springs.  (leaf
> spring fingers, one per key).  Eventually, I figured out how to put a
> spring back in place using long skinny probes without removing the keyboard
> or H-lever.
>
>               Doug
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