[GreenKeys] Auction Score of Wheatstone Tape punch plus other M15/19 goodies

John Spigel w1an.dxusa at gmail.com
Sat Mar 30 14:52:40 EDT 2024


A couple weeks ago I posted an estate auction notice for an item that 
turned out to be a Teletype Corp. Wheatstone tape punch.  The auction 
was an hour and half drive away.  But after one phone call, an email and 
several back and forth texts with the auctioneer they agreed to let me 
know if there were no takers.  I didn't want it to go to the dump. Well 
a couple days later I got a text to come and get it! Anxiously last 
Tuesday my spouse and I took the road trip. I wanted to also see what 
other goodies were there as they claimed it came with boxes of parts!

What I ended up with was the bare KB punch and several hundred M15/M19 
parts in envelopes with 42-44 date codes. These turned out to be mostly 
duplicates of springs , screws and widgets, none of the key caps or 
anything of need at least for me. But, notably, I now have more than 2 
dozen M19 tape punch assemblies. These are part 111022, the drop-in 
replacement for 89504.  They mostly are boxed and wrapped in factory 
cellophane and will need some light oil to loosen up but they are new! 
If you have the need, I'll make 10 available, one per customer, for $10 
and that includes USA shipping. If few taker,s after a couple weeks, 
I'll ask Paul if they can help him keep the fires burning on the left 
coast. Might be worth shipping.

I can only speculate that what I ended with was what wouldn't fit on the 
truck when the good stuff was loaded. Wish I knew where that truck went!

73, John W1AN

BTW I am looking for the following:

One or two rolls of 2 level tape to try out my new punch!

Parts for M15/19 and 14TD
Key Caps Cushion-Spring:
     78961/99564 P0
     78951 F!
     78956 K(
     78948 C:
     78959 N, Quantity 2
Pallet
     74318 J'  To replace one that has a , not a ' (Probably a story to 
be told here.)
8539 Screw, Machine (to replace broken screw on shaft bearing, a common 
screw)
74885 Send Receive Lever
80437 (74913, & 74912) Drive Gear and Pinion Set for Synch 60cps 60wpm
117313 Spindle, Paper Roll, Adjustable

For TD
60cps synch motor gears 60wpm, 80166 and 80165? I think those numbers 
are right
89483 5.125" long rod, tape stop lever
93009 Brush




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