[GreenKeys] New to teletypes

[Glenn Little]

To remove the rust, use evaporust, available at hardware stores an farm 
stores.
It will dissolve the rust without removing any of the unrusted metal.
Wash the piece in water, dry and spray with silicone oil to protect the 
metal.
Works wonders.

Glenn
WB4UIV

On 5/23/2026 12:33 AM, Christian Tobar via GreenKeys wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just joined this list a couple of days ago. I was recently given a 
> model 33 ASR teletype. Unfortunately, it's in pretty horrible 
> condition - most of the parts are badly rusted and I'm sure the entire 
> machine is completely seized up. But I'm going to try to restore it. 
> Well, try at least! I figure I have nothing to lose, it can't get any 
> worse! I've already started to disassemble some of the easily 
> accessible parts and cleaned and reassembled them. I'm actually 
> starting to make a little bit of progress and it's looking a little 
> better.
>
> I'm completely new to teletypes. I had heard of them before, but never 
> used one or even seen one in real life until now. I saw pictures and 
> videos of them and I was fascinated with the idea of a mechanical 
> machine that could send typed messages before computers were in wide 
> use. I've been wanting a teletype for a while, and I finally got one! 
> But it's going to be a huge project to fix/restore it. So I'm sure I'm 
> going to have a lot of questions to ask here!
>
> For the moment though, I just wanted to kind of introduce myself and 
> say I'm glad I found this community!
>
> - Chris Tobar
>
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