Hello all you GreenKeyers,

This is my first post since discovering this fantastic group a few weeks ago (thanks to mr_rtty for telling me about this group)!!!

I too need ribbons for my two Teletype Model 43’s that I’m trying to get working for myself and my small telecom museum that I am the curator of here at Nokia (formerly Lucent Technologies/Alcatel-Lucent/AT&T/Bell Labs/Western Electric/Teletype).

I’ve just about exhausted every possible avenue of getting ribbons. I have one machine just about working but can’t see what it is trying to print. The ribbon has holes due to the previous owner, and I shattered the petrified reinking wheel just by touching it and trying to measure it.

I contacted many suppliers of dot-matrix cartridges hoping to find someone that has a 1/4” (6mm) x 39” (1000mm) ribbon so I can replace it but haven’t had any luck.

Michael Enkelis, I sure would like to buy a few of those cartridges that you printed so that I have a spare for each. I thought about learning how to create a 3D copy but that was farther down on my list... finding a replacement ribbon and reinking wheel is first.

So does anyone have a source of replacement ribbon and reinking wheel, or even a whole new cartridge???

THANKS for such a great network of experts on this forum keeping Teletypes alive!!!

Chuck Rehor

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 10:55 AM Mike Enkelis via GreenKeys <greenkeys@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
I have created a 3D printer ribbon cartridge for the model 43 and have extra that you can have.

Michael Enkelis
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Subject: [GreenKeys] Model 43 replacement ribbon ?
 
Hello folks,

Would anyone have a source for a replacement ribbon for the model Teletype model 43 please ?

Thanks in advance
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