[GreenKeys] Teletype Wheatstone morse code tape perforator

Mon, 10 Mar 2003 09:59:33 -0600

Chuck,

Machine looks to be in great shape!

Some trivia that goes along with this machine - it was originally a
Kleinschmidt Electric Company product, designed in the late 19 teens or
early 1920s. It Became part of Teletype Corp (merger of Morkrum and
Kleinschmidt) and looks to have been made into the 1940s. Perhaps some were
in diplomatic service as I have one with a Russian keyboard.

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "cswiger" <[email protected]>
To: "TTY Friends" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 6:25 AM
Subject: [GreenKeys] Teletype Wheatstone morse code tape perforator

> Gang -
> The Charlotte hamfest turned up a piece of WU Teletype
> gear, a morse code tape perforator, w/ manual and a half roll
> of 15/32" tape. The wooden cabinet is fair but the top was
> abused some with half the hinge knocked loose and a couple of
> sweaty beer can rings in the finish. But that protected the great
> looking black wrinkle iron inside, altho it has severe arthritis
> of the joints. It's mostly keyboard encoding with a big 115vdc
> solenoid to punch the tape. I see it encodes a 'dot' as one punch
> hole above the other, and a 'dash' as staggered holes. It also
> came with some letters, the previous owners attempts to chase down
> some rolls of oiled tape - I might proceed with an experiment to
> make a tape cutting jig out of wood and razor blades. Anyway
> pictures here:
>
> http://mail.schillernet.us/wheatstone/
>
>
> --Chuck
>
>
>
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