[GreenKeys] produce an oiling video?

[Chris Elmquist]

On Friday (01/23/2009 at 01:00PM -0500), Roy Morgan wrote:
>
> On Jan 23, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Chris Elmquist wrote:
>>
>> Do you guys ever think about making a video on how to oil / lube or  
>> for
>> that matter perform routine maintanence on the various TTY machines?
>
> There are, of course, manuals that give complete details on what to oil, 
> with what lubricant, and how often.
>
> For example I have a digital copy here of a WU publication (no. 1000-3  
> is the number on the front cover) called "M28/M35 Teleprinters -  
> Preventive Maintenance Routine".  It tells where to put every drop of  
> oil and bit of grease.

Right--  but it also probably refers to components in the machine by the
names that many of us new to the old technology have never heard before.
What is the such-an-such clutch or bail or pawl and when you can see a
person move from one point to another in an actual machine, I think those
things become much more obvious than they do looking at a 2D drawing or
still image.

My experience with the old manuals (or worse, copies of them) is that
images are very poor too and difficult to really make out where the
various locations really are in the real machine.

So, my thought was that a well done video (I'm talking something with
proper lighting and resolution) would be a real nice way to carry these
skills forward that many of you guys still have.

Chris

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Chris Elmquist
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