[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15

[William Ward]

Thanks John.  This machine has seen better days, to be certain.  I don't have enough experience to know whether it makes sense to replace it outright or repair it, but at a minimum I could use two bell cranks.  We used epoxy to repair the front frame member where the cranks and vanes mount - and it seems to be stable.  There is talk of either drilling and tapping those feet or outright welding them.  We have a sister collective nearby, The Madagascar Institute, which is equipped in both skills and gear for this sort of welding.

We do not have a typing unit, this is an old United Press rig, so it was used strictly for receiving.  Everything else is in reasonable shape as best I can tell (but I am extremely new to this.)

Bill
KD4ISF


On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:17 PM, John Nagle wrote:

>> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:13:04 -0600
>> From: Don Robert House <k9tty at dls.net> ....
>> Oh by the way I have an absolutely rusted out model 15
>> (picked up locally, I don't know why) but if anyone needs a model 15
>> part I could probably supply
>> the part (cleaned) before throwing the machine out.  Its pretty bad. 
> 
>   I'd like to put you and William Ward in NYC in touch with each
> other.  Ward has been restoring a Model 15 for an exhibit, and his had
> been dropped and damaged.  He's had to make parts out of copper tubing, and
> weld the frame.  So he could use some Model 15 spare parts.
> Maybe the whole machine; someone ought to have one around
> as a parts bank.
> 
> William Ward <wwward at gmail.com>
> k9tty at dls.net
> 
> 				John Nagle
> 
>