[GreenKeys] Model 28 will not do FIGS anymore

[DR HOUSE]

Could be a lubrication issue or a spring missing.
Front plates are relatively easy to take off and an be frustrating to  
put back on.
Put both typing units next to each other and look at each carefully in  
bright light.
You may see something different that might lead to a solution.

Patience... and good luck.

Don


On 24 Sep 2011, at 8:30 PM, tony j. podrasky wrote:

Hey Jim;

Thanx for the reply.

Just to keep it simple, the 28-KSR is my 60 WPM machine and works.
the 28-RO is my 100 WPM weather machine and it has the problem.

Jim Haynes wrote:
> Is this a machine with a keyboard?  So you can cut off power to the
> motor and turn it by hand and watch things in slow motion.

No - but I can put it onto the base with the keyboard.

> The first thing to see if is the LTRS-FIGS code bar is moving from
> side to side as it should.  On top of the stunt box, at the right
> end of the machine (as viewed from the front) are the three slots
> that do LTRS, FIGS, and unshift on space.  If you're copying weather
> I guess you want unshift on space disabled; otherwise it is nice to
> have turned on.  Anyway, you can see if the function bars for LTRS and
> FIGS are working when those characters are received, and if they
> are successfully moving the LTRS-FIGS code bar from side to side.

I put the 28-KSR machine back in the cabinet and did some
testing. The "S" (lowest) code bar is not moving on the 28-RO.
When I cycle the machine by hand and pull the "S" bar out, it does
go into FIGS. It seems to be a bit confused when I do that - like it
takes a couple of revolutions before it hits the correct spot on the
type box, but it could be that I am doing something illegal
(to the machine) since it normally would receive a FIGS and THEN a
character to print. Also, strangely enough, the 100 WPM machine goes
thru a complete cycle in just a couple turns of the motor whereas the
60 WPM takes a lot more turns. Yes, I realize that one is close to
twice as fast at the other but I don't think the amount of turns for
a complete cycle is 1/2 as much with the 100 WPM machine.

BTW - on the 100 WPM RO-base machine the "O" bar is sticking out. It
is not on the 28-KSR. Do you know what that does?

> If not, then you have that part of the machine to work on.  If so,  
> then
> the trouble is in the front plate mechanism.  You might look down  
> between
> the front plate mechanism and the code bars and look for the part that
> engages with the LTRS-FIGS code bar and be sure it is engaging.  BTW
> make sure the stunt box is fully seated in its position, that the  
> screws
> holding it in have not fallen out.
>
> If the trouble is in the front plate, well I don't have any  
> experience in
> fixing such things but it is fairly simple to take the front plate off
> so you can get into it.

Is taking it off going to mess-up any of the settings?

> Jim W6JVE

73,
tony


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Tony J. Podrasky | This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be
                  | seriously considered as a means of communication.
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