[GreenKeys] supplier for 1" oiled paper tape for M33?

[Pete Lancashire]

s/steep/steel/ ... sorry about that

-pete

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
wrote:

> >>I was always told to use the oiled  tape  when in a Teletype..
>
> There are two types of punch pins, hardened steep and carbide. Teletype
> used hardened steel and they need to be lubricated just like any steel puch.
>
> Carbide does not need to be lubricated and can even punch steel, it does
> wear but not as much as steel.
>
> If you put mylar (actually a sandwich of mylar and paper or mylar and
> aluminum) in a punch that has steel pins your punch's pins are toast and
> even
> the block (the stationary part) throat is worn to where even new pins will
> no longer work. It may take more than one roll to do it but it will.
>
> Not as bad as mylar but non lubricated paper will do the same thing, it
> just take a few more rolls to do damage, how many .. as far as I'm concerned
> less than one.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via
> GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> I was always told to use the oiled  tape  when in a Teletype..
>>
>> Back in the days of  old with our monster TALLY punch that wailed on
>> mylar as some unheard of speed it  would punch anything....
>>
>> But  yea..  we also  need to  find a source of oiled  tape I was always
>> told  for the Teletype machines...  ( correct me if I am in Error.Ed#
>> www.smecc.org
>>
>> In a message dated 11/8/2016 8:40:50 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>> samstinson at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> Looking for a supplier of 1" oiled paper tape for the M33. Previously I'd
>> found www.westnc.com as a vendor, but they now only carry un-oiled 1"
>> tape. I've seen sellers on ebay and elsewhere with as-is old stock, but
>> have heard it can be hit-or-miss if it's not been stored properly.
>>
>> West NC do carry oiled 11/16" tape - is this the correct stuff for an
>> M28-KTR and M14-ROTR? Currently we have several rolls of un-oiled tape, but
>> would like to be running the correct stuff through it - have only ran a few
>> dozens of feet of the un-oiled tape through in the process of
>> re-commissioning these machines.
>>
>> Also, West NC do still carry roll paper for page printers, but if someone
>> can recommend other suppliers as well, it would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
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