[GreenKeys] SMECC NEEDS PADS OF TELEGRAM FORMS FOR DISPLAY WU AND RCA Bot...

Sat Nov 26 21:23:21 EST 2016

I thought about getting one of these to try.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EBR40-Type-R40-1-5V-Battery-EN6-HO40-906AC-Ignitor-FREE-SHIPPING-/222274089233?hash=item33c0917111:g:ED4AAOSwNRdX97Dz

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 8:59 PM, Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via
GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Yes nice label!
> But when did they discontinue
> those large dry cells?
>
> In a message dated 11/26/2016 6:51:40 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com writes:
>
>     I thought this was an actual battery until I looked a second time.
> Very nice job. Those No.6 cells were used in a lot of places, too bad
> they aren't made any more. All those wood crank telephones had a couple
> of cells in them, I remember them being changed out. Gray colored. Also
> in Navy battle lanterns, General Radio 650-A bridges and, of course, for
> the glow plugs on model airplanes.
>
> On 11/26/2016 5:22 PM, Nick wrote:
> > You could make the slip-over out of PVC pipe and an attractive vintage
> > looking label like I did for my Western Union self-winding clock.
> > Attached is a pic.
> > By the way, the clock came from Dan Beach in FL. It was a fun
> > restoration project. I really enjoy the clock, especially when the
> > self-winding mechanism kicks in every 20 min.
> > Nick N0NCQ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
> >
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys
> > <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: 11/26/16 7:41 PM (GMT-05:00)
> > To: jhhaynes at earthlink.net, mail at studio8h.com
> > Cc: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] SMECC NEEDS PADS OF TELEGRAM FORMS FOR DISPLAY
> > WU AND RCA Bot...
> >
> > Jim - or perhaps make  some sort of slip on cover  for the glue stick
> > that give it a vintage look!
> >
> > In a message dated 11/26/2016 3:58:48 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> > jhhaynes at earthlink.net writes:
> >
> >     On Sat, 26 Nov 2016, Studio8H wrote:
> >
> >     > I suspect that printing up a new supply for Greenkeyers might run
> >     afoul
> >     > of Trademark laws, since WU is still a going concern
> >     Possibly, altho the man who sent me some reproduced old forms years
> ago
> >     didn't seem to worry about it.  And if they don't use the current
> W.U.
> >     logo, and are reproduced from back when Walter Marshall was president
> >     they might be safe.
> >     >
> >     > When someone comes up with a gummed tape (preferably in WU yellow),
> >     > he/she値l be a hero to many of us!
>
> >     >
> >     Or an alternative way to gum the tape down.  I was thinking of
> >     filling the
> >     tape moistener with mucilage, but that would just gum jup the felt
> after
> >     a short time.  One could pass the tape over a glue stick almost
> hidden.
> >     Other ideas?
> >
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