[GreenKeys] [External] ASR - 33 keyboard questions

[Jones, Douglas W]

From: WAYNE [teletypeparts at comcast.net] -- Tuesday, March 15, 2022 3:06 PM

> I sent Troy some kybd pics and will try to help him.

The help you gave me when I had my 33 keyboard apart was very important.  Thanks.

> His problem is the classic kybd problem with new owners.  The machine doesnt type correctly so they take the kybd apart and the side frames spring out.  Difficult to get that reset lever back in correctly.

Right.  I had mine apart to replace a broken contact block and quite a few keycaps.  Tightening a few loops of 22 gauge telephone wire around the end frames before unscrewing the keyboard from the base was a very important trick.  That kept it from springing apart into loose pieces prematurely and allowed me to keep all the parts in place and in order while carefully removing pieces for repair, one at a time.

The two things that gave me the most trouble were the repeat key and, when reinstalling the keyboard, hooking the H-lever in without accidentally knocking some of the return springs off of the bottoms of the key levers.  I'd get everything just right, I thought, but some keys would stick down when you pressed them because they'd been knocked off their springs.  (leaf spring fingers, one per key).  Eventually, I figured out how to put a spring back in place using long skinny probes without removing the keyboard or H-lever.

              Doug