[GreenKeys] 28 motor repair

[Ethan Blanton]

John, W9DDD wrote:
> An impressive page.  It is a page I'm going to bookmark.

Thank you!

> The pictures of the inside of the motor are very useful.

Perfect, I was hoping so.

> I'm jealous of your answerback button.  Back in Teletype phase 1, I had a
> keyboard with it and you  could still order the parts, so I coded for my
> call sign.  Here I am 40 years later on phase 2, guess I'll have to cheat
> and use a microprocessor.  Actually if I can find the stepper I saw a couple
> of years ago in the garage and it's suitable, I can use it with the LD to
> accomplish the same. (I think I also have the kit for adding the Here Is
> button on a keyboard.  Will look strange on an RO?

At some later point I took a look at the answerback mechanism:

https://youtu.be/0A1a9rW_XRs

... and then later again built a code blade for it:

https://youtu.be/de1EGJAhytc

I was able to buy _almost_ all of the code blades I needed from Mr.
RTTY, but one of them (I seem to recall K?  I'm sure the video says)
was not in stock, and rather than breaking an unencoded blade, I sat
down with a dremel and "machined" one.

Ethan