10 Aug
2018
10 Aug
'18
10:24 p.m.
Pete Turnbull <pete(a)dunnington.plus.com> writes:
The Teletype manual definitely doesn't suggest
3-in-One oil and some
sources suggest it's too thick anyway. The manual in front of me
specifies two Western Electric part numbers for oil and grease.
A couple of decades ago, I got hold of a Teletype that sort of worked,
but was extremely unreliable. After studying that manual, and deciding
that the proper lubrication plan was too complex for my tastes, I just
turned the thing on with the top off, and emptied a spray can of CRC
5-56 into the mechanism while exercising the keyboard. It proceeded to
work well for my off-and-on use for several years after that.
-tih
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