Paper tape reader/punch restoration

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Fri Sep 6 07:16:00 2002

At 12:14 PM 9/6/2002 +0100, John Honniball wrote:
>What I need is a recommendation for finding teletype oil, or
>something similar to lubricate the mechanical parts of these
>machines. The oil on the machines at the moment seems to have
>got very sticky, and nothing moves freely any more.

As I recall from the (as you might imagine endless) conversations
on the Greenkeys RTTY mailing list, you'll do just fine with
any sort of synthetic heavyweight auto oil. Or a good 3-in-1 oil.
As you note, it's more important to clean and free those sticky
joints, and then use a real oil.

- John
Received on Fri Sep 06 2002 - 07:16:00 BST