Reviving and connecting an ASR33

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Mon Sep 22 12:52:54 2003

On Sep 22, 3:14, Tothwolf wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Ian Primus wrote:
>
> > The cover is cracked, but that isn't really a big deal. I should be
able
> > to glue it back together. What type of glue is recommended for
teletype
> > plastic? Just regular wacky glue, or some sort of epoxy?
>
> For ABS plastics, a Methylene Chloride based solvent works very very
well.
> (It does not work very well for ABS+PC blends, however. I seriously
doubt
> you have any ABS+PC in the ARS33 though, since it is a pretty modern
> plastic.)

I repaired mine with MEK. I believe Tenax 7R (which Robert Feldman
mentioned) is based on acetone, so it should be fairly similar.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Mon Sep 22 2003 - 12:52:54 BST

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