Teletype Cover..

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat Apr 17 13:53:06 2004

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>
> Greetings all,
>
> Just received the teletype that I had purchased. If you all remember I had
> posted shipping concerns a while back. Guess what.....It was damaged in
> shipping!
>
> It looks like all of the functional parts are OK (I will be running tests
> and powering it up over the coming week) but the right rear corner of the
> main cover was trashed.

You might be able to repair it. It won't look as good, but it'll protect
the TTY (and prevent you from getting caught up in the works!).

First find a solvent for the plastic. Dichoromethane (methylene chloride)
is often suitable. It should soften the surface of the plastic if brushed
on (try this inside, obviously).

Then put the hits together a few at a time, and run a brush dipped in the
solvent along the cracks. This will stick them together,

Take a pice of fabric. Cotton seems to work well (handkerchief, old
shirt, etc). When I needed this, my mother draged me into a sewing shop,
dived into a box of offcuts and pulled out something costing 50p (IIRC).
It worked fine, and I've got plenty left for other jobs. Anyway, cut a
piece of this fabric to cover the inside of the broken area, with an
overlap onto good, unbroken, parts of the cover.

Put it in place and brush it with the solvent. Press it into the softened
plastic. Let it all dry. The result is normally pretty strong.

-tony
Received on Sat Apr 17 2004 - 13:53:06 BST