I finished giving the Model 15 and table a new paint job, which turned out really well.
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This is the teletype table. It had this supposed felt pad to keep vibrations under control (see center picture). What ever this material was, it pretty much crumbled to bits. Interestingly enough, it has "June 22, 1960" stamped on it. So the teletype was likely made then.
Model 15 Restoration: keyboard painted, put back together and lubricated. This part is ready to go.
It's a very clever device. There are 5 levers that extend below the top which get set by each key press. It's all done with notches in bars. These levers represent the Bardot code for each character (similar to ASCII binary codes used in your computer). Then the little rotating shaft sends these out serially by moving the hook like pieces one at a time. Elegant. Model 15 Teletype Restoration: These cleaned up really well with some Spray Nine degreaser and water. I'm impressed. They were originally filled with hardened grease, old oil and gunk.
Today I decided to start the restoration of my Model 15 Teletype. This is a neat machine that was in production from 1930 to 1962 or so. It is entirely electro-mechanical. First step is to take it all apart and clean all the gunk off of it. Then oil and re-assemble the mechanical parts. I also may paint some sections as appropriate.
I picked this teletype up at a garage sale back in July 2019. In October of that year I was thinking of getting this thing working, but I just did not get around to it. Now two years later it is time to give this baby a try. Fortunately there is a lot of documentation on the internet, and Curious Marc did a similar restoration on a Model 19 which is essentially the same machine. Had Alex's friend Mitchell o some welding on the forge so we can vent the smoke and gases once my new shed is built. We did a test fire at the end to see if it would draw. It did, even with about 5 ft of stove pipe on top.
Restored this old 1920's Tungar 6V battery charger, which I picked up at a garage sale a few weeks ago. This will be a nice addition to my antique radio collection. It also can be used to charge my Model A battery up too. It uses a unique Tungar vacuum tube as a rectifier or diode.
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AuthorCharles Baetsen holds a Bachelor and a Master's degree in Engineering Physics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Archives
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