Since the ASR 33 had been sitting in Tom’s basement for a few years I disassembled, cleaned and lubricated the Teletype before doing any testing.
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- Teletype ASR 33 mechanism before cleaning
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- Teletype ASR 33 being cleaned
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- Teletype ASR 33 cleaned cover
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- Teletype ASR 33 keyboard waiting to dry
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- Teletype ASR 33 typing unit waiting to dry
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- Teletype ASR 33 cleaned and lubricated
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- Teletype ASR 33 cleaned and lubricated
Below is a syringe I used to put very small drops of oil at the designated lubrication points. The syringe is made from plastic and I made the tip a lot smaller the following way:
- Put a screw into it’s to large tip.
- Held the screw by my finger tips.
- Carefully heated the tip using a gas fired, portable soldering iron with the torch tip attached and let the syringe slowly descend downwards and thereby stretching the tip making it much smaller.
