Most hammers are mush and need to be replaced. If you have an original hammer you risk damaging the print cylinder
On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM Mike Katz via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you. > > The hammer is intact and seems to be usable for now. > > I have joined the greenkeys mailing list and I waiting for my message > there to be approved. > > I have also contected the RTTY king about the parts. > > On 6/3/2025 3:12 PM, Michael Thompson via cctalk wrote: > >> > >> Also, don’t try to print without the rubber print hammer, the typeface > >> metal is softer than the metal of the print hammer, and without the > rubber > >> hammer in place you will quickly flatten out the letters. A small piece > of > >> vinyl tubing can work as a temporary substitute. > >> > >> Frank > >> > > The people on the Greenkeys forum > > <https://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys> have remade the TTY > > hammers. > >
