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Default how are preformed hoses made?

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They were print head hammer pads for a Teletype ASR33, little buttons that
snap over a steel mushroom on the hammer. The ink solvent slowly turns
them to mush....
jsw


Here is a real one:
http://bytecollector.com/images/2008...letype_005.jpg
Mine lacked the rim and were harder to pry off.

The rubber didn't last as long as factory ones, partly because I re-inked
old ribbons with stamp pad ink, but since I could pop them out as needed, it
didn't have to.


Thanks for the picture.
Interesting!

--Winston
 
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