S N A P - S H O T S from the PROCESS of RESTORATION BURROUGHS CLASS-1 ADDING / BOOKKEEPING MACHINE The "BURROUGHS-LOCK" was removed - NO KEY necessary! BUT HOW to lift the GLASS-COVER ??? [1st] The "PRINTING-LEVER" has to be unhooked from back side ... ( This is possible when the crank is pulled & hold !) [2nd] Push the CRANK backward and pull it out of its axle. Now lift the GLASS-COVER. The PRINTING-UNIT is REMOVED because RUST & MISSING PARTS. After Cleaning & Oiling !LOOK! at this beautiful "Piece-Of-Engineering" ... The DISPLAY (= SubTotal ) shows 7 DIGITS ... BUT behind the cover are 9 FIGURE WHEELS ... ... The RIGHT 7 DIGITS show the CONTENT of the ARITHMETIC UNIT The LEFT 2 I N P U T FIGURES are used for printing an ID The MISSING REPEAT-Key ... ... is home-made out of a CABLE CLIP soldered on a BRASS WASHER, glued on a PLASTIC CHIP and covered by an INSULATION PIPE ... The STAND has down a HANDLE to choose ... either movable ON ROLLERS or FIXED ... The HINGE of the DOCUMENT-HOLDER was broken - Now HOME-MADE with a circular sheet-metal to cover the damaged wood area ... BELL & HAMMER of the PRINTING UNIT is missing ... ... the "Paper-End"-BELL can be made out of a LADLE ... PARTS of the the missing/broken HAMMER ... Now soldered a STEEL WIRE with a PUSH-PIN-TIP ... ... and this is a DETAIL VIEW of the restored unit ... The SCALE was loose & warped and had to be flattened by using an electric iron with low temperature - than glued in place. R E M A R K : To hold the PAPER-ROLL centered in the CARRIER's center position, the PAPER-ROLL-AXLE is made of DISTANCE PIECES with a WASHER: Back to the BURROUGHS BOOKKEEPING MACHINE Main Page impressum: ******************************************************************* © C.HAMANN http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann 01/04/13 |