[NFBCS] Free Braillers

[Lewis Wood]

Watched a 5 part video, will give it another try.  Keeping your email for futer contact.

Lewis Wood
lewislwood at gmail.com

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Greg Kearney via NFBCS
Sent: Sunday, March 5, 2023 2:25 PM
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Cc: Greg Kearney <gkearney at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Free Braillers

Shipping should be free. They can be mailed "Free Matter for the Blind".

IF you don't find a home for them, I'll take them I can generally repair such items.

Greg Kearney

> On Mar 5, 2023, at 12:02 PM, Lewis Wood via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>  Last year I came across these Perkins braillers.  All 5 have some issue or other.
>  I thought I could possibly analyze them and maybe get 3-4 working.  I just do not have the time or expertise in braillers to make this happen.
>  Only one works, but I had to remove the hood to get it to feed the paper perfectly.
> 1 has a character advance problem, everything works.
>  Other 3 lockup total, and 1 has won’t let you load paper.
>  If you want just a dyno label brailler, I think 4 of them will work perfect for that.  Simply pu8rchase a dyno lablel holder for Perkins.  I hot mine from Maxi-aids. Works great.
>  Just pay for shipping please.  They are metal and mostly heavy.
>  I just cannot bear the though of trashing them or metal recycling them.
>  Lewis Wood
> lewislwood at gmail.com
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