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31-7-2017 08:28:24  #1


1913 Royal 'Flatbed' Model 5 - broken ribbon vibrator

So yesterday I picked up a Royal Model 5 at a flea market. It works well and even has some apothecary keys! Now for the trouble. Somehow I missed the bent ribbon vibrator (bent to the left, blocking the print point.) So, carefully I bent it back in place, but I could tell that I better not touch it again.
Unfortunately, it did eventually break and I was wondering if anyone has ever fixed a ribbon vibrator before?
Right now, I have a bent paper clip holding the ribbon so that it does not get tangled and it is working okay, but I would really like to try and fix it.

Thanks in advance. OliverNo.9

 

31-7-2017 08:30:23  #2


Re: 1913 Royal 'Flatbed' Model 5 - broken ribbon vibrator

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31-7-2017 10:23:53  #3


Re: 1913 Royal 'Flatbed' Model 5 - broken ribbon vibrator

Unless you have the required welding (or in this case brazing) skills and equipment, your best bet would be to take the vibrator to someone who does.


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31-7-2017 14:57:04  #4


Re: 1913 Royal 'Flatbed' Model 5 - broken ribbon vibrator

Uwe wrote:

Unless you have the required welding (or in this case brazing) skills and equipment, your best bet would be to take the vibrator to someone who does.

Uwe, thank you for the advice. I will look into it. You wouldn't happen to know how to get the ribbon vibrator out of the machine?
Thanks again. OliverNo.9

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31-7-2017 15:52:51  #5


Re: 1913 Royal 'Flatbed' Model 5 - broken ribbon vibrator

This guy has a guide to disassembling the Royal 5.


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01-8-2017 02:43:28  #6


Re: 1913 Royal 'Flatbed' Model 5 - broken ribbon vibrator

You will need to find someone who is skilled at soft-soldering once you have removed the ribbon vibrator.  Brazing or Silver-Soldering requires higher temperatures (red heat) and the thin metal might not take it very well.  Soft-soldering isn't strong enough in itself to mend a break like that, but if a steel splint (for instance cut from a tin can) is soldered across the crack (assuming that it will not catch on anything when the vibrator is fitted back into the machine) it will be plenty strong enough and practically invisible.  I repaired an Imperial Good Companion ribbon vibrator this way last month and it worked very well.  I do stress that you need to find someone who knows what they are doing.  It is a tricky thing to solder !

 

02-8-2017 00:33:11  #7


Re: 1913 Royal 'Flatbed' Model 5 - broken ribbon vibrator

Hi Oliver

​Another option that I've seen for repairing or fusing thin steel together is laser welding. Some goldsmiths have these for repairing jewelry and I saw one being used on an episode of 'How it's Made' for welding the body tube of a model turbine engine together. Just a thought, all the best,

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