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Early Typewriters » Two questions about the Remington model 12. » 24-7-2013 11:02:51

cableclair
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Wonderful! Thanks so much Tatte and Uwe!

Just to be clear as to what happened to your machine, did the drawband end that is attached to the carriage come off and then the mainspring retracted it onto the drum? And then you reattached the drawband to the carriage and now the carriage doesn't move properly?

That is exactly what happened.
Thanks so much for the advice! I'm gonna try that and report back!

Early Typewriters » Two questions about the Remington model 12. » 24-7-2013 05:39:24

cableclair
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Hello,

I just got my hands on a Remington 12, it was extremely dusty and gritty and I cleaned everything carefully with alcohol and it looks tons better now and the keys no longer stick. While cleaning though, my hand accidentally hit the drawband and it snapped back onto it's spindle. It took me a while to figure out what small lever it is supposed to be pulling back to make sure the Carriage moves while typing. However, I have no idea how/where to wire it so it sits properly tight. Now when I type, the carriage will move every now and then, but not all the time. Could someone perhaps provide me with pictures or video showing me how to do this?

The second thing is, I have no idea how to put new ribbon in. I'm also looking for a tutorial of that. I've looked around on youtube and no luck so far.  I'm thrilled I found this forum and I hope you can help me. Extremely appreciated!
 

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