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| Parts » WTB: Keys for Underwood/Remington Noiseless Portable » 19-3-2016 13:35:48 |
- RobertG
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O wow. Then I think you're golden : -)
Recently I printed a new set of keytops for a Speedline - have a look at
Making STL partfiles for concave discs should be fairly easy (if have dimensions, can help you with that). Using 3DHubs.com then the trick will be to find a hub with low cost for many small identical parts.
| Parts » WTB: Keys for Underwood/Remington Noiseless Portable » 19-3-2016 13:18:40 |
- RobertG
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Ouch - that looks bad, that. Hadn't yet imagined that that type of key could fail like that. (Sawdust or paper additive swelling?)
Getting the metal keyrings off and back on without breaking anything is probably the biggest challenge.
Should be quite feasible to make new keytops in one of several ways; - build up thick card base with a printed black label and a clear plastic disc - 3Dprinting in FDM a concave disc of the right sizes and paste printed label on top and finish with a strong lacquer (works well and is surprisingly low-cost) - 3D printing with recessed letter in more accurate acrylic or nylon and paint black and paint in the letter with ivory...
Getting the rings off and on again may however be the stumbling block...
| Off-Topic » 3D Printing and Typewriters » 15-3-2016 15:28:30 |
- RobertG
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Ah, no not the platen :-)
I meant the type-element. The Blick has the type on a cylinder that could well be printable. (Blick's uaffordable though so far
Printing new type for Hammonds may be more practical - the originals were I think vulcanized rubber. Printing in high-res acrylic could work. (Hammond's equally unaffordable ;-)
| Off-Topic » 3D Printing and Typewriters » 14-3-2016 15:03:52 |
- RobertG
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Last year I printed a full set of new keytops and rings for a maimed Corona Standard portable. That was fairly doable. Used low-cost FDM hobby-printer, makes the parts very cheaply (you need many). Partfiles are on Thingiverse, free to use...
Am also curious how hard it would be to print a new type-cylinder. High-res prints (13 micron!) are expensive though...
| Type Talk » New Member Thread » 14-3-2016 14:52:39 |
- RobertG
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Finally created an account here too.... There. Did it
Have now a small set of portable typewriters (one of many interests). Tinkering, repairing and using these machines I find very enjoyable. Nice to share too. (All my machines are on The Database, by the way.)
Will see how I find my way round here!
| Portable Typewriters » Is this a real paint job? » 14-3-2016 14:36:48 |
- RobertG
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That's a factory finish, a luxe special finish too
Made by painting several layers and using shrinking of the hardening paint. First a blue smooth layer, properly dried and hardened. Then ideally a transparent lacquer, dry but still sticky when the black is sprayed on. The black shrinks when drying and cracks, floating on the sticky paint. The size of the 'islands' is determined by the thickness of the transparent lacquer layer.
Could also be done without the lacquer, but using the base (blue). So spraying the black over the still sticky blue.
Have a Remington Portable 2 (for now) with a finish like this. Very hard and fragile paint.
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