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| Type Talk » Typewriter Wiki » 13-2-2017 12:45:05 |
- Rudi
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This sounds great to me.
| The World of Typewriters » German news article about one of the first typewriters » 20-12-2016 07:01:24 |
- Rudi
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I just stumbled across an article about the wooden typewriter made by Peter Mitterhofer.
| Standard Typewriters » What does this little knob? » 02-12-2016 14:40:08 |
- Rudi
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Well, I found out that when I push the button, I can turn it about 15° counter clockwise. The knob then stays there about 5mm deeper in the machine as before -- and does nothing. It may be a mechanism called "Stechwalze", which should decouple the platen. Since the line feed mechanism is also on the right side, it could be related to such a functionality. But I can't figure out how this would work.
| Standard Typewriters » What does this little knob? » 27-11-2016 14:48:12 |
- Rudi
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My Kappel Model 2 has a little knob on the right platter movement knob. I can push it to the left, so that it moves closer to the big knob, but can't figure out what it does.
So what is the purpose of this little knob?
| Standard Typewriters » What is this for a symbol » 23-11-2016 16:16:02 |
- Rudi
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The carriage has the same serial number as the main machine, so I think that it is the original one.
| Standard Typewriters » What is this for a symbol » 22-11-2016 13:38:46 |
- Rudi
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Nice, now I found them on the front and the carriage. They start with 86, so according to the list at [1] it should be from 1932 or 1933.
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The size of the platen is 25cm [2], the carriage is almost 30cm [3].
I got the machine to write with the 13mm ribbon by cheating[4]. After I inserted the ribbon, the blue color mode made the top of the letters got cut off and in red mode they were half red and half blue. So I placed some insulated wire to add some space. Now the machine writes nice [5] [6], but I will replace the ribbon by a complete black one soon.
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| Standard Typewriters » What is this for a symbol » 21-11-2016 14:13:11 |
- Rudi
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It is definitely not a portable one. I hope the pictures survive this try:
| Standard Typewriters » What is this for a symbol » 20-11-2016 16:42:13 |
- Rudi
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Thanks!
I don't know which model it is, also I did not found any serial number. The only mark I found is a orange label on the back which says "Größe 12".
[url]Picture of the front[/url] [url]Picture of the back[/url]
| Standard Typewriters » What is this for a symbol » 20-11-2016 11:24:30 |
- Rudi
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Hi,
I got an old Kappel typewriter, which has a symbol, which I don't know what it means. It is a equation sign with a circle above it. The following picture is how the typewriter print it. I placed the X, o and = as reference.
Does anyone know what this symbol means?
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