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| Type Talk » Are prices going up? » 20-3-2018 09:54:09 |
- Electra210
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100% on the hip$ter pricing. But do the worry, thing from the 90s are gonna be more popular soon and Gameboys are gonna cost half your paycheck.
| Type Talk » Are prices going up? » 03-1-2018 16:36:23 |
- Electra210
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So do y'all try antique malls and yard/estate sales and thrift stores and the like? I live in NYC (for some reason) so everything is overpriced anyway but ~$40 machines sounds excellent.
| Type Talk » Are prices going up? » 03-1-2018 13:43:00 |
- Electra210
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I've been reading blogs and posts on reddit and here and over and over again I read about how someone got an Olivetti for $10 or a Hermes 3000 for $40 and this for $10 and that for $20 but when I search for good deals, it's rare to find anything worth buying that costs less than several hundred dollars. I mean, I've seen deals and steals but they usually seem kinda risky for an online purchase.
I know McCarthy's Olivetti and McMurtry's 3000 have jacked the price on those particular models (can't seem to find a 3000 for under $300 anymore) and yet I still read about folks who seem to pick them up for next to nothin'
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Are the prices going up or am I just impatient
| Maintenance & Repairs » Lettera 32 loose carriage? Bent rails? » 21-12-2017 01:02:08 |
- Electra210
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I cannot tell without taking the carriage off (yet) if the rails on the body or the rails on the carriage are bent (if not both). So with further investigation:
From a resting position, centered position, it appears that the left side of the carriage wants to come up and toward me about 1/16 of an inch (1.5 mm). The right side comes up and away, but slightly less.
When the carriage is fully extended to the left, as if at the end of a type row, the carriage is far looser (1/8 inch or ~3.1 mm) than it is when fully extended to the right, as if at the beginning of a type row. It seems that something on the left side has been damaged.
I started attempting to take off the carriage but I don't know where to begin. I downloaded the Letter 22 but there are too many important differences in the model for the issues I'm having.
| Maintenance & Repairs » Lettera 32 loose carriage? Bent rails? » 18-12-2017 22:10:34 |
- Electra210
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Just got a new Lettera 32 from ebay. When I pulled it out of the case everything looked good until I started typing. The whole carriage was jiggling loudly when I typed and although the type is more or less straight, I can't help but think that it was banged around in shipping (It's New York City, whatareyougonnado). I made a little gif with my suspicions written on it to send to the ebay seller but there's not a lot they can do from afar, so here I am.
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Is this a repair that is going to tax my brain? I'm still very new and while I'm not afraid to get in there and take things apart, I AM afraid that I won't be able to put it back together and use it. And use it I shall.
| Maintenance & Repairs » Olivetti Lettera 32 - Carriage tilting at the end » 18-12-2017 22:01:58 |
- Electra210
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Any developments? I'd like to know how this turned out.
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