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Maintenance & Repairs » Newbie Trying to Repair Olympia Typewriter » 21-3-2014 11:32:20

Joker4Eva
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Hi Uwe,
thanks for the help you've been offering! Seems like this board's a little quiet, might be that everyone's too busy typing away with their typewriters!
The F key seems to want to hit one side of the ribbon guide. I've tried using my fingers to bend it a little inside of the guide, and now it falls nicely back into it's slot next to the R key, but it still refuses to hit the ribbon. I'm also a little hesitant at using my fingers, as I'm worried I might bend the whole bar in such a way that it's no longer positioned correctly.
I'll try to pinpoint the slot that's causing the slug-ish key. But seeing that I seldom use that key, it doesn't bug me as much as that F is doing.
By the way, may I know how strongly one should type while typing on a typewriter? I seem to be using a lot of force to type, and that normal strokes that I use on a keyboard sometimes just causes the typebar to move forward and back, without touching the ribbon. Must I use more force when typing?
 

Maintenance & Repairs » Quiet, silent or any upgrade making less noises » 20-3-2014 17:09:09

Joker4Eva
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Sorry to seem like I'm hijacking this thread, but I was wondering how noisy typewriters should be. I live in a student apartment, and although I have my own bedroom, I share a kitchen and a toilet with two other people, and I really am worried that my typing could wake the whole unit up. :/ (That's how noisy my current Olympia typewriter is to me)

Type Talk » New Member Thread » 20-3-2014 17:06:44

Joker4Eva
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Hi Uwe,
yup, do hope that those issues can be remedied. Have been trying to type sentences without using that particular "buggy" key as a way to test the typewriter out. Goes pretty well until I go round a corner, and "Oops!". 

Maintenance & Repairs » Newbie Trying to Repair Olympia Typewriter » 20-3-2014 15:09:06

Joker4Eva
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Hi all,
I just got my first typewriter today, and my enthusiasm was a little dampened by it's performance, and I was wondering if any of you can help. 
The first problem I'm encountering is with one of the typebars, the "F" bar. Although I can't tell, reading one of the guides online has told me that it is bent, as it is sometimes cannot return to it's lower position, being blocked by the "R" typebar. Furthermore, it is also blocked by the ribbon guide, and it cannot hit the ribbon. According to that guide, the only remedy is to "carefully bend it back". Any suggestions on how I should do that?
Another problem I'm experiencing with the typewriter is that one of the keys return very slowly to the lower position. I really am not sure how I should proceed with this issue, as this is my first typewriter and I have no idea on how I might be able to fix these complex things. 
By the way, the machine is an Olympia SM typewriter, a SM3, I suspect. (Anyone knows how I can pinpoint the exact model? I'm really lost when I'm at the Typewriter Database site. All I can glean from it is that my machine was made somewhere around 1957 and 1958.)
I'd appreciate it very much if someone could point me in the right direction on how I should fix it!

Thomas

Type Talk » New Member Thread » 20-3-2014 14:59:08

Joker4Eva
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Sorry, double post. 

Type Talk » New Member Thread » 20-3-2014 14:55:29

Joker4Eva
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Hello,
my name is Thomas and my first typewriter just arrived today.
It's an Olympia typewriter, I'm guessing an SM3. It's a little "buggy" (can't find a better word for it). Was hoping to learn how I could right it, seeing my first few hours with it has been a bit dampened by it's defects. 

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