1 | Portable Typewriters » Royal Parade ribbon lift » Yesterday 11:58:33 |
- Pete E.
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Rob,
Here are photos of 1 of 2 of my Parades.
In Photo 2, my machine has a "floating" flat washer that might be acting as a spacer-washer. Both of my machines have this "floating" flat washer. I could not tell from your photos if you have this or not.
In Photo 3, there is an extension spring. I could not tell from your photos if you have that spring in place or not.
In Photo 4, there are two (2) screws that have elongated screw slots thourgh which the screws pass. This might allow some adjustment for the linkage bar.
I will leave my machine out for a day or so...in case you want other photo-views from my end.
Hope my photos are of some help to you.
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| Portable Typewriters » The Olympia SM7 How is The "Touch" of The Machine? » 23-4-2024 19:16:00 |
- Pete E.
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Hi Rob,
My SM7's feel more like my SM3/SM4...but with a bit just looser feel to the key-top action. Which I like. I haven't measured, but I might guess the SM7 has more geometry-/ength to the type levers that the SM3/SM4 have.
My SM3/SM4 feels very tight and rigid.
The SM9 (from 1968) is a basket-shift with its own feel (the others are all carriage-shifters) and the key-tops seem to have more side-to-side play and a few more bits of plastic under the hood. I think the SM9 lost some of its "precision" in its feel compared to the others.
Plus I like the 1960's look of the SM7's more so than the 1950's look of the SM3/SM4 machines.
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| Portable Typewriters » The Olympia SM7 How is The "Touch" of The Machine? » 23-4-2024 18:01:43 |
- Pete E.
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My blue SM7 from 1963 :
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| Portable Typewriters » The Olympia SM7 How is The "Touch" of The Machine? » 23-4-2024 17:58:56 |
- Pete E.
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I love my two SM7's. They are perfect for me. Touch control lever and even the spring tension for the carriage shifting can be dialed-in to ones likes.
I also have a SM3, SM4, and a SM9 from 1968.
This one from 1961...
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| Portable Typewriters » Meadow Green - Royal Futura 800... » 22-4-2024 19:30:50 |
- Pete E.
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Ribbon cover back in place.
Tab-set issue resolved. Just needed a slight re-form of a metal link towards the back of the machine.
Added 1 full turn of tension of the main spring.
Tomorrow fresh ribbon and its done.
Will give the ribbon cover a final polish-out towards the end of the week after the paint cures for a few more days.
I have some typewriter "levers" coming in a week or so...so I will be able to do my typical hack on these to bring the ribbon-color selection featured to the front of the ribbon cover.
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| Portable Typewriters » Meadow Green - Royal Futura 800... » 22-4-2024 10:36:31 |
- Pete E.
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And Duane Jensen also has this "quick & dirty" method that does not entail a replacement spring at all and it can be done very quickly right on the machine without the need/time to remove the entire ribbon vibrator assembly off the machine :
| Portable Typewriters » Meadow Green - Royal Futura 800... » 22-4-2024 10:33:32 |
- Pete E.
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Michael,
Duane Jensen with Phoenix typewriter deserves all the credit.
Here is his You Tube video where I learned the replacement technique with a small extension spring :
| Portable Typewriters » Meadow Green - Royal Futura 800... » 21-4-2024 16:10:22 |
- Pete E.
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Full clean and service done today.
All dusting open-cell foam padding replaced with peel & stick felt pads.
New colours added. Ribbon cover will get one more coat of paint and then will be polished-out 1-2 days later. I used some "Pistachio" as a base coat and will use the "Apple Green" for the final colour coat.
Three (3) functional issues for me to sort-out tomorrow :
1. Main spring needs another 1.5 turns as the carriage stop travelling the last 1-2 inches along the right side of the platen.
2. Tab-set needs to be trouble-shot...as Tab stops are not being set.
3. Ribbon vibrator needs a new spring added as the ribbon guides do not stay closed and that very oddly-shaped factory V-spring is missing. I will just add a conventional extension-spring in place of the missing factory spring.
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| Typewriter Photo Galleries » The German Gallery » 19-4-2024 08:25:28 |
- Pete E.
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Oliver...yes...the case is one of the deluxe ones offered. There was a tan-coloured version as well.
| Portable Typewriters » Meadow Green - Royal Futura 800... » 16-4-2024 15:36:02 |
- Pete E.
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I have everything in-house now to start my typewriter project.
Rustoleum satin paints are "Green Apple" and "Leafy Green". I plan to polish-out the ribbon cover "Apple Green" once it cures for 2-3 days to give it a bit more shine to its finish.
Typewriter needs all of its flaking open-cell foam replaced with felt once I do a full service on it.
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