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Maintenance & Repairs » Olympia SM2 carriage problems » 13-5-2015 08:51:28

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Sorry for the bump, just wanted to update quickly.

Took it to Tom 'The Typewriter Man' in Luton and it couldn't have been a nicer visit, he knew I'd come a long way and so offered to have a little look at it while I was there, next thing I know after watching him expertly tinker for a little while it's fixed!  He even replaced the ribbon for me and it was all so well priced! He said it was an issue with the escapement dog (I think) in the end!

Only good things to say about Tom and I'd recommend him to anybody!

Maintenance & Repairs » The bigtime: going to the repairman! » 13-5-2015 08:43:31

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KatLondon wrote:

Hi everybody, I'm on the train back to town, having just dropped off my Hermes 2000 with The Typewriter Man in Luton. We recognised each other instantly - he was the one who looked like he spends his time working with beloved machines, and I guess I was the one sitting there with a Hermes 2000 case sticking out of a bag. We had a good look at my machine, sitting there on the seats by the ticket barrier, and then chatted for longer than his free parking probably allowed, but a lot shorter than we could have! What a thoroughly lovely guy. I don't want to overpraise as I know he reads these threads and might be embarrassed, but seriously.  He is the exact opposite of the hipster repair guys I had that run-in with at Christmas - about whom we had a very nice little gossip!

He is a smiley fellow, really interested in people, and he loves typewriters - and other machines. there is a sort of thing I think you can spot in people who have a deep interest in, and knowledge & love of a thing. Especially people who work with their hands. I come from a family of people who make things and I've always made things - and I think you just recognise one of your own tribe. This is one of the chief delights of th Typosphere, isn't it. It's about having that love of things that people have made.

All this! I've just been up there to see him with my SM2, expecting just to drop it off and hopefully hear back that it was fixable, and then sat watching in awe as he managed to fix it in around half an hour! Tom is a super nice person and you can tell he's really interested in and knows a lot about typewriters and he had a lot to tell me!

Gosh, nothing but good things to say about him! Really friendly, really knowledgeable and really fair with his prices, I'd definitely send anybody else his way.

Maintenance & Repairs » The bigtime: going to the repairman! » 05-5-2015 12:21:57

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Just emailed the same person! I think! I'm not even much of a collector, I only have the one but I really want it to work! It looks too cute to try another straight away! I hope I'll be able to get it sorted. Little further from Luton though unfortunately

Type Talk » New Member Thread » 01-5-2015 15:52:29

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Hey thanks for the welcome! It's an Olympia SM2, although it looks a little different from most of them (because it's a little older, I gather). It looks super cute and I'd really like to get it working but boy am I out of my depth!

Got issues with the carriage, actually found the forum here when I was trying to find places to look for help! Made a post over in the maintenance/repairs board.. But the carriage just jumps to the left no matter what.. Tried adjusting the.. toothed rail thing (can you tell I'm new to this? ) but no luck there.. Heard that it might be a write-off but I'm hoping it's not so!

Maintenance & Repairs » Olympia SM2 carriage problems » 01-5-2015 15:46:52

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Nope! Just sits there at the end (although it locks the keys when it hits the margin, so I have to push it in to be able to type anyway)

Maintenance & Repairs » Olympia SM2 carriage problems » 30-4-2015 05:43:15

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It was having issues with hitting the body, and I did get new washers for it. Now it doesn't hit the body but the carriage still slides around without doing anything, lol.

Maintenance & Repairs » Olympia SM2 carriage problems » 29-4-2015 15:29:22

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So I got an Olympia SM2, without knowing anything about it and sort of on a whim.. There was already a problem where the carriage wasn't moving all the time and seemed to get stuck at the end. I pressed the carriage release to move it back to the middle and now it won't stay at all, it just slides right to the end.I was wondering if anybody here might be able to give me any advice on that, thanks if you can.

I've had some advice, mostly about the toothed rail thing, which I've tried adjusting down but with no effect.. Somebody asked what sort of sound it made so I put a video of it on Youtube of the sliding, if that's any use to anybody.



While I was looking around I also noticed something that didn't seem right, on the wheel inside the typewriter there's like a pin type thing, which seems to be sorta hanging off the wheel and I don't know if that's important or has any impact on this issue at all! (verticle, sorry!) Video here anyway!



If anybody thinks they could help with more info too I can provide pics and videos as needed..

Really, any help would be really greatly appreciated, I promised my friend I'd type her a letter! Thanks for reading.

Type Talk » New Member Thread » 29-4-2015 15:25:04

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Hi, new to everything typewriter related.. I've always been sort of fascinated with them but only just decided I wanted one recently. I did buy one, though I had to go pretty cheap, and I sorta wish I didn't cause it's not going to well! Hoping I can figure stuff out though and ever since I've been researching them I've kinda been wanting every other one I've seen..

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