Nothing for me on the first day. But that should be expected on a football Sunday. (They should have known when they sceduled those football games) But now it is Monday and I've got a fresh sheet in the typer right now...  (warning - put on your sunglasses to avoid blinding glare from the flash on my shiny pate!)

Hey, thanks Repartee. I learned a new word today: persiflage (not sure why you wanted it capitalized) And here all along I've been calling my writing "garbage". This gives it a much fancier flavor, yes indeed!

Based on a tip I read up above, I now type my monthly utility checks on a typer! I hadn't thought of that. Thanks to whoever mentioned that tip.
    I also typed a letter to the city telling them I wasn't happy with the street work they did next to my house this past summer and that they needed to fix the curb so water from the winter rains wouldn't wash out  the hillside and bring it down on my patio. It must have worked because they were here within a week. (I probably would have printed this letter on a laser printer, but I have typewriters set out on a couple of tables in my house already, so it was easier to type out than print out. I did, however, draft the letter in a word processor because I wanted to sound professional and make sure I included all of the important points.)

Glad you figured it out. For my problem with it grinding on the tab rack I used a small rat-tail file and enlarged (elongated) the mounting hole on one of the tab rack mounting brackets. I couldn't see any other way of getting about 1/16th inch of extra clearance. And it worked for me.

Don't be confused by the picture. The carriage is sitting behind the main body. It just looks like it's attached because of the camera angle. At least I got all of the typebars pushed back down to lie flat now.


It's 8 Oct and things are going slowly at the rustbucket corral. I got the front cover off after fretting for several days about it. (It was easy once I figured it out). And I loosened up the type bars and basket shift. They aren't "loose" they're just moving now with considerable effort. The mainspring drum is still frozen and parts of the escapement are moving, but other parts aren't. Unless I can see some action on getting that mainspring to move I think I'm about close to putting these parts in a box on the shelf. This machine will never be usable. About half the keyrod springs have rusted so badly that they've just crumbled. And I am absolutely stumped about how to make that carriage return handle move. I've considered the difficulty of removing the lower carriage rail from this machine and perhaps putting it on a '37 KHM that I've got that won't type very well because of a warped carriage rail. But even that project is looking like a lot of work. My hands are sore from trying to "carefully" twist out rusted screws without stripping out the slot. Not an easy thing even with the help of penetrating oil and vibration!
   And I'm beginning to wonder what I can do with my other rusty friend, the Remington Standard 10 that is sitting in the corner of my garage. So this might be all she wrote for this ole dogie. Time for her to head to that big pasture in the sky.