Bonjour Marge,

Si l'anglais n'est pas votre langue maternelle et que vous avez du mal à écrire dans cette langue, voici une suggestion : rédigez votre demande en français avec vos propres mots pour décrire ce que vous voyez, puis utilisez Google Traduction pour traduire votre question en anglais avant de la publier sur le forum. La plupart d'entre nous font preuve de compréhension envers ceux qui s'expriment avec leurs propres mots et parviennent généralement à saisir le message que la personne souhaite faire passer. Essayez cette méthode pour voir ce que cela donne. Sinon, vous pouvez tout simplement poser votre question en français ; certains de nos membres parlent couramment français et, je pense, nous savons tous utiliser Google Traduction. Prenez soin de vous et bonne continuation,

Sky

Hi Marge

If English is not your first language and you struggle with writing English, here's a suggestion. Type your query in French using your words to describe what you see, then use Google Translate to translate your question into English before posting to the forum. Most of us here are quite understanding of people using their own words and can usually figure out what the person posting is trying to get across. Give this a go and see what happens. Or, simply post your question in French. Some of our members are fluent French speakers, and I think we all know how to use Google Translate Take care and all the best,

Sky

Hi Reidj

Watching your linked video, I can see why the ribbon keeps jumping out, it's not threaded properly. The ribbon is supposed to go behind the two posts in the center of the ribbon lifter. I you look closely at the two center posts, they have a ½" wide cut-away on the outside of each to work as ribbon retaining guides. Thread the ribbon as you have it, then tuck it behind the two center posts. I think you'll find that will fix the ribbon problem.

As for the power return, I hope that another member with more knowledge of electric typewriters than me chimes in on this one. Hope this points you in the right direction,

Sky

Hi PW

Looking at both the picture of the Rover 1000 and the Olympia 1000, it appears that neither have a right-hand margin, it's up to the typist to keep an eye on how far across the line of type has gone before returning the carriage. If the unit has no right margin, I'm assuming it doesn't have a line-end warning bell either. A true touch-typist never looks at the keyboard, his or her eyes are always on the page.

One quick question: Looking at the pictures, it appears that both units have metal soldered-on type slugs (the letters that actually hit the ribbon). Can you please confirm my observation? The We-R-Memory Keepers typewriters have push-on plastic type slugs which I imagine would not have a very long lifespan if used regularly. All the best,

Sky

Hi Shady

The first thing I'd check is the margin release, does the carriage go any further is you press the margin release key while returning the carriage? I this doesn't help, I'd say you either have a piece of debris or something stuck in the rack or in the carriage track where the small star wheels round the carriage balls run. Hope this gives you some ideas,

Sky

Hi Pete

I believe a new member has to post 3 times before he or she can post pictures. If Ted posts one more time, he should be able to imbed links to pictures in a post.

Sky