Thanks for the tip! This may have application later after I get it working, since the spring tension is probably excessive now. There seems to be plenty of it it inside the coil - which as I mentioned ratchets if I move the housing - it just is not being communicated to the strap. Which also by the way tends to fall off since it is slack, so I'm afraid the spring will suddenly zing all the way unwound with the strap off.

(If you wonder how it is that I have a new Royal 10 which types great and another with an issue... this one belongs to "a friend". I would NEVER acquire two Royal 10's simultaneously! That would be totally nutso! )

Ive replaced the draw band before...

I hate it on closed machines like this.

TypewriterGuy wrote:

Ive replaced the draw band before...

I hate it on closed machines like this.

I had never attached a draw band before and feared happening what indeed happened for that reason. But it was not that bad. It was just necessary to improvise a long skinny tool to thread it under the carriage - both attachment points were accessible. As to the tension adjustment zTyper pointed out, I did one turn of the spring by hand and then finished off with a few turns of the screw. Worked out great and gave me confidence to ATTACH them draw band thingies!

I look forward to the conclusion of nanowrimo: I assume that is why there is so little traffic!

I've shredded a few fingers attaching those drawbands.  Here is the way I install those:  1.  Take a piece of copper wire, or bailing wire, form a hook on one end, and thread it through where the drawband will travel to the hook on the carriage.  You'll want to push the hook end toward the right side of the carriage where it meets the carriage hook; 2.  Hook the end of the drawband that attaches to the spring drum onto the wire and pull it through the typewriter until it reaches the spring drum; 3.  Hook the drawband onto the spring drum.  Tighten the spring drum (all of them have a mechanism for tightening) just slightly so it pulls a little bit of slack and where you have slight tension, but not too much where it will suck up the drawband all the way before you get a chance to hook it onto the carriage;  4.  Hook the other end of the drawband onto the carriage hook; 5.  Tighten the spring drum until you get a proper tension to the carriage.  You'll probably have to make several adjustments before you get it just right where you can get a quick enough response from the escapement and also be able to return the carriage easily.