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I got my daughter to take a quick video of my Blick that is now sort of working. It's not quite there yet, but better! New platen, new feet (thank's Typewriter Guy- they are great), new ink roller, and lots and lots of cleaning and tweaking).
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Wow. That thing is really clean. I have yet to receive some parts for my #7 from an Australian donor... So until them, I can't type on mine .
Off hand, do you remember how loud it was with the old platen compared to the new one? Is it a major difference? (I know, I keep asking this, but $60 is a lot for some rubber...)
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The platen on this one was so hard, I thought it was actually metal. I thought it was a metal core rather than rubber (they actually have a wooden core come to find out). For the Blick, it wasn't so much a case of being loud. The mechanism of the type head isn't really loud. I was mostly concerned about damaging the type head. They seem to be hard to come by, so I didn't want to take that chance. I also get better letter impressions with the new platen.
I did also get my Woodstock and Hermes platens redone, and they are both significantly quieter.
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Wouldn't it be cool if you could 3d print new type wheels in new fonts?
:D
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Man, you're killing me. My daughter was so excited about the pssibility of getting a 3d printer, she's been bugging the crap out of me
Surely they couldn't print in that much detail though?
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No, thats why I haven't tried it. Talk about designing it though.... All the curves...
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Nice video Spaz -fascinating to see that machine in operation. Kind of a "head bobbing" action!
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Yes, that is a neat little machine. Nice video too!
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Here is a pic of the feet that TypewriterGuy made. They work perfectly!
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Those are some serious feet!