- Fleetwing
- Typewriter Talk Vet
Offline - From: Hartford, CT USA
- Registered: 30-6-2015
- Posts: 1,011
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
FYI, thetypewriterman is a participant here and maybe he can help:
No pecuniary interest in a sale; just trying to point you in a potentially fruitful direction.
- thetypewriterman
- Key Master
Offline
- From: Leiston, England
- Registered: 29-5-2013
- Posts: 920
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
I wish I could help ! Those spools are unique to the Halda portable and fit nothing else. It might be possible to make a pair, but you would need an original to copy. They are pure unobtainium ! As an aside, the Halda standard uses a larger version of this spool - but guess what ? The ROYAL spool fits and works perfectly !
- trampled
- Novice Typer
Offline
- From: Canada
- Registered: 13-8-2016
- Posts: 34
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
One of my spools look like that. It's the one that 'eats' the ribbon. The other side is just a metal spool. I can make the ribbon go one way, but I can't figure out how to go the other way.
- •
Thread Starter- thetypewriterman
- Key Master
Offline
- From: Leiston, England
- Registered: 29-5-2013
- Posts: 920
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
The Halda spool is turned by means of the little black lugon the underside that you can see in the previous picture. The silver lug is spring-loaded and drops down when the last of the ribbon has unwound from the spool. This then operates the ribbon reverse mechanism. Because you have the wrong spool on one side, it simply idles round and pays out the ribbon, but of course cannot reverse the direction of travel when empty or take up ('eat') the ribbon. To make the machine work properly, you need a second Halda spool !
- trampled
- Novice Typer
Offline
- From: Canada
- Registered: 13-8-2016
- Posts: 34
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
thetypewriterman wrote:
To make the machine work properly, you need a second Halda spool !
I have this horrible feeling that's going to cost more than the typewriter.
- •
Thread Starter- skywatcher
- Moderator
Offline
- From: The Prairies of Alberta
- Registered: 14-3-2013
- Posts: 736
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
Hi Trampled
Can you or someone else on the forum provide the physical dimensions (outside diameter, bore and height) of the one Halda ribbon spool you have. I bought a box of 120+ assorted ribbons and spools from a tin collector a few years ago, he was just going to throw them out as all he wanted was the tins. If I have one that matches your dimensions with the reverser trigger, it's yours.
Sky
We humans go through many computers in our lives, but in their lives, typewriters go through many of us.
In that way, they’re like violins, like ancestral swords. So I use mine with honor and treat them with respect.
I try to leave them in better condition than I met them. I am not their first user, nor will I be their last.
Frederic S. Durbin. (Typewriter mania and the modern writer)
- trampled
- Novice Typer
Offline
- From: Canada
- Registered: 13-8-2016
- Posts: 34
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
I attempted to measure. I'm not a deft hand with a caliper so please forgive me. Outside measurements are easy, it's holes that I find difficult.
I posted the pictures here .
The diameter of the spool is about 52mm or 2 and 1/16"
The hole is roughly 4mm
The peg that the ribbon fits onto is 3.5mm or 1/8"
and the height about 17mm
- •
Thread Starter- skywatcher
- Moderator
Offline
- From: The Prairies of Alberta
- Registered: 14-3-2013
- Posts: 736
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
Hi Again
All the ones I have with the reversing tang are 58mm or 2-5/16" outside diameter. However, one of those has cardboard flanges which could be cut down to the correct diameter, but I couldn't guarantee the tang would properly engage the reversing trigger. If you're interested, PM me your mailing address and I'll get it fired out to you in the mail next week. All the best,
Sky
We humans go through many computers in our lives, but in their lives, typewriters go through many of us.
In that way, they’re like violins, like ancestral swords. So I use mine with honor and treat them with respect.
I try to leave them in better condition than I met them. I am not their first user, nor will I be their last.
Frederic S. Durbin. (Typewriter mania and the modern writer)
- Lucas Dul
- Speed Champion
Offline
- From: Chicago
- Registered: 01-1-2018
- Posts: 250
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
Ah, it’s one of those kinds...I might be able to fabricate one from aluminum
Typewriter Service Tech (and avid nerd)
- trampled
- Novice Typer
Offline
- From: Canada
- Registered: 13-8-2016
- Posts: 34
Re: Green portable halda needs some love
Sorry, I fell into my typewriter and haven't had the computer on in the last few days. Simply amazing what having the right tool for the job can do to increase productivity.
Skywatcher, I sent you a PM. If I can't make that work, then having one made would probably be the way to go.
In the meantime, another question for you. How many times back and forth does a ribbon generally last before it runs out of ink? I read I can refresh a ribbon so I'm off to look up how to do that. But I want to know how many ribbons I should stash away so that I have one on hand if I ever need it.
- •
Thread Starter