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Remington Envoy Reconditioning
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A friend of my wife heard that I work on vintage typewriters, so I have been commissioned to recondition a 1939 Remington Envoy S/N SD285808. Primarily give it a thorough deep cleaning, servicing and tune-up so it can be used for typing again. The rubber on the platen spec's out at 95 Shore-A which although a little on the tough side, isn't bad for an 82 year old machine. Whether the platen has been re-covered at some time in the past, I have no idea.
However, what I do know is the rubber has come adrift from the core and the core turns within the rubber. I suspect the rubber will probably slide right off the core once I removed the platen from the machine. Does anyone have a recommendation on how to best reaffix the rubber to the core, if this is indeed possible? Thanks in advance,
Sky
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Re: Remington Envoy Reconditioning
Hi Sky,
Maybe you can wrap a part of very thin paper around the core? Just enough to keep the rubber in place, but not too much. This way there is no risk in damaging any part, and it is possible to undo the operation.
Lau
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Re: Remington Envoy Reconditioning
The solution is to slide the platen shell off the core and coat the inside with a thin layer of epoxy resin. Slide the shell back on and wipe any surplus resin off before it has a chance to go off. You do not have to coat the inside of the shell all over. A couple of square inches of adhesive at one end would be quite sufficient to hold it in position for the foreseeable future.
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Re: Remington Envoy Reconditioning
Greetings Tom
Thankyou for your concise and authoritative answer. I suspected something along the lines of a time curing adhesive, but wanted to hear it from someone who has a whole lot more experience than me.
This unit still has the original leather carry strap on the case cover, albeit a little worn and stressed. This is the first intact handle I've seen, so my plan is to remove the strap and take it to a local saddle maker for him to use as a pattern. I'm sure he'll have no problem making a new one and a few extras. All the very 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)
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