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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
A Royal 10, 1924. Got this machine because of the following reasons:
* I have a weakness for old Royal desk machines
* This one has full (though aftermarket) support for my language - Latvian. This machine has been converted by local typewriter dealer service, somewhere in the 30-ties.
Machine was neglected, full of spiderwebs, mice droppings and all things you can imagine (no, in fact it did not have any money inside). Broken spacebar, sticky typebars, damaged rollers, broken platen knob, deformed rubber feet, and lots of rust, even on chrome parts - it means a lot of work.
Fortunately, I had another Royal 10 as parts machine, so I could replace most damaged parts, such as rollers, feet, spacebar, and some panels. One full day of work, lots of mineral spirits, cotton swabs, baby wipes, then typewriter oil in some parts, such as carriage advancement and bearings for the mainspring, and finally a layer of wax - the machine is ready to type again....
A type test:
Close up of the keys - I think I will replace the chrome rings, these ones are too damaged:
And one photo of the process - top plate befor and after cleaning:
Heavily infected with typewriter aquisition syndrome... Please help!
- Spazmelda
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
I have to read back and see what I missed, but I just picked up these two:
The Smith Premiere has some problems and I'm probably going to try to sell it or trade it, but it's neat. Serial number 16,473- or 1897ish.
- Spazmelda
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
Markmotown- that Underwood is spectacular!
- colrehogan
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Dang, that Smith Premier is very nice!! 
Smith Premier typewriters are cool!
- Spazmelda
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colrehogan wrote:
Dang, that Smith Premier is very nice!!
It's actually not, lol. It has some serious issues, but it is cosmetically pretty. The drum spring is sprung and the carriage is missing parts that hold it to the body. There may be other things wrong with it, but I'm not familiar with them, so I don't know how to diagnose. I don't think I can fix it, so I hope to find someone to take it off my hands. I will try to trade it at the meeting in October.
- KatLondon
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
Was someone carving their initials into that Silent-Super?? It looks a nice thing. I've been using mine rather a lot lately.
- Spazmelda
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Was someone carving their initials into that Silent-Super?? It looks a nice thing. I've been using mine rather a lot lately.
That's what I thought at first, but it looks like someone was writing on a piece of paper on top of it. I think it might be phone numbers. 
- SoucekFan
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It looks like a social security number on the top, and an old format of phone number on the bottom.
- Spazmelda
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I should try doing a rubbing of it. See if it becomes more clear. Or maybe photoshop...
- TypewriterKing
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Re: Recent Acquisitions Thread
I have a 1947 Remington KMC that has a lot of initials and dates on it--from past GIs that had used it (I guess they may have been clerk typists. I'm going to leave them on the machine out of honor and respect for them. One initial and date went back to December, 1947--apparently when the machine was new. I matched the serial number and the machine was built in 1947.
Underwood--Speeds the World's Bidness
