- Fleetwing
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Re: Olivetti Lettera 32 DL
Is it really leather? Looks like the same sort of stuff you'd see on older cameras -- which usually was faux stuff (which holds up better, though is prone to shrinking a bit).
- typeset
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Re: Olivetti Lettera 32 DL
Fleetwing, I called it pleather because it's plastic that imitates leather. Yep, just like the old film cameras.
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Thread Starter- MikeT
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Re: Olivetti Lettera 32 DL
typeset - it was funny, but really: don't use olive oil. Find a vinyl cleaner or use a mild soap.
My grandfather (born in Italy) used to lubricate the mantle clock with olive oil, applied via goose feather. It eventually gummed-up so badly the clock stopped working. He also put it in his hair, but I'm assuming he washed it once in a while because _it_ never stopped working!
One portable, one desktop machine. What would I do with more? - he said, unable to see his future.
- I.den
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Re: Olivetti Lettera 32 DL
I had one of these, they are great in my opinion.
Although my machine worked perfectly, some of the typefaces were broken. There was a 'hole' in the o and d keys. That kept annoying me, so I got rid of it. But I remember being struck by how sturdy the machine felt. Somehow it felt firmer or tougher than the models I have of its predecessor (Lettera 32), so I get why they called it Lettera DeLuxe.
