This one was in bad shape: it had many sticking keys and wouldn't even feed paper. I was going to let it go when the seller said he had a buyer lined up that wanted to use it as a wedding prop. I was horrified by this, and promptly gave him the full $60. Back home, I cleaned it numerous times and freed the keys. The paper wasn't feeding because there was a terribly degraded piece of leather stuck in the fee. I removed it and several other pieces, but the paper still fed at an angle. So I moved in the margins slightly and that solved the problem. I'm sure there are better fixes, but it's typing like a champ now. Besides having an inclination for Olympias, especially the SM3, I bought this SG1 because Uwe spoke highly of it. I now know his assessment is very accurate: this is an amazing machine, a true workhorse. I love the elite typeface, and am glad I found it, since they rarely come up.