Please explain what you mean by "messed up". If you're talking about the fact that some characters are smudged, I'd suggest starting off with cleaning all the type slugs and maybe replacing the ribbon. An old/worn ribbon can produce dirty type, as can a type slug that isn't clean. As far as alignment is concerned, it looks pretty good to me; the uppercase position could use a bit of adjustment, but if it was my machine I wouldn't bother with it.

malole wrote:

The blurred letters could be a result of uneven typing, the smudges don't seem to happen consistently, so you could be typing more hesitantly on some keys than others. Nice typeface.

Hmm....I notice the smudges come more from the "a",s"and"n" sometimes the "e" from other samples. The slugs are very very clean. Also the "2" and the fractions are half there sometimes. It might be the ribbon too because its been on there for a bit. It's almost all the way aroind th eleft spool.
 

Ok so the "h" key sometimes has problems moving but I'm oiling all them because they all seem like they need pretty good oiling .I just tightend the 6 screws that hold the guts into the cavity and it made all of the keys go level.I can do more samples if you like.  I mean I think i put the ribbon in correctly. I used calculator ribbon and rewound my metal spools that fit my typer. Thats what I'm using for ribbon for now. I'm  lucky it came with s metal spool. I think they are original to the typer.  Also, I'm not sure on how to adjust the pressure of the bars hitting the paper and platen. Do that screws under it adjust tension? Oh and I noticed after I used denatured alcohol, the inside metal parts turned a redish. Is that a preblem? like almost a rusty color in spots.

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