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Hermes Rocket 1956 - replacement for drum spring?
Hello,
The drum spring for carriage return went kaput.
Are there any replacements out there?
Is there a substitute piece?
I'm hitting a wall.
Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon - Raymond Chandler
- M. Höhne
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Re: Hermes Rocket 1956 - replacement for drum spring?
No replacement parts and it's unlikely anyone would want to part out a 3000. So take the spring and housing to a watch repair person or a jeweler and see if they can make it work.
Incidentally, how did it break?
- IvanRocket
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Re: Hermes Rocket 1956 - replacement for drum spring?
A jeweler, maybe.
The machine is not a 3000, but a Hermes Rocket 1956, a model that looks like a combat correspondent's typewriter.
I may have tried to restring the drum a bit too roughly. Oops.
It has never been repaired, no parts ever replaced. I just need to open the drum and see what it needs.
Thank you,
Ivan
Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon - Raymond Chandler
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