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Royal Model 10 with single beveled glass panels
I just purchased a Royal Model 10 typewriter and the carriage is very sluggish. It feels like there is almost no tension in the mechanism. I'd like to try to repair it myself but don't know where to look for a manual or a schematic. Any information on cleaning it up will be appreciated.
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Re: Royal Model 10 with single beveled glass panels
I would start by thoroughly cleaning the carriage rails - all of them (on the carriage itself and the typewriter too). Use anything that will degrease metal parts (I use Varsol). Those rails build up a LOT of gunk that can easily hinder carriage movement. They can also rust, and it doesn't take a lot of rust to completely block a carriage rail.
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Thanks for the advice. I'll try that first. Should I attempt to remove the carriage or clean it in place? What provides the tension to the carriage? Is it a spring? I saw a belt on a wheel under the carriage and thought that might be it.
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No need to remove the carriage. Just slide it to each extreme of its range and clean all the rail section that is exposed. The tension on most typewriters is created by the mainspring drum that the drawband is wrapped around when the carriage is at its most left position.
The pronoun I has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
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Thank You. That's very helpful. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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Steve M - I am collecting data on certain Royal 10s and would like to know if yours is segment-shifted and/or has a serial number beginning with the prefix 'SX'. If either or both of those apply to your machine I have more questions for you.
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The serial number does begin with SX however I am not sure what segment shifted means. I'll be glad to help if I can.
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Re: Royal Model 10 with single beveled glass panels
Segment shifted means the type basket that holds all the key levers is the part that moves when the shift is pressed. Carriage shifting is when the carriage is the part being moved.
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It's all in what happens when you hit the shift key for capitals and symbols. Typers used to shift the carriage, but then they changed the design to segment shifting. When the segment shifts the typebars move.
I'm interested in the serial number, any red highlight paint, accounting tabulator assemblies, keyboard layout, keyboard colors, the margin release button, the shift and tabulator keys, a decal, and carriage size. I'm trying to tack down how common certain features on SX machines are, and that's why there are some odd things in the list. Here is an example of an entry in the list:
SX-1569247: Ian Brumfield. 1933. Condition: Under restoration. Accounting:N. Black on white keys. Bottom right corner keyboard: [nm,./] [NM,.?] Other keys: SHIFT, TABULAR. Margin release: Curved. Location: Marysville OH; Brumfield & Sons Typewriters.
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These are the specifics.
1. Is the machine equipped with a decimal tabulator? If it is equipped with one, there would be a row of keys above the keyboard that say from left to right:" . 1 10 100 1000 ". If so, is the print black on a white background or white on a black background? If there are these keys, please note whether the color arrangement matches the keyboard or not. Some are known to differ. There would also be a column on the back of the machine if it is equipped with a decimal tabulator. Are there any decals on this column? There may be a Royal logo and then the manufacturing information decal below it. Some are known not to have these decals.
2. What colors are the keys? Are they white letters on a black background or black letters on a white background? Do the shift keys say 'SHIFT' or 'SHIFT KEY'? Does the tab key say 'TABULATOR', 'TAB' or 'TABULATOR KEY'? The arrangement of the lower right corner's keys will either be [nm,./] [NM,.?] or [nm,./] [NM?.¾].
3. Is the keyboard arrangement foreign? QWERTZ is German, AZERTY is French. The machine is Canadian if it has the £ symbol on one of the keys.
4. Please note whether or not there is a 'Royal' decal on the curved faceplate over the keyboard.
5. There may be remnants of red detailing paint inside the numbers on the paper bail and on the tabulator bar on the farthest back part of the carriage.
6. Is there a plate enclosing the bottom of the machine?
7. Is the text on the margin release curved around the keytop or straight across?
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