Greetings All
Just received a note from the fellow who was in search of a mainspring. He was able to obtain a mainspring drum assembly from a non-repairable Eaton Viking (Smith-Corona) unit and transplant the spring from the donor machine's drum into the drum of his 2S- Smith-Corona as per suggestion of Duane at Phoenix Typewriter, and the machine works perfectly. Guess that's one advantage of the same part being used in generations of typewriters from a particular manufacturer. Stay safe and all the best,
Sky
We humans go through many computers in our lives, but in their lives, typewriters go through many of us.
In that way, they’re like violins, like ancestral swords. So I use mine with honor and treat them with respect.
I try to leave them in better condition than I met them. I am not their first user, nor will I be their last.
Frederic S. Durbin. (Typewriter mania and the modern writer)
