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| Before alignment |
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| Left alignment adjusting hardware |
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| Right alignment adjusting hardware |
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| Hold the screw while making adjustments. A Grace G2 Gunsmith Screwdriver fits it great. |
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| Use an open end ignition wrench and turn the nut to the right to lower the character or left to raise it. An angled typewriter wrench would work a bit easier, but ignition wrenches work fine. |
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| This is the adjustment. I used 2 wrenches to free the jam nut, made the adjustment and rejammed the nuts. I really did use 2 hands, but at the moment of the photo, one was holding the camera. |
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| After the completed adjustments |
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| This is the first typewriter added to the collection in 2014. Do you know what make and model? |
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This started out as a short break from paper work to clean my HHE. I was going to post on the HHE, but when I pulled my Underwood 4B I found I never replaced the ribbon I stole to install onto the SS. I could have used the HHE, but decided to wait.
While searching Craigslist I found an offer too good to refuse. One night after work I made a stop and the typewriter above found a new home. A further hint is that it works fine.
I spent most of Saturday cleaning a few typewriters and then typing in the garage where I only have test paper and engineering paper. I used the engineering paper and made many many typos.
I hope everyone is enjoying I.T.A.M. Does not seem to be as much I.T.A.M. activity as a few years ago. Each year seems to be a bit less.
Cameras? Well the rain that is needed on the Left Coast is steadily falling for the past 2 weeks on the Right Coast. Unless of course the coasts are observed from the North looking South. No running, bicycling, or photography. I think we had one day of sun.
Here is the original post on my HH.
I usually have an idea brewing in my head for a typecast, but don't do any pre-writing. It comes out spontaneously on the typewriter. Very occasionally, I'll need to re-type or do a little digital fudging afterwards because something went awry.
ReplyDeleteIt's very satisfying to get the vertical alignment just right. I wonder why so many typewriters need it fixed. I guess it's just the cumulative effect of decades of people banging on the shift keys.
I almost always typecast on a subject I have been thinking about for a while. In fact, I have about a dozen typecasts or blog entries usually in mind before I even get to write them.
ReplyDeleteI usually have a very minimal structure. I know the points that I want to cover, and I write through them. This probably isn't the best idea, as it leads to being a very verbose and mistake riddled way of doing it, but that's what makes them interesting.
I always have a basic vague idea of what I want to write in my head. Sometimes I get off to false starts and have to begin again. I once had to start 3 or 4 times because thoughts just weren't forming well, but in the end the typecast came out fine.
ReplyDeleteHere in Tacoma if we were ever having a winter drought, this year would be one. Apparently we have droughts regularly, at least 2 that were worse than this one in the past 14 years.
Yep, I'm a "publish the first draft" kinda guy. Whatever happens to be in my head when I'm near a typewriter, or at best, I have something set up to type about like a howto. Usually it's "here I am with a new (or newly worked on) typer, GO!"
ReplyDeleteI've got an ITAM trip set up where Tori and I re-enact a previous ITAM party, with added photography in celebration of my recent interests. Other than that, no specific ITAM stuff is planned locally that I've heard. Suppose I could poke the hornet's nest when Peter's in town and see what that stirs up.
When I typecast, I do a handwritten rough draft first to eliminate the need for corrections. On the other hand, I write off the top of my head when using the computer and can edit with ease.
ReplyDeleteOh, also - I guess Olympia Socialite.
ReplyDeleteI always have a few drafts waiting to be finished off - some have been around for weeks and may eventually get trashed. I try to sleep on a post before publishing it. Same goes for any writing. Put it away for a while and revisit it later. I find it hard to write anything off the cuff on a typewriter and need to jot down some ideas/notes first.
ReplyDeleteThose "how to fix the alignment" photos are very useful for the mechanically-challenged like me, thanks!
I recognize that engineering paper, it's what I've been typecasting onto for the last six months or so. I like to write my articles out ahead of time and do a bit of wordsmithing and editing, then I transcribe onto typewriter.
ReplyDeleteBeing kind of late to reply I have the lazy option of agreeing with people that have already replied :) I do my typecast similarly to Richard and I agree with Rob on the model - I would say Olympia "Splendid33" but I guess "Socialite" is a name used in USA instead.
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