...typing for peace, democracy, and the glory of the Typosphere
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| Debadged and ready for cleaning |
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| Aluminium: 90mm x 9mm x 2.5mm |
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| First bond |
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| Second bond an hour later - masking turned out to be a good idea |
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| Left paint removed using a wire brush, the right with a sandpaper flap-wheel, each attached to a drill |
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| What crack? |
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| What I see when I hear 'fuzzy logic' |
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| Furry segment |
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| Type cleaned up |
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| Tab action |
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| The toast rack |
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| The Red Arrows |
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| The carriage brake and the arm that releases it |
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| The link which trips the carriage brake to OFF and the escapement to ON when a tab stop is reached |
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| End of strap folded over the hook and tapped flat |
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| A hole punched through both layers with an awl into hard-ish wood so as not to deform the metal strap too much. The metal is easy to trim with tin snips or possibly even scissors. I used tin snips. A short length of solder. |
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| I punched a hole into a piece of wood for the solder to fall into when melted through the hole in the strap. Sort of a well to make a rivet-type head. |
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| Top of the solder. Not enough hands to actually show the soldering process but if you have a soldering iron, you'll know how it works. |
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| Bottom of the solder. Makeshift rivet head flattened (carefully) with a hammer. |
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| Upside down carriage |
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| Note the three register slots. Two on the left, one on the right. |
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| The alternate spacing lever (on left) has to be removed before the cover. Bike spoke indicates its screw hole. |
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| Fire basket meets word processor |
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| 'Spare parts' from the bottom of the box. L-R: strap hook, broken piece of strap, random spring |
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| Pretty obvious where the random spring had to go |
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| Don't say "pistachio", say "mushy peas" |
