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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" |
Next time... how to fix broken steel carriage strap/drawband...
Fantastic -- good work!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I had to replace a spring on my Graphika when it arrived, too. It was sitting in the bottom of the typewriter. And I believe it was the very same spring you had to replace. Good thing you found it.
I don't know the official name of that typeface, but it's the one designed by Imre Reiner. I thought it was a different one, as yet unknown, but I was mistaken. You can download my Reiner Graphika font here.
I! excellent work. I'm glad you got such a wonderful beast back into working form. Good show!
ReplyDeleteNice work Rob, see, it was not as scary as I made it out to be!...finding that spring was a real bonus and working out where it had to fit was even better. The type style from memory was called "Reiner Consillius" and it requires a dark ribbon to be really seen at its best. Carbon ribbon would be even better but not possible here. I also think that with the proportional spacing you would need to type slowly and evenly in order not to "crowd" the print as the escapement needs just a fraction more time to work. This caveat applied to all proportional spacing machines, electric or manual, that I have encountered.
ReplyDeleteYou have done a great job and I think you deserve a beer.
Congrats Rob, that's some great work on a truly awesome looking typewriter!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the repairs. You sure work super fast (video). I love that typeface. Thank you for posting all the photos. I will keep them in mind if I ever get a Graphika and need to work on it. Do you think one of the typeface examples on Ted Munk's blog may match?
ReplyDeleteFantastic job on a fantastic machine with a very nice typeface! I'd be pretty intimidated by a proportionally-spacing machine myself. You deserve a very special brew today (:
ReplyDeleteJob well done! And the typeface is very appealing.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the close up shot of the type at first, I didn't actually notice anything especially special about it. But wow does it look sharp on paper.
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