See Retro Tech Geneva where this thread began.
...typing for peace, democracy, and the glory of the Typosphere
Monday 26 March 2012
Wednesday 21 March 2012
Sunday 18 March 2012
Brit milah
The line return ratchet didn't work. It does now.
I can see how this must look but it was quite painless, didn't require anaesthetic and only took a minute.
Monday 12 March 2012
Sunday 11 March 2012
Foundation and Empire
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| Imperial The Good Companion. s/n EN839, 1948 By Appointment to His Majesty King George the Fifth. This, and the following four images are at the same scale. Click any to supersize to 1000 pixels |
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| Imperial Good Companion 4. s/n 4BS401T, 1958 |
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| Imperial Good Companion 5. s/n 5A756, 1957 |
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| Imperial Good Companion 5. s/n 5G990, 1958 |
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| The Good Companion, return lever |
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| Good Companion 4, return lever |
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| Good Companion 5 serial number. Earlier model had the number on the bottom of the molding, later ones are numbered under the top cover |
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| Ribbon selector is different between earlier and later models |
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| Older and newer line-space ratchet pawls. What is the later arrow pointing to? Possible platen re-covery? The ratchet on the later model doesn't work consistently when it doesn't engage with the cog. This might be because it fouls the platen rubber. |
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| Under the hood of the Good Companion 4 |
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| Under the hood of the Good Companion 5 |
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| What lies beneath. A Good Companion 4's nether regions exposed |
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| ...and the Good Companion 5's revolutionary though more delicate undercarriage Read my spoof manual for the Good Companion 5 |
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