Hi Joe, great advice! When you first showed your Optima you asked if others had seen any. Just last week, this exact model showed up for sale locally here and I was not able to get to see it before soneone else and it sold. Take care. Daniel
I agree on starting to work on the machines yourself even with no experience. I’m starting with deep cleaning. In the process of removing the shell and the easy disassembly you can see a lot more how the whole thing works.
This is one thing i am learning by handling with typewriters, analysing and observing first, and then act. Same as with a car, before changing the motor, look if there is enough fuel in the barrel.
One of my machines was doing something similar but I discovered a spring that had broken in a rather difficult place to get to. At least I know what to tell the guy at the repair shop and can indicate where it is.
Any chance you have a Underwood Jewell? Or know of any where i can find info on them besides the database? I bought a 54. And theres nothing i can find
Joe, typewriters are such touchy sensitive little snowflakes. You watch Duane Jensen's Phoenix Typewriter repair videos, and you come away with the fact that almost ALWAYS a problem with a typewriter is some tiny little thing...a loose screw, a tiny piece of metal bent 1/32nd of an inch the wrong way, a worn piece of rubber, sticky old oil....it's just almost never the worst case scenario...
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Hi Joe, great advice! When you first showed your Optima you asked if others had seen any.
Just last week, this exact model showed up for sale locally here and I was not able to get to see it before soneone else and it sold. Take care.
Daniel
You have to love that Congress typeface. My absolute favorite.
I agree on starting to work on the machines yourself even with no experience. I’m starting with deep cleaning. In the process of removing the shell and the easy disassembly you can see a lot more how the whole thing works.
Nice troubleshooting...I'm gonna have to check on a new typewriter that does that.
I really miss your film and paper content brother
This is one thing i am learning by handling with typewriters, analysing and observing first, and then act. Same as with a car, before changing the motor, look if there is enough fuel in the barrel.
One of my machines was doing something similar but I discovered a spring that had broken in a rather difficult place to get to. At least I know what to tell the guy at the repair shop and can indicate where it is.
So glad it was a "stupidly simple problem" and was solved!
Tha k you. I .ńy retro typewriters to, and do some fixing, arter looking ar Your videos.
Hi Joe! I have a problem to fix the ribbon vibrator. Could you give me some advice to fix that? Thanks a lot!
Any chance you have a Underwood Jewell? Or know of any where i can find info on them besides the database? I bought a 54. And theres nothing i can find
Nope, sorry, I don't have one of those.
Joe, typewriters are such touchy sensitive little snowflakes. You watch Duane Jensen's Phoenix Typewriter repair videos, and you come away with the fact that almost ALWAYS a problem with a typewriter is some tiny little thing...a loose screw, a tiny piece of metal bent 1/32nd of an inch the wrong way, a worn piece of rubber, sticky old oil....it's just almost never the worst case scenario...