*Follow-up video* : "Why different typewriters feel different - type actions and force curves": ruclips.net/video/BKU-vd4aWSk/видео.html *Previous video* : "Fixing a loud rattling carriage on a Torpedo 18B typewriter (and other issues)": ruclips.net/video/8TZE3N21DLs/видео.html
Doesn't get much better than this for a full report on a great machine. Certainly one of the most attractive. I bought this same model recently and considered it my holy grail.
Hi Haelscheir! When you removed the two springs on the side, for ribbon advancement, for better and lighter touch, did the ribbon stop advancing then? Sorry, I know my question is a bit amateur-ish but just wondering how it affected the winding of ribbon as you type. This Torpedo 18b is interesting. :) I love the way you dismantled in your previous video and showed how you fixed the problems and improve the typing experience. Thanks again
I found that at least one of the two levers on that ribbon actuation bail needed to be present, else there would not be enough force to reset the ribbon advance mechanism. With the one instead of two springs, the ribbon advance so far continues to operate rapidly and reliably.
Nice….. I debate whether or not I should get one of these?! I have a 1930’s Torpedo 15a, (I think) that is small, but a wonderful typer…. And today I picked up a Remington Travel-Riter from July of 1954, made in Holland, that is actually a Torpedo 20, it is said! So, do I need a Torpedo 18, when I have 2-300 typewriters already…… I’m not actually asking you… just wondering…. But feel free to comment, if you wish. The fact that Remington purchased Torpedo, to me, diminishes the appeal of owning real German typewriters…. Seems like American corporations usually end up diluting the quality and uniqueness of fine foreign brands….. like General Motors buying SAAB ….. that was the end of that super fine motor car!! Anyway, thanks for another fine vid…, keep sharing!
*Follow-up video* : "Why different typewriters feel different - type actions and force curves": ruclips.net/video/BKU-vd4aWSk/видео.html
*Previous video* : "Fixing a loud rattling carriage on a Torpedo 18B typewriter (and other issues)": ruclips.net/video/8TZE3N21DLs/видео.html
Doesn't get much better than this for a full report on a great machine. Certainly one of the most attractive. I bought this same model recently and considered it my holy grail.
Very smooth typewriter
Hi Haelscheir! When you removed the two springs on the side, for ribbon advancement, for better and lighter touch, did the ribbon stop advancing then? Sorry, I know my question is a bit amateur-ish but just wondering how it affected the winding of ribbon as you type. This Torpedo 18b is interesting. :) I love the way you dismantled in your previous video and showed how you fixed the problems and improve the typing experience. Thanks again
I found that at least one of the two levers on that ribbon actuation bail needed to be present, else there would not be enough force to reset the ribbon advance mechanism. With the one instead of two springs, the ribbon advance so far continues to operate rapidly and reliably.
@@haelscheirs_haven thanks again, Haelscheir. 😊
Nice….. I debate whether or not I should get one of these?!
I have a 1930’s Torpedo 15a, (I think) that is small, but a wonderful typer…. And today I picked up a Remington Travel-Riter from July of 1954, made in Holland, that is actually a Torpedo 20, it is said!
So, do I need a Torpedo 18, when I have 2-300 typewriters already…… I’m not actually asking you… just wondering…. But feel free to comment, if you wish.
The fact that Remington purchased Torpedo, to me, diminishes the appeal of owning real German typewriters…. Seems like American corporations usually end up diluting the quality and uniqueness of fine foreign brands….. like General Motors buying SAAB ….. that was the end of that super fine motor car!!
Anyway, thanks for another fine vid…, keep sharing!