I also love Chanterilly "dusting powder," but that's another non-related post I may make some day.
What's curious however, is who this D.W.S person is, and WHY get rid of this beauty?
I'm tempted to do some digging, but I really don't have any clues. What should I do guys?
By the way, did I mention this thing is heavy? "Portable" should be a lie. Also, what does that darned M.R. key do?
EDIT
Well, it took 4 and a half hours, but the typewriter is clean (ish). I'll go get some compressed air in the next few days and rid it of the dirt I couldn't reach. It was the worst four hours of my life however, sitting outside with 98% humidity and a typewriter carcass in front of me. Yuck. I can understand why people pay others to do this kind of work. However, I don't care because it's better than shelling out over $100 for that old man to "fix" this one. Bah.
It was so totally worth it.
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(M)argin (R)elease. Some models show this as a key with four dots, like the face of a die. Go figure.
$18 is a steal. You are made of WIN today.
mpclemens, I wasn't sure which comment you wanted, so I approved both! (obviously) It IS a steal considering it's only 20% of what I paid for my Underwood blue baby, though for some reason I don't feel like it is. Ha, I'm so cheap!
Too bad I didn't read your comment earlier, because it seems the MR doesn't work anyway. But I dare not take it apart for the THIRD time tonight! Besides, I can move those margins with my fingers.
So are we officially typewriter twins now? Because that's FULL OF WIN!
Didn't mean to submit more than once. (By the way, did I mention that it stands for Margin Release? I did? Oh good.)
All the key does is move a little metal bit out of the way in the back so the carriage can slide past the margins. Surprising if it's not working, but then, the carriage on mine moves like molasses.
Typer-twins all the way, FTW.
Ha, it's fine. Yea, the MR doesn't seem to do anything, but maybe I'll fiddle with it later (last night, I had to replace a spring I knocked out and it took me half an hour). Besides, my sister has commandeered it from me, and I can no long use it, and she also wants her own. She's 7. It's great, but nerve wrecking as she slams the keys no matter what I tell her.
Fix your carriage though! Did you check the thread wheel, where it pulls the carriage? Under mine was filthy with eraser shavings, but it's pretty hard to reach. Maybe that's your problem?
Can we be the Wonder Twins? I think we should come up with a catchphrase! Of course, the only thing I got is, "typer-twins, go!" Yes, I'm SO original.
You may have to find a typewriter for your sister. My youngest child insists that the typer I painted red is HERS, so any time typing is done in the house, she runs to try and pull it down from the shelf.
It's never too early to train them well.
The gunk is slowly lifting: now I suspect that the ball bearings that the carriage travels upon are also gummed up. It seems like the entire machine was oiled in the past, with something other than a good oil. I suspect glue.
"May"? No. It's "you can't use yours until I get one which has to be tomorrow while I scream about it for hours a day." I think I heard her this morning asking when hers would be here...I must have missed something while I was sleeping. Kids are so possessive! But I agree, never too early. Hopefully she continues to like them so I can warrant buying more when she's older. We may finally have something in common!
You're luck with your machine sounds pretty pathetic. Just take the whole thing apart! Not sure how you'd get at them though, as I didn't see anything (or look) for a way to get there. OH wait, just pour rubbing alcohol on it. It worked for me! Well, on the metal parts. It takes the paint right off D:
And glue? Oh snap!
Jealous of all of these brown Olympias suddenly turning up in the wild.
Some kind of conspiracy maybe?
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