I awoke to this sunrise—

Sent from my brown Olympia SM3 (and my Fuji X10, too)

Three Olympia SM2/3/4 Carriage Repairs

Escapement rack alignment screws / left

Escapement rack alignment screw / right

Rear rubber washer

Front rubber washer

Front carriage rail adjustment screw / left

Front carriage rail adjustment screw / right

Messrs Polt, Bowker, and Kernaghan

...every carriage as long as it's not twisted beyond recognition, that is. I'm assuming these would also work on SM1/5/7 machines, and will update accordingly as I find out for sure. I figured it would be helpful to put all of this information in one place.

Sent from my Olympia SM3

Two Blues: Royal and Olympia

1956 Royal Quiet De Luxe AB3152608

1966 Olympia SM9 2814461

[EDIT] Sure enough, upon careful examination prompted by Ken Coghlan's comment, I discovered this is indeed a repaint. So much for thoughts of rarity and grandeur! There were blue SM8s made, at least, but they had all white keys and knobs and weren't sold in this country.

The inevitable reality is when you get 50 typewriters together, wonderful things like this pair happen!

Sent from my new blues: Olympia SM9 and Royal Quiet De Luxe.