Showing posts with label everest k2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label everest k2. Show all posts

22 Jun 2014

Adjusting an Everest K2 / Lemon ice cream

1956 Everest Jolson 549429




carriage release adjustment ^


vertical alignment adjustment ^


vertical alignment adjustment ^


linespacing adjustment ^







Looking at it up close, the difference in weight can be seen, but the shorter serifs are a much more obvious difference between the W and the rest of the typeface.





No idea what I'm going to do with this case…I'm tempted to see what I can do with duck tape. XD


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18 Mar 2014

Everest of Brazil

1948 Everest Mod. 90 148373















There were quite a few rust spots visible on the paint, enough to be rather distracting. I decided that using my painting pen to cover them up would not be compromising the story and condition of the typewriter, and I'm glad I did it because it really improves the appearance, yet you can still see where the rust is because the paint doesn't match perfectly.


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10 Mar 2014

Another look at the Everest Jolson




Basically, the ideal situation would be increase the height of part A, but that is also the hardest thing to get to. The platen can't be easily removed to access these parts (the right knob unscrews, but the platen won't come out without disassembling the sides of the carriage) and adding height would be a pretty tedious thing to do. The other main thing would be to file down part D that ratchets the toothed wheel, but that wouldn't be following the original design. I don't want to make any mistakes since this is rare, but I also want to be able to type at full speed with it.

I have tried adjusting a couple of the little bits in the ratchet mechanism that can be adjusted, and they only help to make the linespacing work at 1 line sometimes, rather than a proper complete solution, so the only choice is A through D.


The photographs are actually pre-nameplate alteration, but light wasn't good enough to take a few more pictures tonight. I've cleaned out the little brown bit under the "t".

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7 Mar 2014

Jolson Everest

1956 Everest Jolson 541450

















Incidentally, this is my 299th post and this will be in my 100th typewriter database gallery. :)

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