11 Jul 2012

A Typewriter That Folds in Half









Typed on my new Corona 3 with a bit of effort.

7 comments:

  1. Very nice looking typewriter. I have a parts machine (Corona 3) and when I return I will see if it has the clock motor and if if does I'll contact you.

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  2. The word you're looking for is mainspring, I think. I like your solution of using a weight! Some of Sholes' experimental models worked that way.

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  3. My Oliver 9 mainspring broke, but luckily, it was only a half inch or so of the spring inside the housing. I opened that up, took the broken piece out, reattached the spring end and wound it back up in the housing. I am sure it lost a little pull, but the Oliver 9 still works well.

    You might want to see if you can pull the mainspring (which I assume is in some sort of housing) off and look inside. You may be able to reattach it (likely to a center spindle). Next best option would be to get a new mainspring/housing from a parts machine, but really, if you look at it, its not very complicated.

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  4. Regardless of the spring, yours certainly looks better than mine. Hope you fix it.

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  5. Can't beat it for $10. Sorry to hear of the problem, but a replacement mainspring should be easy to attain as soon as you find someone with a parts machine...and it seems like Bill is looking to help!

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  6. Congragulations! This one machine is a sort of "dream machine" of mine, hoping to get my hands on one soon!

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  7. I can imagine the fun getting the weight just right and the string to dangle the right way :-) Well done for persevering. I usually refer to the spring as the 'motor'. That's all it is, a clockwork driven, string powered motor. My biggest problem is that caps and figs on those older 3s are only accessible from the left keyboard and being a left hander, I can't type very well while holding down the shift. I usually end up typing with crossed hands. Especially like the up-and-downrhythm of the characters you are getting there - unique!

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