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1935 Remington 11 "Speed Stroke" Serial # T12665 1935 Remington 11 "Speed Stroke" typewriter, Serial # T12665 James Grooms's 1935 Remington 11 "Speed Stroke" typewriter. 2025-11-16 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1935 Remington 11 "Speed Stroke" Serial # T12665 Is the noiseless the most successful non traditional typewriter design? I would think so. Remington sold them into the 60s.

This example is a looker even without a legend. Maybe the fact that it was a teaching machine accounts for the great cosmetics?

I removed the 1/3 of the remaining homemade key identifiers, but left the top row since it was complete.

The line lock was disconnected at the link in the back and oh my what a job to sort that out. Once the left margin was working and releasing correctly, it would line lock on return. The carriage would move up slightly and twist the margin lever over. By the looks of all the screw heads, someone was trying to fix it long ago.

By comparing it to a working 10, I could see what was needed. On the 10, they ditched the rear carriage support/track slider and went with a proper big roller bearing to support everything. So another tricky adjustment to get the carriage fixed and still allow free travel.

Someday I am going to have a nice platen on a Noiseless and see how they were supposed to type. Maybe a nice soft and springy platen is the key?

No. 6 on the slug is 10 cpi.

1935 Remington 11 "Speed Stroke" #T12665

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 11-11-2025 at 08:04AM
Last Edit: 11-16-2025 at 06:08AM

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Is the noiseless the most successful non traditional typewriter design? I would think so. Remington sold them into the 60s.

This example is a looker even without a legend. Maybe the fact that it was a teaching machine accounts for the great cosmetics?

I removed the 1/3 of the remaining homemade key identifiers, but left the top row since it was complete.

The line lock was disconnected at the link in the back and oh my what a job to sort that out. Once the left margin was working and releasing correctly, it would line lock on return. The carriage would move up slightly and twist the margin lever over. By the looks of all the screw heads, someone was trying to fix it long ago.

By comparing it to a working 10, I could see what was needed. On the 10, they ditched the rear carriage support/track slider and went with a proper big roller bearing to support everything. So another tricky adjustment to get the carriage fixed and still allow free travel.

Someday I am going to have a nice platen on a Noiseless and see how they were supposed to type. Maybe a nice soft and springy platen is the key?

No. 6 on the slug is 10 cpi.

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