1957 Olympia SM3 #1103959
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
Created: 03-26-2024 at 04:15PM
Last Edit: 03-26-2024 at 04:15PM
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Description:
Bought as part of a lot of 16 typewriters and this one may be the biggest challenge to fix a frozen carriage. I found the two most common issues with adjusting sets to clear scraping the body and then the underlying issue where rubber spacers on the bottom had dissolved. However, still doesn't move. Putting on list of three from list to fix. Otherwise, condition seems excellent or near mint...we'll see after I fix and clean.
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Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 215
First hunt and pecked on a 60's Smith Corona Sterling my mother had and Took typing class in 1982 on an IBM Selectric as a means to get into the computer class my sophomore year. Probably reached 60wpm. Once I moved over to computers I never really went back to typewriters, but 40 years later I find myself enjoying the sound, feel, and smell of a now-vintage Selectric 2 and just picked up a 1955 Silent Super. We'll see how far down the rabbit hole I go....
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