1973 Facit 1620 #907410
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brenton Beck (ProblemUnit)
Created: 11-26-2023 at 06:03PM
Last Edit: 11-26-2023 at 06:03PM
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Description:
I'd found this Facit at a local antique store, essentially in the nosebleed section of their attic. It was cheap, and included the keys and the cover. It'd taken me a few months to actually have the time to clean it up and get it working again, so it was put on the back burner.
Towards the end of 2023 I had a Saturday free and got to it. This was easily the most locked-up machine I've worked on to date. "Frozen Facit" is no joke. Half of the keys wouldn't move, and the escapement was completely stuck solid. However, after flushing the type basket and removing and cleaning the escapement, it's actually a wonderful machine to use.
This typeface is what Facit calls "Elite Cube" which I'm a fan of.
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Hunter: Brenton Beck (ProblemUnit)
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Banking industry Technical Trainer, music festival operations extraordinaire, electronic music DJ, and general fix-it by trade.
Collector of vintage Apple, Macintosh, & Commodore, as well as typewriters and adding machines.
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