TWDB Typewriter Repair
Parts, Service and Reference Manuals

Table of Contents

• Basic Typewriter Care and Maintenance
  Equipment Maintenance Series No. 1 - US FWIP, 1945
• Hints for a Happy Typewriter
  By: Bryan Kravitz, Nancy Gorrell, 1983
• Common Typewriter Problems and Fixes
  The most common typewriter problems and easy fixes.
• AMES OAMI Mechanical Training Manual for Standard and Portable Typewriters
  Volume One: Standard Typewriters
  By: Clarence Leroy Jones
  In 3 Volumes plus Addendum - Published 1945
  1. Introduction and Theory
  2. Troubleshooting Guide
  3. Cover Plates
  4. Main Carriage
  5. Sub Carriage
  6. Mainspring and Drawband
  7. Motion and Shift Mechanism
  8. Platen
  9. Variable
  10. Ring and Cylinder
  11. Adjustment Sequence
  12. Paper Feed
  13. Keyboards
  14. Line Space Lever
  15. Margin Stops and Line Lock
  16. Rack, Pinion and Starwheel
  17. Universal Bar
  18. Escapement Action
  19. Space Bar
  20. Ribbon Feed
  21. Ribbon (Bichrome) Cover
  22. Keyset Mechanism
  23. Tabulator
  24. Back Spacer
  25. Alignment
  26. Typebars
  27. Typestyles
  28. Cleaning Methods and Solutions
  29. Refinishing and Touch-up
  30. Type Soldering
  31. Parts Cabinet
  32. Business Practices
  33. Business Forms
  34. Service Reference Chart
  35. Supplement: Underwood Segment Shift
  36. Supplement: Woodstock Segment Shift
• Volume Two: Portable Typewriters
  By: Clarence Leroy Jones
  1. Remington Portable
  2. Royal Portable
  3. Corona Portable
  4. Underwood Portable
  5. Retyping - All Makes
• Volume Three: Noiseless Typewriters
  By: Byron L. Wolfe, Illustrations by: R. J. Tiller & Jack Lewis
• AMES Basic Repair Training Manual for Standard Typewriters
  By: Murray Harris - January, 1968
  1. General Information, Theory and Your Workshop
  2. Royal Standard Typewriter Repair
  3. Underwood Standard Typewriter Repair
  4. Remington Standard Typewriter Repair
  5. Smith Corona Standard Typewriter Repair
  6. Adler Standard Typewriter Repair
  7. Hermes Standard Typewriter Repair
  8. Olympia Standard Typewriter Repair
• AMES Supply General Catalog #10 (parts, tools and supplies reference)
  Ames Supply Company - March 1960
  1. Shop Equipment and Tools Reference
  2. Platens, Feed Rolls & Rubber Section
  3. Miscellaneous Supply Section
  4. Typewriter Parts: IBM
  5. Typewriter Parts: Remington Standard & Electric
  6. Typewriter Parts: Remington Portable
  7. Typewriter Parts: Remington Noiseless Standard
  8. Typewriter Parts: Remington Noiseless Portable
  9. Typewriter Parts: Royal Standard & Electric
  10. Typewriter Parts: Royal Portable
  11. Typewriter Parts: Smith-Corona Standard & Electric
  12. Typewriter Parts: Smith-Corona Portable
  13. Typewriter Parts: Underwood Standard & Electric
  14. Typewriter Parts: Underwood Portable
  15. Typewriter Parts: Underwood Noiseless Standard
  16. Typewriter Parts: R.C. Allen & Woodstock
  17. Typewriter Accessories and Resale Section

Resources

• Professor Polt's Omnibus List of Typewriter Repair Shops
  Need a ribbon, a typewriter or don't want to DIY? Take a trip into the past in one of the handful of typewriter repair shops around the world. Ensconsed within each is a wizened wizard who can make your typewriter sing like it was new!
• IBM Selectric Maintenance & Repair Training Series
  Complete 1978 Video course in IBM Selectric Typewriter Repair
• How to Re-Cover an old Typewriter Case
  Is your typewriter's carrying case getting kind of ratty? Instructables has you covered!
• JJ Short - Typewriter Platen and Feed Roller repair
  New rubber can make your typewriter feel like new again and quiet the clacking of a decades-hardened platen. Re-Cover your platen and feed rolls today!
• Make a dust cover for your typewriter!
  Includes a printable PDF sewing pattern.