Community NewsThe Repair Shop Problem: Where to Take a Machine When the Bench Is GoneThe typewriter repair shop was a fixture of every business district until the 1980s. Now there are a few dozen left in the world. Here is how to find one, when to ship, and when to learn the bench yourself.Tag
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Community NewsThe Repair Shop Problem: Where to Take a Machine When the Bench Is GoneThe typewriter repair shop was a fixture of every business district until the 1980s. Now there are a few dozen left in the world. Here is how to find one, when to ship, and when to learn the bench yourself.
Restoration TutorialsUnsticking Frozen Typebars Without Bending AnythingThe typebars are almost always fine. It is the dried grease in the segment slots that has become concrete. Here is the calm way to dissolve it without turning a straight bar into a bent one.
Restoration TutorialsPlaten Hardness: When to Live With It, When to RecoverA concrete platen prints crisply but shortens the life of every typebar. A soft platen prints kindly but smears. Here is how to measure what you actually have and decide whether recovery is worth two hundred dollars.
Restoration TutorialsAdjusting Typebar Alignment for a Clean BaselineOne letter prints higher than its neighbours. Another leans left. The bars are not broken; they need to be nudged, and the nudge is smaller than you think.
Restoration TutorialsClearing a Jammed Carriage: A Diagnostic LadderA carriage that will not move is not one problem; it is any of six. Diagnose in the right order and the fix is usually free.