Restoration TutorialsLubricating a Typewriter: Where Oil Belongs and Where It Does NotMore typewriters are damaged by oil in the wrong place than by oil in the right one. The segment, typebar pivots, and mainspring barrel need a drop each; the escapement and feed pawls need none. Here is the bench map.Tag
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Restoration TutorialsLubricating a Typewriter: Where Oil Belongs and Where It Does NotMore typewriters are damaged by oil in the wrong place than by oil in the right one. The segment, typebar pivots, and mainspring barrel need a drop each; the escapement and feed pawls need none. Here is the bench map.
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.