FRANKEN-WRITER

The Donor Machine, a Remington 5, cosmetically great, mechanically ... crap:

Before pics of the Remette. Remette au naturale, no paper scale:










and no bell assembly:










Remette "Franken-ized" with the bell assembly from the no. 5:











Remette with new paper scale. Now I know where to center the type and set margins. The fountain pen next to it is a pre-WWI Conklin, restored by yours truly and ready to write:












This video shows you the bell in action, proving it actually works:

More Secrets of the OLIVER!!!

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Arrows indicate the screws that must be loosened to free up the variable.







Use a brass tap to gently tap the outer ring of the ratchet gear to the left. Notice the ratchet release (in the circle) is open.








Hybrid Oliver 9/11






,,,

Remington - Typing More, But Enjoying it Less.

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Original picture of the Junior Riter from ebay.





Original picture of the broken return lever from ebay.





Repaired return lever






Broken "?" type bar

SNOW DAY!

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Vanessa snowed in, in my driveway.

My Hermes 2000

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME

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Disassembled type tower of the donor machine.





Source of the problem--detached slug and type bar





"p" type slug








El Primo Oliver 9 with her new type bar and slug

IMPROVING UPON LITERATURE

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My Black IBM Selectric I

Amsterdam Diary - Day 6

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A TALE OF TWO OLIVERS

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Oliver no. 2 the younger on its "treadle table"!



Oliver no. 2 the younger sitting prettily on new rubber feet -- Hilman no. 2 rubber stoppers.