1941 Underwood Champion #G1420372
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Piotr Trumpiel (zetix)
Created: 07-26-2014 at 07:58AM
Last Edit: 11-27-2014 at 02:31PM
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Description:
Champion. It had an issue with ribbon transport. I couldn't figure it out at first so I put the machine aside. Now I wanted to take a closer look.
It seemed the mechanism worked as it should however the spools moved for a while then stopped. They are DIN 32755 ones (53.65mm diameter) - clearly someone put them in as a replacement.
My theory was that their bottom ring is catching on the sides of spool cups as they wobbled a bit on the axis. I didn't have an original spools to try so I decided to trim the ones that were inside - since they were plastic ones - and voila!
A transformation - the machine now types easily, the imprint is clean and crisp. You can see a new typeface specimen sample within the photos below - I haven't changed the ribbon...
Now it is a machine that can live up to its name.
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Hunter: Piotr Trumpiel (zetix)
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