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1922 Underwood Portable 3 Bank Serial # 55577 1922 Underwood Portable 3 Bank typewriter, Serial # 55577 Mighty Jabba's 1922 Underwood Portable 3 Bank typewriter. 2023-05-10 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mighty Jabba: 1922 Underwood Portable 3 Bank Serial # 55577 This was a relatively inexpensive eBay purchase. When I got it, it was very dirty and had a number of issues, including weirdness with the margins and a non-functioning end-of-line bell. The feed rollers were also amazingly dried out (see photo below) -- to the point that they looked like they were made of leather. I removed the old rubber and replaced it with several layers of heat-shrink tubing. That got it typing, but all of the symbols accessed with the Fig Shift were way too high relative to the others and only printed partially. So I learned how to adjust that, and while it's not perfect (particularly since I really don't have the appropriate tools), it is now much closer. Unfortunately while I was trying to fix the bell, a microscopic spring in the mechanism pinged off into oblivion, so I guess I'll have to live with a broken bell. Otherwise, it's very nice! I really love the compact design. Especially compared to other portables from around the same time, it's very tiny and cute.

BTW I found the poster shown below at All Posters and thought it would be perfect to display with my Underwood portables.

1922 Underwood Portable 3 Bank #55577

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mighty Jabba (MightyJabba)
Created: 05-10-2023 at 01:21PM
Last Edit: 05-10-2023 at 01:25PM

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This was a relatively inexpensive eBay purchase. When I got it, it was very dirty and had a number of issues, including weirdness with the margins and a non-functioning end-of-line bell. The feed rollers were also amazingly dried out (see photo below) -- to the point that they looked like they were made of leather. I removed the old rubber and replaced it with several layers of heat-shrink tubing. That got it typing, but all of the symbols accessed with the Fig Shift were way too high relative to the others and only printed partially. So I learned how to adjust that, and while it's not perfect (particularly since I really don't have the appropriate tools), it is now much closer. Unfortunately while I was trying to fix the bell, a microscopic spring in the mechanism pinged off into oblivion, so I guess I'll have to live with a broken bell. Otherwise, it's very nice! I really love the compact design. Especially compared to other portables from around the same time, it's very tiny and cute.

BTW I found the poster shown below at All Posters and thought it would be perfect to display with my Underwood portables.

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Old dried up rubber on the feed rollers.
Old dried up rubber on the feed rollers.

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