1927 Royal 10 #X-1068512
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 11-18-2024 at 09:42AM
Last Edit: 11-19-2024 at 08:35PM
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Description:
A nice X series,. The paper table and hardware are bent. The platen is split in two. A KMG swap?
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The paper table hardware proved to be troublesome to get realigned so it would work. The platen is from a KMG, note the thickness, with a KMM right side end cap. The KMG uses a different rod and variable release so those parts will not work and the end piece has a different set screw centering. Once that's all sorted, the variable rod is too short to engage the slightly different release tab on a KMG. A 440 rod end cut to about 3mm, drops right into the cut out in the platen rod and stays in place, This provides the extra length the original 10 variable release rod needs to push in the release.
When it was dropped to bend the table hardware, is probably when the rear feet mounts were mashed. The plated feet hardware used here, I think, came from a KMM.
The slugs are "PG". So I assume this is Pica Gothic. But they are not double because the upper case letters are periods . Numerals are standard. The question mark is actually 3/4 and there is no question mark slug. What this typewriter was used for who knows, but it was used because the spacebar is concave for the right hand thumb action.
Note the side by side of this carriage shifter vs the segment shift. The cushioned feet make for a much higher stance. This S has a tab tower, which accounts for some of the weight, but not all of the six pounds.
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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.
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