1939 Royal Aristocrat #B-916963
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 06-01-2025 at 03:04PM
Last Edit: 06-02-2025 at 06:13AM
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The Royal parade continues, and I must admit a change of brand pace may be overdue. This one was/is pretty rusty. The legend is ugly. However, it has good rubber and serviceable feet. With a clipped QDL for parts, what the heck. The top and side covers were off this. Then when I am done I have fifteen characters that won't lift the ribbon high enough on caps! Of course, I only realized this until I sorted out the wildly off motion whereby someone was trying to compensate for the lift issue. So, I have 'formed' a few of these with the tools on hand in the past, but without the proper bending tool there is no way I am doing fifteen of them. So I slipped some heat shrink over each one and boom! Fixed (pic). Now of course you may say this won't last. Yes, probably so, but this stuff is super hard and for light duty use it'll work. And if I get ahold of the proper tool, it will peel right off and no harm no foul. In the meantime, it types.
The case is a later generation.
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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose. My goal is type tested machines. My interests are not isolated to anyone area. For example, I am a big fan of Smith Corona electrics, mid century electrics and all things Royal.
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