1940 L.C. Smith Super-Speed #1A1644523-12
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
Created: 10-01-2014 at 06:42PM
Last Edit: 04-16-2016 at 01:02PM
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Description:
A friend saved this from the landfill. It has a neat way to remove the back panel without tools.
What is the mechanism around the right spool? When you move the lever, it rotates the spool anchorage a slight bit.
The line space lever has been neatly snapped. How does one do that?
The keys are metal-rimmed plastic---maybe Bakelite, havenāt determined that yet.
Like the Secretarial I have listed, this one has a back panel removable without tools, but of a different design.
In very rough shape when it was donated to me, it is now mostly in rough working order.
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Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
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