1956 Underwood De Luxe #AA2633478
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mary Echevarria (Mech)
Created: 08-11-2019 at 09:16AM
Last Edit: 03-23-2024 at 06:19AM
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Description:
Beautiful Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab with a serious escapement problem: carriage won't catch.
Update 3/23/24: I removed the carriage to find a broken loose dog. An initial repair with J-B Weld epoxy broke off, so I modeled the loose dog in Tinkercad and had a 3D print made at the public library (PLA with 100% infill density). The PLA dog is working great. Since I worry about its longterm durability, I am on the hunt for a replacement dog from a parts machine. The typeface is "Continental".
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Hunter: Mary Echevarria (Mech)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 2469
I'm a novice collector with a very small collection of mostly nonfunctional typewriters. I enjoy tinkering and repairs, so I am slowly but surely putting these typewriters back into service.
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