1957 Olympia SM3 #1103959
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
Created: 03-26-2024 at 04:15PM
Last Edit: 10-20-2024 at 01:01AM
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Bought as part of a lot of 16 typewriters and this one may be the biggest challenge to fix a frozen carriage. I found the two most common issues with adjusting sets to clear scraping the body and then the underlying issue where rubber spacers on the bottom had dissolved. However, still doesn't move. Putting on list of three from list to fix. Otherwise, condition seems excellent or near mint...we'll see after I fix and clean.
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Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 724
First hunt and pecked on a 60's Smith Corona Sterling my mother had and Took typing class in 1982 on an IBM Selectric as a means to get into the computer class my sophomore year. Probably reached 60wpm. Once I moved over to computers I never really went back to typewriters, but 40 years later I find myself enjoying the sound, feel, and smell of a now-vintage Selectric 2 and just picked up a 1955 Silent Super. We'll see how far down the rabbit hole I go....
Update: July 2024. I have 26 typewriters at this point including an identical Selectric I used in high school. The collection kick started in April when I bought 16 in one purchase from a collector on his way out of the hobby. I've also had the good fortune of helping my local air museum find several period-correct WWII typewriters and even gave away a pristine 50's Smith Corona Silent Super to a 19 year old that was enamored typewriters.
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