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1961 Alpina N 24 Serial # 255118 1961 Alpina N 24 typewriter, Serial # 255118 Hein Reinders's 1961 Alpina N 24 typewriter. 2023-06-05 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Hein Reinders: 1961 Alpina N 24 Serial # 255118 An Alpina with a metal housing.
It came in for repair: the backspace button did not work.
Never having worked on a Alpina before, the cause of the problem was hard to find.
The carriage moved backwards when pushing the backspace-key, but it was not held in its backward position.
The backward stroke was long enough for a catch to come in and hold it back.
Looking closely at the escapement, it showed a small catch that should perform this function.
And it was performing okay as long as I would prevent the main spindle of the escapement from turning backward with my finger, or by tightening its pivot screws.
Then I noticed a small hole where something could have been missing.
Only then I thought about a comparison of this N24 to my own Alpina SK24. It had this quirky part as : the gravity pawl and its bearing.
This pawl prevents the escapament wheel to turn backwards when releasing the backspace key.
The missing parts were home-made and now it works fine.

Notice how the German keyboard has been fiitted with a few Dutch types for ij and f ( for florin) and appropriate stickers to the keys

1961 Alpina N 24 #255118

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Hunter: Hein Reinders (heinemaat)
Created: 06-04-2023 at 12:35PM
Last Edit: 06-05-2023 at 01:06AM

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An Alpina with a metal housing.
It came in for repair: the backspace button did not work.
Never having worked on a Alpina before, the cause of the problem was hard to find.
The carriage moved backwards when pushing the backspace-key, but it was not held in its backward position.
The backward stroke was long enough for a catch to come in and hold it back.
Looking closely at the escapement, it showed a small catch that should perform this function.
And it was performing okay as long as I would prevent the main spindle of the escapement from turning backward with my finger, or by tightening its pivot screws.
Then I noticed a small hole where something could have been missing.
Only then I thought about a comparison of this N24 to my own Alpina SK24. It had this quirky part as : the gravity pawl and its bearing.
This pawl prevents the escapament wheel to turn backwards when releasing the backspace key.
The missing parts were home-made and now it works fine.

Notice how the German keyboard has been fiitted with a few Dutch types for ij and f ( for florin) and appropriate stickers to the keys

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Home made (below) pawl that prevents the escapament from turning backwards upon backspace operation
Home made (below) pawl that prevents the escapament from turning backwards upon backspace operation

Hunter: Hein Reinders (heinemaat)

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