1962 Olympia SM7 #1972932
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Amanda Wood (typesofthought)
Created: 02-28-2024 at 12:20PM
Last Edit: 02-28-2024 at 12:22PM
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Facebook Marketplace find, seller was clearing out a family member's home. I went for this typewriter and came home with a bonus SCM electric I wasn't looking for.
Repairs included multiple drawband fixes, tab brake repair (three cracked weights), thorough segment cleaning, polishing, new ribbon. Beauuutiful machine, worth learning the ins and outs of the repairs and snapping one of the e-clips (and finding a replacement).
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Hunter: Amanda Wood (typesofthought)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 336
I am quite new to the typewriter world (first bought 6/2023), but I sort of jumped right in with three typewriters in my first week. I am interested in the mechanics of manual typewriters, as well as have an affinity for cleaning up long-forgotten gems. I'm a Smith-Corona fiend, but any nice typewriter will do!
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