1966 Olympia Splendid 33 #5-1283311
Status: My Collection
Hunter: William OLLIVIER (guneeyoufix)
Created: 03-05-2025 at 02:41AM
Last Edit: 03-05-2025 at 02:41AM
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Description:
In very good overall condition, cream and mint green colors. Got it off eBay as spares/repair, the draw band had come off, and was stuck in the escapement. The silent return spring had switched to the wrong side of the loose dog. Once these were fixed, which took about 30 minutes, the machine was back to full operation. 2 winds of the mainspring wasn't enough, so I went for 3.
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Hunter: William OLLIVIER (guneeyoufix)
William OLLIVIER's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 402
Software engineer by day, and typewriter newbie by night.
I got my first typewriter when I was a child, one of the kid's plastic ones, but was not satisfied.
I moved on the first real one, a portable Silver-Reed Silverette S, which I still own today, and use once in a while.
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