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1969 Olympia SG 3 N Serial # 7-2247194 1969 Olympia SG 3 N typewriter, Serial # 7-2247194 Jerry Himes's 1969 Olympia SG 3 N typewriter. 2024-09-08 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Jerry Himes: 1969 Olympia SG 3 N Serial # 7-2247194 The touch on this machine was abnormally heavy and I could not fix the issue, so I found an SG 3 S from 1977 which had seen less use and had a lighter touch, despite being slightly less sophisticated and cheaply built than the 60s SG3s were. The 1977 one had a slightly lower quality shell with a bit more plastic and total lack of insulation, and it also had a wider carriage with a broken paper bail, so I just cleaned the innards and swapped them into the shell and carriage of this 1969 SG 3 N and vice versa. This left me with two hybrids, but at least one of them now works very nicely.

Given away in September, 2024.

1969 Olympia SG 3 N #7-2247194

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)
Created: 07-28-2024 at 02:29PM
Last Edit: 09-08-2024 at 02:22AM


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The touch on this machine was abnormally heavy and I could not fix the issue, so I found an SG 3 S from 1977 which had seen less use and had a lighter touch, despite being slightly less sophisticated and cheaply built than the 60s SG3s were. The 1977 one had a slightly lower quality shell with a bit more plastic and total lack of insulation, and it also had a wider carriage with a broken paper bail, so I just cleaned the innards and swapped them into the shell and carriage of this 1969 SG 3 N and vice versa. This left me with two hybrids, but at least one of them now works very nicely.

Given away in September, 2024.

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With the original shell and carriage; now swapped with the shell and carriage of a 1977 SG 3 S.
With the original shell and carriage; now swapped with the shell and carriage of a 1977 SG 3 S.






Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)

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I have been looking for ways to spend less time on electronic devices, and because of this I started doing my writing and translation work with pens and pencils, and now on typewriters as well. I have noticed that adding typewriters to the process has been beneficial to the quality of the text, plus it's just more fun this way.

I have started selling and giving away some of my machines now that I have figured out which ones I want to keep. Some people have asked me for working typewriters, so I have been on the lookout for machines purely for that purpose as well. As fun and instructive as it has been, soon it is time to finish this collecting and tinkering and move back to my original intention: writing. I hope.

If you need to contact me, write a message to titypist44@gmail.com



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