196X Smith Corona Electra 210 #6ES 124795
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Wayne Bouchard (azweb100)
Created: 03-29-2024 at 06:12AM
Last Edit: 03-29-2024 at 06:32AM
Description:
Smith-Corona Electra 210 typewriter. 10" carriage with power return, power shift, repeat on period, X, dash, and space. Manual backspace.
This is basically the same typewriter as the Galaxie, just electrified. The trip mechanism is a little bit complicated, but it is mostly just the same mechanism repeated 45 times. A rotating bar catches a lever moved by depression of a key which contacts the lever for the type bar to provide the motive force. This gives the type bars an even and consistent impact force, guaranteeing uniform blackness and crispness of the letters, as long as the typewriter is kept in good repair.
It should be noted that certain keys, such as the dash, period, and apostrophe (to name three) have a slightly altered trip arm to reduce the force of impact. This helps avoid cutting the paper, especially when typing multiple carbons. SC was going for the best quality printing they could get with these later units in order to out-shine the competition with units that were reliable, easy to use and repair, and produced the best quality documents.
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Hunter: Wayne Bouchard (azweb100)
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Collector of several things, including typewriters, slide rules, and mechanical calculators.
Started collecting typewriters in 2023 with a Royal HHE like the one I did my first book report on when I was in school and using my dad's old typewriter.
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