1971 Sears Forecast Electric 12 #S6LD 100193
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mei Travis (meilynne)
Created: 01-06-2022 at 03:25PM
Last Edit: 01-07-2022 at 01:54AM
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I purchased this from ShopGoodwill.com for $8.95 because it has the 4-color ribbon installed. The machine itself appears to work nicely albeit being dirty and with a broken right carriage release lever, but enough metal sticks out to still operate it properly. The 4-color ribbon isn't the sorcery I thought it was. It's simply two 2-color ribbons spliced together width a few inches of clean ribbon in between and an eyelet in the middle of that. There were two styles offered, and model 3741 goes with the power-wind models while 3742 is for the manual-wind like this Forecast. Since I don't have the former, I'm not certain of the design difference, but according to instructions, the eyelets might be different because with the power-wind models there's no need to move the eyelet to the other side of the guide, it simply slips through during power-winding mode. What a neat little invention!
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Hunter: Mei Travis (meilynne)
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During the quiet summer of 2020, I longed to use a typewriter again. After some online research and browsing, two Brother machines landed on my doorstep. A 1971 Montgomery Ward's Signature 511D and a creamy 1985 Sears ultraportable both ignited a fire I haven't felt in a long time. I quickly found Ted Munk, the Facebook groups, and the rest of the typewriter online community, where I learned how to fix them and appreciate them. By summer's end I had collected 20 typewriters to cure my pandemic blues. Now I'm obsessed about the different styles, the mechanics & repair, and their important history. Typewriters are an endless source of fascination as a literary medium, for creativity, a tinker-fest for machine geeks, and they still contribute to the economy. I truly enjoy learning how to bring mid-century or later typewriters back to life, even the electric ones, while completely in awe of the unique antiques that folks brilliantly restore. It warms my heart that there are others, and here we are sharing the same passions about typewriters together.
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