1972 Triumph Tippa #5225204

Status: Parting Out
Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)
Created: 05-29-2024 at 08:48AM
Last Edit: 10-23-2024 at 03:13AM

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PARTS MACHINE

Triumph Tippa with the old Finnish Standard keyboard layout and standard Pica typeface.

This Tippa prints rather badly, so it has been relegated to the role of a parts machine.
The first recipient was my 1967 Triumph Tippa 1, which printed beautifully, but had a damaged paper support, missing color indicators for the ribbon color selector, and some other problems.
The second recipient was my 1961 Adler Tippa. The softer platen was slightly different, but seems to work for now. I will probably have the original one recovered later. Rubber grommets for the ribbon cover were also donated. The partly hardened feet might go as well, unless I find suitable 3D printed replacements.

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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.