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197X Smith Corona Coronet Super 12 Serial # 6LEA 488012G 197X Smith Corona Coronet Super 12 typewriter, Serial # 6LEA 488012G Charlie A's 197X Smith Corona Coronet Super 12 typewriter. 2025-08-13 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Charlie A: 197X Smith Corona Coronet Super 12 Serial # 6LEA 488012G Picked this up at thrift. It's in excellent working condition. Appears to have original bands with no issues. Very little corrosive pitting in existence. Super clean, though it smells funky! Had a ribbon cartridge in it, but it had been broken and needed extracting; not sure if that happened before or after donation. Popped in a replacement and it was off to the races. The case is also in great shape and really clean, so I expect this rarely got used and was cared for well while it was.
Despite this being in such excellent condition, considering this is a very common model and colorway, I'm nearly certain I'm going to do a visual restoration on it to end up with a really unique piece that I can enjoy for years. I really enjoy using it to write on. It types beautifully; only issue is that it can't keep up with my 90+WPM typing speeds, so I have to slow down to its upper limits, which it handles beautifully.

2025-08-13
In cleaning the interior areas, I took a closer look at my bands. I think they are actually older replacement bands, and I found damage on one, so I decided to replace both. I used Danco's 10714 - Large O-Ring Assortment #3, which cost $6.27 at my Lowe's. If you're buying some, pay close attention to the packaging, because a lot had been ripped open and a ring or two stolen. I saw a gentleman in a YouTube video suggest these for replacing bands on the Super 12. He used the #122 (5⅞"x5⅝"x ⅛") and #121 (4⅛"x3⅞" x ⅛") rings. Those proved to be entirely too loose for me and took me a while to realize that was why the period and semi-colon keys weren't striking hard enough to leave an imprint, and the surrounding keys struck weakly. I instead used the #119 (3⅞"x3⅝"x ⅛") and #117 (3¾"x3½"x ⅛") rings and that worked out just great. The machine got even quieter than I ever expected it could, and just purrs now. Great strike action too.

197X Smith Corona Coronet Super 12 #6LEA 488012G

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Charlie A (CharlieAvocado)
Created: 08-03-2025 at 10:48AM
Last Edit: 08-13-2025 at 09:50AM

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Picked this up at thrift. It's in excellent working condition. Appears to have original bands with no issues. Very little corrosive pitting in existence. Super clean, though it smells funky! Had a ribbon cartridge in it, but it had been broken and needed extracting; not sure if that happened before or after donation. Popped in a replacement and it was off to the races. The case is also in great shape and really clean, so I expect this rarely got used and was cared for well while it was.
Despite this being in such excellent condition, considering this is a very common model and colorway, I'm nearly certain I'm going to do a visual restoration on it to end up with a really unique piece that I can enjoy for years. I really enjoy using it to write on. It types beautifully; only issue is that it can't keep up with my 90+WPM typing speeds, so I have to slow down to its upper limits, which it handles beautifully.

2025-08-13
In cleaning the interior areas, I took a closer look at my bands. I think they are actually older replacement bands, and I found damage on one, so I decided to replace both. I used Danco's 10714 - Large O-Ring Assortment #3, which cost $6.27 at my Lowe's. If you're buying some, pay close attention to the packaging, because a lot had been ripped open and a ring or two stolen. I saw a gentleman in a YouTube video suggest these for replacing bands on the Super 12. He used the #122 (5⅞"x5⅝"x ⅛") and #121 (4⅛"x3⅞" x ⅛") rings. Those proved to be entirely too loose for me and took me a while to realize that was why the period and semi-colon keys weren't striking hard enough to leave an imprint, and the surrounding keys struck weakly. I instead used the #119 (3⅞"x3⅝"x ⅛") and #117 (3¾"x3½"x ⅛") rings and that worked out just great. The machine got even quieter than I ever expected it could, and just purrs now. Great strike action too.

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Pulley close-up showing the guck, particularly inside the pieces.
Pulley close-up showing the guck, particularly inside the pieces.

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