tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post8317307672684388106..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Fly in the Alignment and Hand of God: The Reverend Ted Lifts Lettera 82 RatingRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-86672113903447466582013-11-16T08:59:46.378+11:002013-11-16T08:59:46.378+11:00Thank you John but it's a much different machi...Thank you John but it's a much different machine already and doesn't need a thing done to it.Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-11662098270278392102013-11-15T23:32:30.839+11:002013-11-15T23:32:30.839+11:00Hi Rob,
I would love to get my hands on that Olive...Hi Rob,<br />I would love to get my hands on that Olivetti 82, just for an hour or so, it would be a different machine.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138302382154651383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-28949586788875187652013-11-15T17:28:51.103+11:002013-11-15T17:28:51.103+11:00I beg to disagree with your hard judgement on the ...I beg to disagree with your hard judgement on the Olivetti 82 - post follows, as I am off to Cologne now.shordzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824301365798484902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-77659635428447510982013-11-15T03:05:13.398+11:002013-11-15T03:05:13.398+11:00heh, Debugging indeed! You never know what you'...heh, Debugging indeed! You never know what you'll find buried in the guts of a machine. I found a stack of credit cards hidden in the guts of an SCM Sterling once, and I remember Richard Polt finding a whole mud wasp's nest inside a typer. :D<br /><br />Too bad the engine transplant didn't pan out - that really is a nicely-colored shell. (:Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-9433941694276292342013-11-14T21:35:07.559+11:002013-11-14T21:35:07.559+11:00Truly debugging a typewriter.Truly debugging a typewriter.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-78211292709543835172013-11-14T20:36:34.119+11:002013-11-14T20:36:34.119+11:00AH!
The baby's adjustment system is diabolica...AH! <br />The baby's adjustment system is diabolical, and has been used on every model since the start. to quote the film version of Gollum... "I hates it! I hates it!"Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-88875606717365504912013-11-14T16:27:26.239+11:002013-11-14T16:27:26.239+11:00Nice work debugging (literally!) this typewriter, ...Nice work debugging (literally!) this typewriter, Robert! It types a lot better now!Miguel Chávezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411154570699775904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-59658482690294009102013-11-14T16:16:08.374+11:002013-11-14T16:16:08.374+11:00Dwayne, I've done as Miguel suggested, put the...Dwayne, I've done as Miguel suggested, put the fly (and the washer) back in and added another scan to the post - the typing is now almost perfect!Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-7352528690397427062013-11-14T16:01:14.669+11:002013-11-14T16:01:14.669+11:00And I thought the first entry was funny! The fly i...And I thought the first entry was funny! The fly is obviously key to making this thing work.Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-8366507587203492562013-11-14T15:14:19.067+11:002013-11-14T15:14:19.067+11:00OMG, Miguel! I think you've got it. When I put...OMG, Miguel! I think you've got it. When I put it all back together agaoin, there was a spare washer!Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-91775501817119145262013-11-14T15:09:08.810+11:002013-11-14T15:09:08.810+11:00Perhaps that's what the fly was for... a cleve...Perhaps that's what the fly was for... a clever replacement of a missing washer somewhere?Miguel Chávezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411154570699775904noreply@blogger.com