It activates two mechanisms: the ink ribbon lifting mechanism and the rotation of the ribbon spools. This bar is raised by the key levers every time you press a key. I glued the sensor strip on a steel bar placed on the back of the machine. The Control Panel is mounted to the side of the typewriter, so that these buttons can be accessed easily.
The control panel also has several important buttons mounted directly on it: they are CTRL, ALT, and CMD.
STEAMPUNK TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD INSTALL
This difficulty is increased by the fact that, during the installation, a string connected to a spiral spring is constantly pushing the carriage outside its rail.Īfter hours spent trying different techniques (I used magnets at some point), I finally found a good way to install the carriage with a bit of help from gravity.Īs you can see in the animation below, I’m placing the bearing balls with their gear washers one at a time on the rails with the machine positioned vertically. The problem with this part is the difficulty to install by hand the small elements – washers and bearing balls – which allow the carriage to move smoothly on the rail. One of the most difficult part to reassemble, after completing the restoration, was the carriage. Avoid putting too much paint with each coat to allow for fast drying and preventing the creation of drops on the surface. Make sure to spray the water in the air just before start painting (if you see a rainbow you are doing it well), wait for the water to fall down, then you can put in place your object and start painting.
The little floating drops of water created by the sprayer collect all the dust in the air. First I sanded it to remove the old paint, then I applied two coats of primer and two coats of black.Ī technique I use to avoid dust when working with spray paint is cleaning up the air with a water sprayer. In the last step of the typewriter restoration I repainted the ribbon spool cover with the scratched surface. In the white circle, the clamp with the screw blocking the rotation of the shaft I also removed the old ink encrusted on the hammer keys which was closing the holes in letters like a, e, p, 8. Then I rapidly dried it with an hair dryer. But I didn’t avoid water, indeed, since I soaked the machine in water with dishwashing liquid. You should avoid using cotton buds soaked in alcohol, cause it contains water which could make your machine rust.
The first thing I did on the machine was cleaning up all the dust collected inside its mechanisms during the last 90 years. The only problems were some scratches on the right ribbon spool cover and the color lever which cannot be set in the stencil position. Overall the typewriter was in very good shape: the keyboards where all working and even the case handle made in leather (rare for a machine of almost 90 years) was on its place.
STEAMPUNK TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD PORTABLE
A black Royal Portable from 1930 with an italian layout keyboard complete with its wooden case. At the end my choice fell on the Royal and I was lucky enough to find one in my town in pretty good conditions. I had a couple of models in mind, a Remington Portable type 3 and a Royal Portable. The typewriter at the 2017 Maker Faire in Rome The Royal Portable Typewriterīefore starting the project, I had to find a typewriter.
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