tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post1848648384415626972..comments2024-03-27T11:12:16.999-07:00Comments on Backspace does not erase: A couple of screws too farRobertGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01841652527282627317noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-89692135508303903012014-09-21T10:42:38.655-07:002014-09-21T10:42:38.655-07:00Ha ha! As if you were there! :-)
And the relief ...Ha ha! As if you were there! :-)<br />And the relief when you feel the sharp 'tack' of the screw coming loose for the first time since March '28, dreading the silent slow giving way of only the screw head... (had it happen... not this machine though)<br />Tnx :-)RobertGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841652527282627317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-36904491444884978592014-09-21T07:14:32.187-07:002014-09-21T07:14:32.187-07:00...eyes squinting, fingers trembling from clenchin......eyes squinting, fingers trembling from clenching the machine too tightly. The screwdriver tip is set firmly in the slot of the targeted screw. Muscles are being commanded to apply force ... too much? Unknown. Teeth clenched as the sweat starts to bead on the brow, and the palms become damp. That feeling of wrenching out those first screws from the carriage, not knowing exactly what will happen.<br /><br />I am always amazed how a new machine reduces us to novice status, when we think we know a fair bit about typewriters. Congrats on the discovery after powering through the unknown, and good luck on the resto!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331656773177360643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-78199273017958238842014-09-20T00:29:12.536-07:002014-09-20T00:29:12.536-07:00Absolutely! (There are definitely some parts that...Absolutely! (There are definitely some parts that could have been left on. Hindsight etc etc... ;-)<br /><br />The paper release mechanism has me worried a bit, I'll admit.RobertGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841652527282627317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-78690813360838783272014-09-20T00:26:41.037-07:002014-09-20T00:26:41.037-07:00The first machine is indeed the tricky one. Come t...The first machine is indeed the tricky one. Come to think of that, should/could have perhaps gotten a clunker RP2 to practice on. Then only unscrew the right screws on this red one. Aaah, hindsight...<br /><br />(Another (sobering) thought - there may be more people that have taken a carriage assembly apart than there are people that have put it together again.)RobertGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841652527282627317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-37258787278520622242014-09-19T17:03:11.760-07:002014-09-19T17:03:11.760-07:00That's a long way to go with dismantling this ...That's a long way to go with dismantling this machine to get it restored. FIngers crossed everything comes out okay at the end! Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-13096557669965463432014-09-19T13:22:46.536-07:002014-09-19T13:22:46.536-07:00One of the best results of doing such work is that...One of the best results of doing such work is that, after such a dis-assembly, you are now the master of the Remington Portable (model 2). The first machine may be tricky, and require the time needed to understand how it all goes together, but if you ever run into a second machine with a problem? Poof. Tis nothing to worry about, you have it in the bag. And in an era a hundred years past the prime of the machine your working on, you may very well have elevated yourself into the upper echelons of knowledge of a particular machine. How many people have taken apart the carriage assembly of a Remington P. 2? Not very many in the scheme of it all.Words are Wingedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427885896085053444noreply@blogger.com