'The answer is a bit of alcohol' yes pour me one too! hoping to do this repair on an Olivetti platen with deep grooves although otherwise in really nice condition. many thanks.
I sanded down 60+ typewriters using my hand, battery powered drill and coarse sand paper to take off roughly 2 mm in diameter and then slide a bicycle inner tube over. I don’t bother measuring at all, just simply eyeballing them as I go. If I lay them on a flat surface and see no light shines through, they’re good. Of course a lathe is much better and would save me time but who randomly owns a lathe? So far, all 60+ of them all type great without a single hiccup for years now. All paper feed straight as an arrow on the first try. The imprint is good, the machine more quiet. I speak only from experience, of course not scientifically proven. I do occasionally spend $$ on platens from JJ Short. They’re Heavenly!
iT'S NOT THAT CRITCAL, YOUR KNOWLWGE OF TYPERITER PAPER FEED AND IMPORESSION@@johnpjonesch , THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY QUALIFIED TYPEWRITER MECHANICS LEFT, BUT i JUST HAPPEN TO BE ONE, LATHES WERE USED TO GRIND THE PLANTESNS, RUNNING THE CALIPERS OVER THEM FOR CONSISTENC DIIAMEMTER
Definitely not boring, found this one suspenseful too!
'The answer is a bit of alcohol' yes pour me one too! hoping to do this repair on an Olivetti platen with deep grooves although otherwise in really nice condition. many thanks.
Don't forget to wear your dust mask when sanding platens! (: ua-cam.com/video/p_65qCD2On8/v-deo.html
Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread, , platen diameter is critical to motions and paper feed, thats why profession recovers use lathes
I do enjoy my lathe but most people don't have one.
It's not that critical. He has about .005" give or take of tolerance to work with.
I sanded down 60+ typewriters using my hand, battery powered drill and coarse sand paper to take off roughly 2 mm in diameter and then slide a bicycle inner tube over. I don’t bother measuring at all, just simply eyeballing them as I go. If I lay them on a flat surface and see no light shines through, they’re good. Of course a lathe is much better and would save me time but who randomly owns a lathe?
So far, all 60+ of them all type great without a single hiccup for years now. All paper feed straight as an arrow on the first try. The imprint is good, the machine more quiet.
I speak only from experience, of course not scientifically proven.
I do occasionally spend $$ on platens from JJ Short. They’re Heavenly!
Or at least a caliper over about a dozen places to make sure its even.
iT'S NOT THAT CRITCAL, YOUR KNOWLWGE OF TYPERITER PAPER FEED AND IMPORESSION@@johnpjonesch , THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY QUALIFIED TYPEWRITER MECHANICS LEFT, BUT i JUST HAPPEN TO BE ONE, LATHES WERE USED TO GRIND THE PLANTESNS, RUNNING THE CALIPERS OVER THEM FOR CONSISTENC DIIAMEMTER