1954 Smith-Corona Sterling Disassembly for Cleaning

In this video I partially disassemble a 1954 Smith-Corona Sterling typewriter in preparation for cleaning. (The cleaning will happen in a later video.) My goal is to remove as much of the non-metal (plastic, rubber, painted parts) as possible so that I can clean the machine with odorless mineral spirits, which will be good for the mechanism but bad for those non-metal parts. I'll clean the non-metal parts separately with appropriate cleaning agents. For the remaining non-metal parts that I can't easily remove (the keycaps and the paper bail rollers) I'll cover them carefully to avoid damage.
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[@stephanesurprenant60]

I got the exact same one down to the color and case as a gift for my wife. She always wanted a typewriter and she loves that green!

[@kimberlyparsons6309]

I picked up one of these for $60 and I’m trying to get it cleaned up and working - I already know the drawband needs attention. Thank you for this video.

[@mecharulz555]

I got a Smith Corona recently, and I love it. It's in really great shape.

[@charlesroberts8128]

Well done. A very good visual by-the-numbers disassembly process. The music selection was also a good background piece. Of course this will have to be a three part series: disassembly, your cleaning methods, and then reassembly and any problems encountered during it.

[@johnlennon1049]

Very interesting.

[@jvasquez1972]

Very cool.

[@wiwingmargahayu6831]

wow

[@rossman1600]

Were you able to get this put back together and functional again? I learned the hard way that once you remove the type guide, it is really tough to get the type aligned again. Maybe you have a trick for this?

[@TomLokovic]

Two questions for any typewriter experts out there:

[@tylerd8609]

What screwdrivers are you using?