Loved this video! Not a waste at all! I do this all the time. For those of us who just love to learn,this is wonderful. Should I ever change a main spring,I now have the knowledge to check that the widths match up :). Thanks for a great video. Its by our failures that we learn😁.
It is possible to bend a hook on spring steel by just heating it. It looses its spring strength and is no more brittle on the spot you heated it. A lighter is enough as it it very thin, just aim for the metal to heat until it changes color, not red hot but kind of blueish.
I don't think that's connected to the mainspring; not on any typewriter I know of. Depending on your machine, there's probably a lever that moves your carriage back just one tooth. Slide the carriage out of the way and then operate the backspace. Look closely to see where it might be hanging up. Could be a missing spring? Could be a bent connecting rod that's snagging against a neighboring gear or lever. Whatever you can see, that's what's most likely to point you toward resolving the issue.
I don't think that's connected to the mainspring; not on any typewriter I know of. Depending on your machine, there's probably a lever that moves your carriage back just one tooth. Slide the carriage out of the way and then operate the backspace. Look closely to see where it might be hanging up. Could be a missing spring? Could be a bent connecting rod that's snagging against a neighboring gear or lever. Whatever you can see, that's what's most likely to point you toward resolving the issue.
I don't think that's connected to the mainspring; not on any typewriter I know of. Depending on your machine, there's probably a lever that moves your carriage back just one tooth. Slide the carriage out of the way and then operate the backspace. Look closely to see where it might be hanging up. Could be a missing spring? Could be a bent connecting rod that's snagging against a neighboring gear or lever. Whatever you can see, that's what's most likely to point you toward resolving the issue.
Thank you! I have been able to work out that the bacspace button pulled some levers from below the machine all the way tovthe back and then into the machine to wonderland, and one of those metal parts was scrubbing against the metal housing making the backspace stick and not work well. Fixed now
un desastre lo tuyo, lo primero que tenes que hacer es destemplarlo con un poco de fuego para no correr el riesgo que se quiebre, no entiendo estas personas que se hacen lo mecanicos de maquinas de escribir y no saben nada. una pena para el oficio que va desapareciendo
Loved this video! Not a waste at all! I do this all the time. For those of us who just love to learn,this is wonderful. Should I ever change a main spring,I now have the knowledge to check that the widths match up :). Thanks for a great video. Its by our failures that we learn😁.
thank you! 2 years later and still a very useful video.
Educational. Your tests help all of us understand what we need to do.
Another great video! Thanks!
Great. Got a Hermes 3k that needs this. Just have to find a donor machine!
It is possible to bend a hook on spring steel by just heating it. It looses its spring strength and is no more brittle on the spot you heated it. A lighter is enough as it it very thin, just aim for the metal to heat until it changes color, not red hot but kind of blueish.
It's called metal normalization
Does this still work after the hardened metal has been flexed a zillion times over many years?
@@mitchello.6432 yes it does !
Sometimes my back space button hangs. Does this have anything to do with the mainspring?
I don't think that's connected to the mainspring; not on any typewriter I know of. Depending on your machine, there's probably a lever that moves your carriage back just one tooth. Slide the carriage out of the way and then operate the backspace. Look closely to see where it might be hanging up. Could be a missing spring? Could be a bent connecting rod that's snagging against a neighboring gear or lever. Whatever you can see, that's what's most likely to point you toward resolving the issue.
I don't think that's connected to the mainspring; not on any typewriter I know of. Depending on your machine, there's probably a lever that moves your carriage back just one tooth. Slide the carriage out of the way and then operate the backspace. Look closely to see where it might be hanging up. Could be a missing spring? Could be a bent connecting rod that's snagging against a neighboring gear or lever. Whatever you can see, that's what's most likely to point you toward resolving the issue.
I don't think that's connected to the mainspring; not on any typewriter I know of. Depending on your machine, there's probably a lever that moves your carriage back just one tooth. Slide the carriage out of the way and then operate the backspace. Look closely to see where it might be hanging up. Could be a missing spring? Could be a bent connecting rod that's snagging against a neighboring gear or lever. Whatever you can see, that's what's most likely to point you toward resolving the issue.
Thank you! I have been able to work out that the bacspace button pulled some levers from below the machine all the way tovthe back and then into the machine to wonderland, and one of those metal parts was scrubbing against the metal housing making the backspace stick and not work well. Fixed now
un desastre lo tuyo, lo primero que tenes que hacer es destemplarlo con un poco de fuego para no correr el riesgo que se quiebre, no entiendo estas personas que se hacen lo mecanicos de maquinas de escribir y no saben nada. una pena para el oficio que va desapareciendo