I was taught to use 'Marvel Mystery Oil' on the linkages in IBM Selectrics. www.reddit.com/r/typewriter...
A subreddit for typewriters. An appreciation for that primal hammer-against-paper feeling when you sling words onto a page.
Oh thank you! I'll look into it!
Elles touchent la bande, sans appuyer. J'ai vérifié qu'elle est bien débloquée. J'ai testé les réglages de "force" de frappe, mais ça n'a rien changé. Je suis presque sûre que c'est un problème de graissage, mais des fois que je passe à côté de quelque chose... des idées ? 2/2
I strongly suspect it's an oiling issue (that poor thing clearly hadn't seen oil in a long time), and I will learn how to deep clean and oil it properly. But I wanted to check if I was missing something first. Any thought?
Thank you so much for hosting! 😆 I’m gonna share some sketches of unicorns with great conflict resolution skills if that’s ok 👹😆