Overview of two typewriters (Smith Corona Galaxie XII and Sears SR 2000)

[HLD452]

Here's how to use the Sears electronic typewriter without the ribbon:

Get a fresh paper for typing, place a piece of carbon paper on top of the fresh paper and to finish it off, top the carbon paper with a waste paper that hasn't been crumpled up yet. Be sure the black or blue side of the carbon paper is facing the fresh paper and the side where there are writings of it's brand is facing upward to the waste paper.

That's it. Load the three papers to the Sears SR 2000 and turn it on then type.

[RetroVintageItems27]

You know, it would be better if instead of red white so they wouldn't have to use white out every time they made a mistake.

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[gmecomber]

The LMH switch is a size selector? Is there much difference between the sizes? 

[990rick]

Look, I know you're just a kid, but you need to either get a tripod or at least pay more attention to the movement of your camera. You are obviously spending a fair amount of time not even paying attention to what you're shooting. This video is really unwatchable.

[Dms12444]

@990rick I do have a tripod now, this was one of the videos in which I used a low quality non-mountable camera. I have since replaced this camera with another as used in later videos. Sorry for the inconvenience, however I may still post a corrected video when the time becomes available.

[990rick]

@Dms12444 Good for you bud. Both for getting a tripod and for being able to take input. You will never regret any improvements you make in your equipment and your technique. I'm looking forward to seeing your future efforts.

[TOMATNOSCE]

I love my galaxy 12! Great introduction to this fine machine!

If no one has mentioned it, one way to get the keys not to stick is to bend them just a little with your hands. Observe where the key meets the metal v-shaped guide and bend the opposite direction. sometimes I use a pliers to help me bend the keys. Remember to bend the key just a tiny bit. You'll be amazed how well this works!

[Dms12444]

@TOMATNOSCE Thanks for the hint.

[tyguy732]

Hey i have that same typewriter but the spacing doesn't work. Like the letters just go on top of each other. Any ideas on how to fix that?

[TheMike894ftw]

I had one of those! Too bad I was little and smashed it with a hammer. Well, now I have 6 typewriters. Including a mint remington Quiet riter and royal 10.

[TheMike894ftw]

@TheMike894ftw Now, i have 7. An Underwood 5 just came in.

Ironically, After smashing that typewriter, now I'm a typewriter repairman.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Say, I got a Manuel typewriter recently, I've figured everything out except the "Size selector." Can you explain what it does? Because switching from H to L doesn't really seem to make any noticeable difference.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

You got a big advantage in you typing machine, don't take it for granted!

[Dms12444]

Believe me I don't, Ive recently restored this machine to full operational capacity and now use it for school reports even more than my computer. Oh, and the double dee thing, thanks . ☺

[Morahman7vnNo2]

"The biggest transistor I've ever seen" Yup that fact that you can actually SEE a transistor is...well they used to be quite large! Check out the originals and you'll see what I mean. And I don't know how far you've taken a part you IBM, but I'm sure you might just see a two little orange wheels. Those have the white-out stuff, so you could correct and mistakes. Plus the backspace button just supposed to move the carrier back a space, hence "Backspace." But you could still probably get new......

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Ribbons and whiteout wheel, as I like to call it. Because I was lucky in how my dads old 1997 Brother GX-6750 was stored in storage for the past 10 years; and that he didn't use the ribbon too much. But the correction wheel's solution faded, that's for sure. Be glad you have a manual typewriter, there's only one company that still makes those.

Postscript (P.S.): You remind me of Double Dee from Ed, Edd, n' Eddy, so extra point on that!

[hjhjhj443]

I have a laptop and a Smith and Corona Galaxie 12 side-by-side.

[Dms12444]

nice, mine has been moved and is next to my other computer now.

[arhuxtable]

The Galaxie 12 is an interesting machine,which is the counterpart of the electric Coronet model(I once had a Coronet Electric 12 with the one-exclamation point key that had removable keycap and typeslug which was at extreme left of the typebar assembly). Your Galaxie has removables for 1! and =+(extreme right of the typebar assembly). By the way,you may already know this but,the 12 means the platen(the thing that helps feed the paper into the machine) is 12 inches long.

[Dms12444]

Thanks for the information, I always find it interesting to learn about this kind of stuff though it is unfortunate that currently the typewriter is inoperable. The ribbon has reached it's end after 17 years and now were looking for a replacement.

[arhuxtable]

The typewriter is still operable,although obsolete(out of production). All you have to do is get the ribbon replaced. The ribbons are still in production and sold in office supply stores like Staples and Office Max.

[Dms12444]

Thanks for the info, we found a supplier and just ordered some online.

[DeepRainforest]

You are a cool kid. That manual typewriter will be worth gold after you see what WILL happen on my only CorpTube video.