I have a selectric 1 or 2 um it doesent type what I want when I type it doesent match what i type and the ball with all the letters only goes on 1 way please help. I really would love to use it. If you know what's wrong with it please reply. Thank you.
Good news Chad! I have one in decent condition. It powers on but the lock and shift buttons are stuck. I dont know why because this one does not seem gummed up at all. I got it from the original owner and he said it worked great when he out it in storage. It has had the dust cover on it this whole time. No rust or dust. Let me know if you are inerested and i'll make a video of it for you.
Thanks for the tip on the LPS-2. I've mostly seen dried up lube cause problems on "reel to reel" decks that I have worked on, but is a problem on most any type of "vintage mechanism".
The easy-listening music on the radio at the end really sets the mood of an office with secretaries typing away and Muzak piped in through the speaker system. :-)
I had an Olivetti electric typewriter that I got as a present back in the late 80s. It had the ball type element that was removed by pulling on a spring loaded pin on the right side. Something broke on the machanism that caused the carriage to advance forward as if you were holding the space bar down firmly. Ended up chunking it after finding out how much it was going to cost to replace the part that broke.
I have a selectric 1 or 2 um it doesent type what I want when I type it doesent match what i type and the ball with all the letters only goes on 1 way please help. I really would love to use it. If you know what's wrong with it please reply. Thank you.
jakebmxWardell 3 days ago
Just loaded up the video of it. Check it out if you'd like.
rusticswag 3 weeks ago
Oh yeah! Loved the music at the ending :)
rusticswag 3 weeks ago
Good news Chad! I have one in decent condition. It powers on but the lock and shift buttons are stuck. I dont know why because this one does not seem gummed up at all. I got it from the original owner and he said it worked great when he out it in storage. It has had the dust cover on it this whole time. No rust or dust. Let me know if you are inerested and i'll make a video of it for you.
rusticswag 3 weeks ago
great video I worked on many of these back in the 70's
GrayRealities 1 month ago
weeeeeellll tooooooooo talk ^_^
markhodgson600 2 months ago
Thanks for the tip on the LPS-2. I've mostly seen dried up lube cause problems on "reel to reel" decks that I have worked on, but is a problem on most any type of "vintage mechanism".
MrAAA3330 2 months ago in playlist More videos from retrochad
You cant order it through retroelectronics?
THEtechknight 2 months ago
It's great to see that TransOceanic playing at the end of the video. :D
matts78mn 2 months ago
i have a selectric 2 and the shaft that moves the carriage is stuck, i will make a video showing it.
thecooldude9999 2 months ago
"Any Day Now"--haven't heard that song in years....
batterymaker 2 months ago
1,dumb statement there is t a type writer junk yard or type writter parts shop ?????
and thank you gonna buy over ebay ps2.
where the 2 type writers liked the music
koioo2 2 months ago
The easy-listening music on the radio at the end really sets the mood of an office with secretaries typing away and Muzak piped in through the speaker system. :-)
vwestlife 2 months ago
This reminds me of the good ole days.
I had an Olivetti electric typewriter that I got as a present back in the late 80s. It had the ball type element that was removed by pulling on a spring loaded pin on the right side. Something broke on the machanism that caused the carriage to advance forward as if you were holding the space bar down firmly. Ended up chunking it after finding out how much it was going to cost to replace the part that broke.
Anyway. great job on the restoration.
fedorauser1003 2 months ago
And I had the Artisan font as one of my elements which I used the most. Didn't care for the Courier font, though.
fedorauser1003 2 months ago
Nice to see those things working. Believe it or not, my mom still uses those things at work, it's like a time capsule over there.
TheTarrMan 2 months ago
I will have to try some of that LPS 2.
Great work on this one, it runs perfect and smooth now!
clubcar98 2 months ago