Feeling much better today. Diane is up in Montreal with friends which gabve me access to the house without fear of infecting her.  . I used the day to do some general clean up around my shop.

 

One of the projects I’d had in my backlog was to take a look at my friend Abby (Abiyoyo)’s old IBM Selectric typewriter. She’d gotten it in a junk sale and had used for several years. The machine had quit working.. She asked me to take a look.. if it could be fixed she’d like it back.. if not I could toss it. 

It was so cool opening the chassie of that old but magical IBM machine. Inside was a mechanical marvel .. gears, clutches, motors, belts and levers. It is a marvel of engeering.. and a truly iconic piece of technology/ I remember using one of these at  Channel 39 the tv Station I worked at from 1973-74.

 

Youtube was my freind here.. THere were tons of tutorials online about diagnosing.. and sometime even fixing these beasts. I found this one by a woman named. Fran extremely helpful

Fran even warned about thesound  insulation that degraded over the years and made a mess of everythign it touched .. especially your hands

 

Alas.. this one has a broken clutch. I’m pricing  what it would cost to replace.. probably not worth it though..   

But what a trip through the technology time tunnel !

nite all, nite sam 

-me