{"id":100692,"date":"2023-10-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=100692"},"modified":"2023-11-18T22:49:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T02:49:32","slug":"saturday-night-getting-my-hands-dirty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2023\/10\/28\/saturday-night-getting-my-hands-dirty\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday night &#8211; getting my hands dirty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Feeling much better today. Diane is up in Montreal with friends which gabve me access to the house without fear of infecting her.\u00a0 . I used the day to do some general clean up around my shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the projects I&#8217;d had in my backlog was to take a look at my friend Abby (Abiyoyo)&#8217;s old IBM Selectric typewriter. She&#8217;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&#8217;d like it back.. if not I could toss it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0 Channel 39 the tv Station I worked at from 1973-74.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"100699\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EF6C89C9-E2C1-49EB-A441-F7E927237F9F_1_105_c-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100699\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EF6C89C9-E2C1-49EB-A441-F7E927237F9F_1_105_c-2.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EF6C89C9-E2C1-49EB-A441-F7E927237F9F_1_105_c-2.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EF6C89C9-E2C1-49EB-A441-F7E927237F9F_1_105_c-2.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EF6C89C9-E2C1-49EB-A441-F7E927237F9F_1_105_c-2.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/EF6C89C9-E2C1-49EB-A441-F7E927237F9F_1_105_c-2.jpeg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"100694\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7ECABFF4-5712-434D-9D4F-176537FB01EA_1_105_c-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100694\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7ECABFF4-5712-434D-9D4F-176537FB01EA_1_105_c-2.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7ECABFF4-5712-434D-9D4F-176537FB01EA_1_105_c-2.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7ECABFF4-5712-434D-9D4F-176537FB01EA_1_105_c-2.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7ECABFF4-5712-434D-9D4F-176537FB01EA_1_105_c-2.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/7ECABFF4-5712-434D-9D4F-176537FB01EA_1_105_c-2.jpeg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"100695\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29C1EEC3-5B20-4171-B9EB-9A875706BDB2_1_105_c-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100695\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29C1EEC3-5B20-4171-B9EB-9A875706BDB2_1_105_c-2.jpeg 769w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29C1EEC3-5B20-4171-B9EB-9A875706BDB2_1_105_c-2.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/29C1EEC3-5B20-4171-B9EB-9A875706BDB2_1_105_c-2.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"100696\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/A1CB1291-8DDA-4411-A985-250CF4414A33_1_105_c-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100696\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/A1CB1291-8DDA-4411-A985-250CF4414A33_1_105_c-1.jpeg 769w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/A1CB1291-8DDA-4411-A985-250CF4414A33_1_105_c-1.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/A1CB1291-8DDA-4411-A985-250CF4414A33_1_105_c-1.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fran Fixes It!  -  How to take apart and service the IBM Selectric II Typewriter.\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uB3sM2cA6Wk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fran even warned about thesound\u00a0 insulation that degraded over the years and made a mess of everythign it touched .. especially your hands<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"100700\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/60BF1D4D-A493-4872-BF81-5C58A7D4F17A_1_105_c-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/60BF1D4D-A493-4872-BF81-5C58A7D4F17A_1_105_c-1.jpeg 769w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/60BF1D4D-A493-4872-BF81-5C58A7D4F17A_1_105_c-1.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/60BF1D4D-A493-4872-BF81-5C58A7D4F17A_1_105_c-1.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas.. this one has a broken clutch. I&#8217;m pricing\u00a0 what it would cost to replace.. probably not worth it though..\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But what a trip through the technology time tunnel !<\/p>\n<p>nite all, nite sam\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeling much better today. Diane is up in Montreal with friends which gabve me access to the house without fear of infecting her.\u00a0 . I used the day to do some general clean up around my shop. \u00a0 One of the projects I&#8217;d had in my backlog was to take a look at my friend &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2023\/10\/28\/saturday-night-getting-my-hands-dirty\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saturday night &#8211; getting my hands dirty<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100692"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100701,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100692\/revisions\/100701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}