/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>548804

I love finding out stuff is worth more than I realised. Also, those selectric typewriters are fab things, really nice to work on. I use a late 1960's Litton Imperial to write most of my letters on, because $1.50 for a long-lasting ink ribbon beats the crap out of $30+ for a cartridge for my printer.

Not really sure what to say about it suddenly packing up. Best to lay out a cloth and dissassemble, firstly see if there's anything visually wrong and work your way through the mechanism. Is it a synchronous movement? If so, there isn't much to go wrong really, make sure the wires are still attatched, the coil is insulated and not damaged and the hands move freely. Check the fibre gear teeth for evidence of wear, then the hard gear teeth for the same. Sounds more like you've a loose wire though if it suddenly stopped.

This is my other clock in daily use, the 1950's Metamec. Didn't even have to strip this one down, changed the fuse over from a 13amp to a 2amp then plugged it in and it's still going six years later. Cheap shit I buy comes and goes, but the old stuff I use just keeps on going.