A Selection of Selectrics | Joe van Cleave (www.youtube.com)

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[-] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I have one, but I never succeeded to make it work 😅

[-] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't blame you. They are monsters. There is a reason the typewriter shop near me runs an apprenticeship to learn how to fix them. Takes years to learn. They charge north of a grand for a single selectric restoration

[-] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

To be honest, knowing how hard it is, I didn't try too hard. I remember that Just my Typewriter has a video about her repair of that machine; if she had so much troubles, I can't even dream about repairing one myself. At least, not today!

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