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Awesome review dear friend. Seriously the print quality is way bettwr than I've expected.

Joe, how many years ago did I give you the "tip" on using the "O-rings"?? Fantastic you are still having luck with them. I think it was back during the typewriter assignments we used to do (which I miss) Happy July 4th. K.

Personally, I Love that Green!

Another excellent video, Joe. I have an old Underwood from the 30s I think, gifted to me. I also own a Brother Charger 11 portable that I got for Christmas when I was a kid. Currently using it write some stuff.

Hi Joe, Very nice, I wish so bad I could get to a Type In. When you tighten or loosen the key tension on the bottom front of a SCM Electric, there is a tiny needle that moves and gauges where you are on the left side. On my 1972 SCM Electra 110, I've got mine set between 2 and 3, seems easy to still type, but less sensitive to make an accidental strike. Bob Ross would say, we don't have mistakes, just Happy Accidents. The SCM Electra 210 and 220, these have the Power Return, that feature is cool, yeah it saves your hand and some time and it's a bit Fun to FIRE a tank cannon like Carriage, but, it's more wear and tear on the motors, and repair guys I've spoken to including our Friend D. Jensen over at Phoenix Typewriters, agree that the motors will typically burn out faster on the Power Return Models then if you just had the manual return, as it's one less thing that, although powerful motor has to run. You will miss that manual return at the end of the line. There's almost something rewarding to reach out and connect to the machine and the work, and manually push the carriage back. In all my time working and cleaning my SCM 110, I've never taken that panel off the back left over the belts, as you can still disassemble the machine. Next time for fun I'll do that. Fun fact you may already know this, but that bottom plate cover on the machine it's on the Manuals too like the Galaxie, when next you remove it, give it a flip and you will see when Smith Corona made these machines, they would stamp out the bottom and use it as a cover by flipping it around. Now that's good sound design and lowering waste. These are absolutely amazing and fun machines to work on, they were and are absolutely a beast of a work horse for any Novel or Book you're working on. And being electric, your hands won't tire from smashing through on a more therapeutic machine as I call them. An Electric 60s-70's SCM typewriter be it for Sears, Singer, Montgomery Wards, or just Smith Corona, they are Dream Machines. I like my 110, has the short carriage, with a manual return, and outside of power cord and Color, it's the direct Twin to my Galaxie Deluxe, even though that one I have is from 1964. It's really neat to put them side by side and they look identical. ❤

I like how clear the type is with the IBM Selectric.

This is a great topic and one that I experience often. I am trying to slowdown and increase accuracy. Thanks for the blunt discussion on this topic.😊

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Hola. Soy español y me da la curiosidad de que te metieras en la página Wallapop español para que veas de la cantidad de máquinas de escribir de segunda mano en muy buen estado y también de tu opinión sobre esta página. Yo también colecciono máquinas de escribir y la amo con pasión. Coleccionar, restaurar y escribir con el flujo de una cascada de creatividad durante horas con sumo placer y libertad. Saludos!

Hello! When watching this video, I was interested in your comment on the plastic spindle mechanism. I agree that the plastic peg is inconsistent with the overall quality of this typewriter. It is more disappointing to me in that one the the pegs broke off when I was changing the ribbon. I put too hard when pulling off the ribbon spool. Is there anyway to repair or replace this spindle peg? Thank you!

I have 4 electrics. 2 Scm typebar manual return,one power return ,and I have the big industrial Underwood model with power return. So helpful when arthritis flares up. A very fine video Joe 👍 quite enjoyable ☺️

Thank you for liking my post about downgrade technology really meant alot. So let me return the fabure

What a beauty 😍

I enjoy typing on my Electra 120, and my Coronamatic 2500, except when I want less noise while I think about what to write.😂 Two Gates Polyflex 3M315 v-belts in polyurethane work pretty well as replacements in the Electra 120. On my SCM Electra 120, the original front belt is 310 mm long, and the rear one is 320 mm long. I figure the two 3M315 belts make the middle pulley turn a little faster than the original belts. Daniel

Are you certain the copy set relies on slipping? My observation is that it's a kind of continuously variable transmission. When tension is increased, the main drive belt is forced into a smaller radius, deeper into the pulley, and since the insides of the primary and secondary pulleys are connected and free to slide back and forth, that pinches the secondary belt and causes it to move into a larger radius. Take a close look and see if that looks right to you. It is possible with the vee belts to get slower speeds by increasing the range of the transmission. The trouble is that the range can exceed width of the belt and it'll get sucked into the pulley and jam. The system is really clever! Take a second look at it.

Very nice office. I liked it. The electric typewriter shown looks like a cake. I am not a electric person.

Thank you, Joe! ❤.

Thank you Joe, another good video, here are some electrics too, even the in europe rare to get SCM . Yes, the carriage slamming is anoying me and my dest too. In trying to reduce mechanical stress i support the return a bit with the right hand, so that the hard stoping is a bit softer. For fast touchtyping these things are the weapon of choice.

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Fun! Thanks for uploading.

Thanks Joe for the comparison of these two machines. the varsity is really small. I found one for sale but at a crazy price. I also found a royal companion for sale, it looks like a mix between the varsity and the model "O".

Now how big a hard-drive would you need to store it all?

my most used typer is my Penncrest Concord 10 (SCM) machine.

Type bar electrics is the only way I can truly touch type and still use vintage machines. I still want a Hermes 10.

I have a Smith Corona Electra 110 and really enjoy it!

Good one again. I actually learned typing on a turquoise Smith Corona electric in the early sixties. My mother upgraded from her Underwood(?) portable (it came with and in a case). Included was a touch typing course on LP records and a dictation sized printed notebook. I learned to type in a couple of weeks, except the numeral row keys! My first personal typewriter was, of course, an SCM Office Electric bought new at a typewriter store in 1976 or 1978. In many ways it is my favorite typewriter today. Imagine all the time and money spent on my grail search essentially to learn I already had my grail. Fun through, and I do enjoy typing on most of the others. I trust you are well and happy and enjoying your retirement, All best.

Thank you, Joe!

Royal 200 is the same machine but different name right?

Do your keys have o-rings under them?

Hi Joe, Did you work on this shutter or any others further? If you wanted more variance in the shutter speed, you could have the string wrap around different diameter pulleywheels which are fixed on the shutter axis, similar to changing the belt speeds on tools or a record player. Would love to see some more photography videos!

My Royal QDR isn’t printing very dark. I’m going to get one of these silk ribbons and see if that resolves my problem. Could a hard platen cause the print to be light?

That's considered expensive over there? Jeez I'm glad to find a typewriter under a hundred euros.

I had 5 of these same typewriters,I love them,my first one lasted the longest 10yrs! I had 4 more after that,problem was when they went down for various reasons,no one to repair them! Now almost impossible to find for purchase! One of my favorites,miss them! Have a Royal Script right now,no comparison,dissapointing! Loved my sx 4000!

Goodness Joe, A video I've missed, just when you think you've caught up and seen them all, actually there's some camera videos I've not seen but need too. I save those for when it's been awhile between posts and I need a fix lol. My Royal Aristocrat Special has no skipping issues, but my SCM Galaxie Deluxe does, and I blame the use over the years with a power space bar, not sure there is a way to fix that, but having the Typewriter repair Bible should certainly help. I highly recommend those repair manuals by Ted Munk, my God are they thorough, so much highly detailed instruction and knowledge, it's very impressive and being spiral spine it lays flat open on the table. I want mine autographed, a repair manual, yes I want all 3 I have signed! Maybe one day. Highly recommend them and thank you Joe for telling me about them. Available on LuLu.com so many different ones along with the Big Bible of Typewriter repair. ❤

Hi Joe, I love watching you Type, it's inspiring. Good to see the Royal O up and running. You're absolutely right, it's much easier to write on a machine you like the looks of, and/or feel, I think of it as like the machine is talking some you can understand and enjoy listening to, the way they make you feel. Absolutely, it's how I feel about 3 I've been favoring right now, My '59 Hermes 3000, '64 SCM Galaxie Deluxe, and the 1990 brother EP-43. Been using all three to write a cosmic horror, most of which was written with the brother thermal typewriter it's nearing 200 pages, single spaced and about 150 of those pages are thermal. When you got a machine you click with, enjoy it, truly a beautiful amalgamation of thought, mind, body, soul, and machine, to paper. I have a big project coming up and it will call the need of my Hermes 3000 and so I'll be doing a full service cleaning on it, and I'll be using the repair manual I got for it by Ted Munk and feel I'll be able to do it a bit more confident now with that, thank you for the link to that and the other repair manuals I picked up. The ill dispatch you a clean new letter from that Hermes machine before I work on a Top Secret highly classified project, can't tell much as it will spoil it, but it's definitely going to be a great recreation of documents that will make you swear time travel was involved. Very excited about that project. I think if I had to pick between the two, I would probably go with the O, as it's a better fit, I like the way it looks and sounds over the varsity. But hard to tell over the Internet, it's not until a physical contact has been made to make a final decision, although I had always loved the Hermes 3000 only ever saw one online, but I knew I'd love it....well in truth, that not exactly correct, I did see and type on one in an antique store a good 25-30 years ago. It's seafoam green and curvy body just sang to me. Looking back it was $60 bucks and I remember thinking wow that's a lot of money for an old Typewriter. Fate had it that I would own one eventually. Okay, back to work.

You mentioned there is no stencil setting, I have this exact model sitting on my desk right now, and it has a stencil setting. It's just putting the ribbon color setting to the center. Mine has a stop in the middle specifically for it. Maybe at least in some years it did? Also for sure mine has automatic ribbon reverse.

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Great video! Very informative, I own the Royal Portable Type “O”. Would it be possible to make a video comparing that model to the type “O” shown here?

The model O is lovely and is more refined with more features. I'd choose it, if forced to pick one.

OMG I just cleared my first stuck type key... Thanks for this. :)

I absolutely adore the look of those earlier Olympias. This is steadily rising on my list of things to buy.

I am an IT professional that is absolutely seeking out the more mechanical in his private life. I spend a LOT of time behind a computer so that has become...drab? I use fountain pens and paper to do most of my writing and a typewriter sounds absolutely perfect to me as an addition to my desk! Wonderful mechanical workings, a gorgeous THING to have on the desk. Plus other people could read what I write too :P I'm 34 and never used a typewriter as a young person.

I own them both! Thanks for the comparison 😁

As a fan of pre-war Royal portables I really enjoyed this comparison. There was also a hybrid version of these two models called the Companion, same body as the Varsity but with a margin release key, color selector and the curved space bar. It also came in a very nice brown textured finish with chrome trim.

What’s the size of eyelets used?

like the music! who does your nails?

It would be nice if you stopped down your aperture a little so both your face and the typewriters would be in focus at the same time.

PATENT THAT!!!!!!!!!