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A productive evening (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 weeks ago by emmanuelwald@deacon.social to c/typewriters@lemmy.cafe

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A productive evening

My Adler Contessa de Luxe now works! It has a lovely font. I cleaned it, changed (respooled) the ribbon, and made a few little adjustments. It still has two problems: one of the sticky keys is still sticky (the others aren't anymore), and the bell doesn't work most of the time. But I'm happy, it's the first machine I actually repaired.

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[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

I just looked what white spirit is and just found out it is the same thing I tried to clean the first machine I had, hahahahaha. On my second attempt I got much better results with gasoline, remove everything plastic or rubber just in case.