Typewriter Line Spacing

[@michaelbrown5044]

Thanks for the remedial course. Haven't heard this since high school typing class.

[@paulopirescoelho4973]

No boring at all !!! I do really like knowing these specifications because I can apply them to my collection and keep it attractive.

[@Joe_VanCleave]

Thank you!

[@AtelierDBurgoyne]

Hi Joe, I was finding it strange that your late Olympia SM9 measured platen diameter was so far off from the calculated theoretical one (by 0.032"), so I counted the teeth on my 1972 SM9, twice, and I found 48 teeth on the gear. I then counted 48 teeth on my 1954 Optimas Elite and 64 teeth on my big SG1. The latter two are just to satisfy my own curiosity. I think it makes sense to have the number of teeth equal to a multiple of the number 6, but it does not necessarily has to, like some of the other typewriters are showing. Thanks to your encouragement, I consulted some of the documents about typefaces in the TWDB and finally confirmed the typefaces on my two Remington Portables. They are "Remington Pica" typefaces, both of them. It just was so simple! Daniel

[@dadtype2339]

Hi Joe, well you know I saw the Praxis 48 in the thumb nail and I was all on board for it, like oh what now! But I'm glad I stuck through it, gave me things to think about, some things I'd like to try on my machines and I didn't know you have to sign up to the TWD not The Walking Dead....to better access it, something I've been wanting to join, especially since the Hermes 3000 I have the serial number isn't in the TWD it skips but it certainly is a 1959 Gen 1 model as you've seen. I would like to get a type sample from all my machines and then go hunt down what exactly they are. That H3K has a very modern Pica whereas my '54 Olympia SM3 has a very cool classical font like an antique New Times Roman. Writing on that H3K is like a smooth limo that rides on a sheet of air, inside an airplane moving through space using lasers for precision squirrel movements. 😆❤ I wish I could get a Groma K. Hard to find them where I am. Most folks want to charge an arm and a leg, and oh man if it has the name Hermes on it oh, good night the price is through deep space! I keep looking that, a ultra portable mechanical typewriter, a KMM, and a SCM Electra 210 are what I've been looking for, maybe a good Mercury, or a 35i Olivette Lettera...no hurry though, I am very happy with my 7 machines, although currently using 6 as my '64 SCM Galaxie Deluxe is now skipping so bad it's almost unusable... That one I fear I may have to send off, and as we've discussed it isn't going to AZ. Shame. Hoping to find an extensive repair video on this problem but I've not been able to find one, or pick up TM SCM 6 series Repair manual....well for now it's on the back burner, too many projects right now.... definitely not board. Be well my friend 👍

[@AtelierDBurgoyne]

I am really sorry about your "lost" JJ Short recovered platen 😢 If someone borrowed it from your machine, I hope they remember and give it back.

[@JonCampos-kh2bw]

Totally cool typewriter!! Where’d you get it?

[@Joe_VanCleave]

From another collector. See the previous video on my failed attempt at repairing the powered carriage return. But I’m still using it, as evidenced by the typewritten spreadsheet.

[@JonCampos-kh2bw]

@@Joe_VanCleave Where can I get one?

[@Joe_VanCleave]

@@JonCampos-kh2bw You have to look on the used market: eBay, Craigslist, Kajiji, Facebook Marketplace, etc.

[@yefei4218]

Hi Joe. I have always wanted to buy a Hermes 3000, but I noticed that it comes in two completely different appearance: one with a more boxy design and the other with a more rounded curve appearance. Are these two types of Hermes 3000 different only in appearance, or are there other differences as well? For example, in terms of key touch feel, character alignment, mechanical quality, functionality, etc.? why I ask this question is that in my country, the curve seafoam colored hermes 3000 costs double price of the boxy one, the curved seafoam one is unaffordable for me now.

[@Joe_VanCleave]

There are actually three body styles. The earliest one is the curvy style, the middle body style is square-ish but still made of metal. Those two versions were made in Switzerland. The third body style was made in the factory in France and is even more boxy and also plastic. But the mechanicals internally are essentially the same in all three machines. I own all three versions and the French version is as good as the Swiss versions.

[@yefei4218]

@@Joe_VanCleave thanks Joe. I got it. it seems also good to purchase the 3rd style which is cheaper than other 2 early styles.

[@lorensims4846]

Actually, in the old days it was 72.27 points to the inch, but Adobe PostScript re-standardized it to a straight 72 points to the inch.

[@Joe_VanCleave]

Thank you!

[@agricolturadimontagna2.0]

What's up with the Silent-Super's new platen???

[@Joe_VanCleave]

Good question!

[@saulysw]

The old platens are also not always uniform in their diameter along the length of them. They might be thinner at the edges, for example. If you are going to check the diameter of your platen, I would suggest doing it in several places to see if it is uniform or not. As for shrinking platens over time, I wonder if it is not just the rubber naturally doing that, but also a function of cleaning and people resurfacing shiny platens with abrasives? That is just speculation.

[@Joe_VanCleave]

Yes, that’s the challenge of measuring them, they are best removed first.

[@_landro_1092]

Did you see that the ruler's 9 '' mark (red dot) is always beneath the 9-inch-"-" mark? This might be related with a slight slip of the paper (paper feed is shorter than originally with brand new roller rubbers and platen). So from my perspective it is not related (only) to platen diameter.