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Royal KH took a beating and came out typing!

April 23, 2015 By Paul

2015-04-22 16.28.04We get a lot of older Royals in the shop, and this one took us a bit by surprise. This pristine Royal KH came to us after a rough landing coming back home on an airline (typewriter volley ball anyone?). The actual complaint from our costumer was it would type fine, then the carriage would race and make a racket, totally un-type-able. The obvious damage was easy, scratches and an amazing bent tab rack that looked like someone strung a bow. Mr. Montgomery was impressive as he persuaded the rack back to true, and it looks and performs brand new2015-04-22 16.27.53

Then we open her up… The tab tower casting was sheared and no machine in house to steal from. 2015-04-16 08.59.35Here comes Don to the rescue with a great welding job that restored tab function with a few other adjustments. The real killer was the 10 tooth escapement gear that runs the carriage timing. 2015-04-22 16.25.33This little item is not a common part as most escapements available are 12 tooth items. I feel so lucky that I bought a parts machine that in itself is a wreck. We practically jumped up and down when we realized we could save this great looking KH. I was so thrilled to call the customer and explain they could have the machine back in great running condition.2015-04-22 16.28.18

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