https://slatetypewriters.com/Job sheets from a one-person typewriter repair bench in Leipzig: platen rubber, escapement timing, segment cleaning, draw cords and the small adjustments in between.enhttps://slatetypewriters.com/journal/draw-cord-and-mainspring-tension/https://slatetypewriters.com/journal/draw-cord-and-mainspring-tension/The carriage cord is the one part on these machines guaranteed to fail eventually. How I choose the line, tie it, wind the drum, and count the turns back in.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://slatetypewriters.com/journal/cleaning-a-segment-without-a-bath/https://slatetypewriters.com/journal/cleaning-a-segment-without-a-bath/Sticking keys are almost never a lubrication problem. A working method for flushing a segment on the bench, the drying time it really needs, and the paint I stripped by being careless.Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://slatetypewriters.com/journal/escapement-timing-star-wheel/https://slatetypewriters.com/journal/escapement-timing-star-wheel/A 1961 portable that put two spaces in wherever it liked, and the four evenings it took me to understand what the loose dog and the rigid dog are actually doing.Sun, 09 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://slatetypewriters.com/journal/when-a-platen-is-too-hard-to-use/https://slatetypewriters.com/journal/when-a-platen-is-too-hard-to-use/Four years of squeezing rubber rollers taught me almost nothing, so I bought a durometer. What the numbers actually changed about the work on this bench.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT