According to period ads for the Burroughs Electric, it had/has BOTH powered carriage return AND powered shift! .. "The motor does all the heavy work-- ...
Fascinating to read about all the attention paid to its construction, because other than this darn problem with the shift, the machine is flawless looking. I...
The Oz site seems to say that just the carriage return was electrified first, but does not say if the electric is carriage-shift. But if you get a spark from...
As a guy who's really into the tactile quality of a machine, the Burroughs beats 'em all. That is one fine fingerfeast. As to quiet? Umm, I don't think a newer...
I haven't done much typing on mine but I can tell you that the electric motor is absolutely silent. The only way you know it is on is if you hit the return key...
If the uppercase letters are at the top of the slugs, the basket would have to DROP for them to strike. But note how close the slugs are in the rest position...
By "noisy" I mean the machine's inherent clatter. As to the motor, ir probably runs only for the time it's doing work. Also, the carriage shifts upward for...
Here's what the left side of the machine looks like with the panel off. Perhaps there's a clue in what is visible. I've tried everything I can think of to get...
Are we sure this is a basket shift and not a carriage shift? Jay ... From: jeffismee To: TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:36 PM ...
No. Neither will budge, so that's the thing, no idea. I'm hoping to have a service manual in a couple of weeks but I'd love to figure this out before then....
The picture appears to indicate it is a carriage shift. There is an eccentric about two inches directly below the platen connected to what appears to be the...
Here's a clue or two. If yours has carriage-shift you will see a lock nut wticking up from the carriage frame just in from each platen knob. These are...
... On 5/15/2013: I just uploaded some pictures of the bottom of the Underwood portable with crystalline panels -- any advice for replacement would be...
I had not thought of that! But if the motor has to reach working RPM from dead stop whenever the user wants to shift or return the carriage, it would be quiet...
Wondering: were these early electrics all designed to run on a.c and d.c? Certainly the Varityper was until they added the formcruncher in the '50s. Jay ... ...
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Jay just told us that on his Burroughs electric, the carriage rises for the shift - the basket is fixed. I went and looked at my non-electric and even took the...
... Yes - exactly like mine, except that you are missing all four feet. The rear feet screw on where you see those two rusty circles with a threaded hole on...
All universal-wound motors such as are usually found in typewriters and sewing machines are perfectly happy with AC or DC (at the same voltage) and it should...
Ok, this just got interesting. After reading this post, I just started sticking a screwdriver in and around the link, in case something was caught, not because...
It's clear from the photo that it shifts just like the non-electric - the Inner Carriage, which holds the platen, is pushed straight up through the Outer...
... Ned -- I have never had to deal with replacement of feet on a typewriter and can deal with other aspects of a manual typewriters, but don't know much about...
Update: I turned it on the morning, and hitting the shift key just resulted in the spindle on the motor, spinning and spinning with no movement of the...
... Typewriters came with a vast variety of foot design. I doubt there is much about it in a user or service manual, because they did not expect them to wear...
Progress! Could the motor be sparking because of excess load and/or worn brushes? Did you oil the motor shaft bearings? The best thing might be to disconnect...
It could be that the way the motor rotation works the shift is by means of a centrifugal clutch. That is, the motor rpm gets up, the clutch arms swing out...
I'm bringing these suggestions along with the typewriter up to our local typewriter repairman tomorrow. I'll see what he says. Also, I have located the...
