![]() I have reviewed the above article on carriage shift adjustments for a Royal QDL, but the SM seems different. They are a great help, as is this site.) A section on type alignment may be there under a different, more technical name, but I am not finding it. (thank you, Munk, for compiling these resources. I purchased the “SM 12345&7 Repair Bible” hoping for a section on aligning type. It isn’t a horrible problem and I suppose that I can live with it but I would love to make everything type and line up perfectly. But, the type is light/faded at the bottom of letters, especially the hanging letters, such as y, j, g and p. It also put an end to the return lever rubbing across the top of the cabinet. Their replacement fixed the problems I was having with the carriage sometimes hitting side of the cabinet when I pulled the return lever. Just to state the history: I have already changed out the washers on all 4 corners of the cabinet. I was trying to tweak the ‘type’ alignment on an Olympia SM3. the tabs are difficult to see and get to, and there is a set on both sides of the carriage, just under the rack: Recall that the Royal CD-frames were super-cheapie depression-era budget models, so this isn’t exactly surprising. The adjustments are simple tab stops that you adjust by bending (we like to say “forming”) up and down. Update: someone on FB asked about the shift adjustments on the Depression-era Royal carriage-shifted machines, so I pulled out my own Royal Companion and tracked down the adjustments for shift alignment. (and LORD, my QDL is filthy!)Įdit again: Teeritz successfully adjusted his Royal QDL, and you can read about his adventures here!Īnother Update: Typewriter Justice made a video showing the adjustments for the Torpedo 18b segment-shifter, which is has a pretty unusual system:Īnd here, Typewriter Minutes shows us how to adjust the alignment on a 1950’s Remington Quiet-Riter: They work just like the normal adjustment points (loosen locknut, turn screw to desired height, re-tighten locknut) with the added caveat that you need to adjust *both sides* (right and left) so that they are even. They are located on either side of the rear of the machine, just in front of the forward carriage rail. ![]() There are 2 adjustment points each for Upper and Lowercase positions, one on the right and one on the left: Instead of the simpler adjustment that the basket shift allows, Royal went with a 4-point adjustment system near the carriage rails that is similar to the adjustment I see a lot on Carriage-Shifted machines: I took a look at one of my QDL’s and he’s right. UPDATE: Teeritz asked about his Basket-shifted Royal QDL, which does not have the simple single adjustment point.
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