Restoration of 1970s Typewriter | Retro Repair Guy Episode 21
The Retro Repair Guy restores and repairs a vintage Corsair typewriter from Smith Corona made in 1970. This retro typewriter is now ready for some old fashion love letters.
The twenty first episode of the Retro Repair Guy. A series aimed at retro and vintage electronic repair and restoration.
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00:00 Snazzy Intro
00:15 Brief History of the typewriter
01:56 Show Intro
04:07 Disassembly of the old typewriter
07:19 Repairing and degreasing the typewriter
10:41 Notes on the cleaning process
13:05 Let’s take a bath
15:50 The rollers
16:41 Reassembling the typewriter
21:35 Before and after
23:36 Testing the typewriter
24:55 Wrap up
25:04 Credits
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