Facit typewriter
So long as you half-press it, it will reliably stop at the next tab stop. I've also just realised tonight that the tab bar isn't broken - it's got a sort of half-press mode. I'm even tempted to give it a paint job, as it's a bit rough around the edges, and it's more the size and shape that's growing on me rather than the colours. I'm a bit surprised to find myself saying that I think this one is really pleasing to the eye as well as very satisfying to use. However, when judged using a more subjective standard such as a machine's aesthetics, there are definite favorites. I have around thirty electric models, and since I love using all of them I don't have any real model preferences with respect to their performance. do you have other electrics that you prefer? In spite of it taking up more room than my other typewriters, I can't imagine ever getting rid of it unless the motor dies or something similarly terminal. The platen is soft, it prints very nicely even with the ink ribbon, and even better with the carbon ribbon, and, by far, I can type faster on this than any other typewriter. I don't like the motor noise, and the tabulation doesn't work, but apart from that it's fairly incredible. Here's the take up spool for the carbon ribbon, which is missing from your machine:Ī little difficult to see, but the ribbon path showing the lever can be seen in the top yellow sticker: You can see the lever you're asking about on the left and the carbon ribbon/film that passes through the feed mechanism behind it: If you don't have any carbon ribbon for the machine then it's nothing that you have to worry about.Īn overview of the carbon ribbon system.
#Facit typewriter driver#
The lever, when moved to the right, places tension on the driver roller in the ribbon feed mechanism. I have an 1820, and as Michael suggested, it's for the carbon ribbon system.