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I realized tonight that I’ve got some reasonably thick waxed cord for use in leatherwork hiding in the craft drawer. (I chose purple in honor of Willy Wonka.) I’ve strung it up on the new and gotten the carriage moving again as it types! Hopefully it’ll last. -
Repairing the Drawband on an Orga Privat 5 Typewriter
The Orga Privat 5's mainspring and drawband assembly is very similar to that of the Smith-Corona 5 series, but is imminently more accessible and easier to attach. You can see and access all the major parts for basic repair without removing anything.
The mainspring here seems to be fine. The catgut-type drawstring seemed long enough to work, though it seemed a tad damaged from having been pinched into the mainspring hub assembly. I tried looping a slipknot to attach it at the metal [...]
https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/17/repairing-the-drawband-on-an-orga-privat-5-typewriter/
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I got impatient since it’ll be a while before the will be operational again, so in a highly manual exercise, I threaded, advanced, and pulled out a type sample from the machine to see what we’re looking forward to:
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Acquisition: 1928-1933 New Orga Typewriter (Orga Privat 5)
Another new typewriter in the collection
My New Orga (S/N: 149251) typewriter manufactured by Bing Werke A.G. in Nuremberg, Germany (Bavaria) sometime between 1928 and 1933 arrived today.
It was originally manufactured in Germany and distributed by "New Orga" the "Sole Concessionaires, The Durable Supply Coy" which the label indicates was at 45 Bedford Row, London WC1 at the time. Coy here is obviously the U.K. abbreviation for Company. The Typewriter Database states that The Orga was [...]
https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/15/acquisition-1928-1933-new-orga-typewriter-orga-privat-5/