Here's the right-hand carriage knob. I stuck a washer in there for strength, and as a base for any future blinging that may need to be done.The chocolatey-looking glop in the center is the puddle of JB Weld that is filling up the inside of the knob.
This was the scary part: mucking around with a "live" mainspring. It's much nicer to replace drawbands when you don't need to look at the spring at all, but just slip it through a little hole in the drum. Not so here: the cord had to be wound through a little hole, knotted, and then wedged back in. Tricky.
Here's the view afterwards. Success!
Back in typing shape:
4 comments:
Wanna fix mine? ( :
I have the utmost respect for people who can fix things like this. Well done!
well done! I use old flax twine from an upholsterer myself
I agree the styling on those is gorgeous; one of my top picks of the era.
I've had to mess with drawstrings 3 times, but never anything as intensive as your project!
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