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IBM Wheelwriter O-rings harvest! for Model M's

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Lammie:
Just wanted to chare this piece of info.



Check if there are little plastic o-rings underneath the key-caps. I've put some on my Model M. It fits perfectly. Silences the keyboard a bit and softer landing!

dorkvader:
I have three or four wheelwriter keyboards, and none of them had anything different on the barrel frame or under the keycaps.

Could it have been exclusive to that 6747 you have, or possibly something aftermarket?

Lammie:
No really? Don't know about other models. Assumed other models also had these O-rings. Later, got a smaller portable Wheelwriter version, the Personal wheelwriter. And there weren't O-rings either. Maybe just on the 6747 then...Makes it more rare and valuable!  :)) Grab one if you can!!

rowdy:
Odd idea to dampen the sound of the keys when the sound of the typing mechanism is so much louder.

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--- Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 28 June 2014, 19:09:19 ---Odd idea to dampen the sound of the keys when the sound of the typing mechanism is so much louder.

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Which reminds me... people have mentioned that they can't imagine how loud it would be working in an office full of people on Model M's, but what about an office full of people working on typewriters?

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