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Offline klennkellon

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Model F or Model M buckling spring typewriter?
« on: Thu, 22 June 2017, 17:13:11 »
Hey guys, found this just now at the thrift store.






It feels nothing like my Model M, sounds more like an F. And I think I spy a PCB rather than membranes.

If anyone could identify it for me that would be cool. I also doubt this is easy to get to work on a PC at all.
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Re: Model F or Model M buckling spring typewriter?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 22 June 2017, 17:28:28 »
Take off a keycap and shine a flashlight down the barrel, you should be able to see it for yourself :) .
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Re: Model F or Model M buckling spring typewriter?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 22 June 2017, 17:30:21 »
Quote from: chyros on Thu, 22 June 2017, 17:28:28
Take off a keycap and shine a flashlight down the barrel, you should be able to see it for yourself :) .
i see green, so its a Model F?  ;D
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Re: Model F or Model M buckling spring typewriter?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 22 June 2017, 18:00:22 »
To me, the defining quality of Model Fs is the layers of plates under tension and compression that give it "life"

A Model F has a metal front plate and individual barrels, and a metal back plate with the PCB mated to it.

In my opinion, this is a Model M with an alternate switching layer.

Model F pivot plates ("flippers") would enhance an argument for it being more Model-F-like, while the smaller Model M style would make it an M for certain.

In my opinion.
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Re: Model F or Model M buckling spring typewriter?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 22 June 2017, 18:21:25 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Thu, 22 June 2017, 18:00:22
To me, the defining quality of Model Fs is the layers of plates under tension and compression that give it "life"

A Model F has a metal front plate and individual barrels, and a metal back plate with the PCB mated to it.

In my opinion, this is a Model M with an alternate switching layer.

Model F pivot plates ("flippers") would enhance an argument for it being more Model-F-like, while the smaller Model M style would make it an M for certain.

In my opinion.
I am incline to believe you, but it feels so much different than my Model M. Granted my Model M is missing a number of rivets.
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Re: Model F or Model M buckling spring typewriter?
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