First of all, let me say THANK YOU for all the assistance I received from the typosphere on my last blog post about this Olympia typewriter. It means a lot when people take the time to respond and even create a video (thanks Scott!).
I've still not been able to make the margin release work. I made another quick video to help explain what I think the issue might be. Take a look.
If you have more ideas on what I might do to repair this, I'd love to hear them!
Maybe if you could work a probe in there, a piece of wire or something, just to activate the margin release, you'd see how far short the lever was travelling and then trace back along its length for an accidental bend or missing pivot screw is... or whether something is fouling the linkage. If the carriage has been really slammed into the margin stop, something might need bending back into shape. Lucky you have a comparison machine. Good luck.
Posted by: Rob | December 14, 2013 at 08:41 PM