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| It skipped a lot at first, it really did... |
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| Two machines making their debut on my blog. |
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| It's actually a really great machine to type on (for being as "new" as it is at least). At the San Diego airport they took it away for a few minutes to inspect it, but I was allowed to bring it on the plane and I still have it home with me. It now has "Ensenada, Mexico" written on the case proudly in sharpie, the first of hopefully many trips it goes on. |
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| Shamelessly stolen from facebook as I took no pictures, this is my team in front of the house we built along with the family that now lives in it. Yours truly is back center with the camo hat. My parents attend a Korean church by the way, the other white dude in the picture is my dad. |
My '54 Hermes 2000 suffers from a similar skipping issue whenever I type the letter 'a'. I ha te tha t. Which is why it'll end up on eBay (complete with this fault listed, mind you), so that somebody else can experience the joy of it. Why should I have all the fun?
ReplyDeleteI love my 2000 except for the fact that the platen rubber has separated from the core and I get inconsistant line spacing. The skipping problem with the a I've resolved with not giving that key too much power. Remember, this machine does 1/2 character spacing and if you hit keys too hard it adds an extra space. At least that is my experience. The Hermes has a real light touch, go easy. (As for myself, I'm going have to find someone who can recoat/replace the rubber on my platen. ) Good luck!
ReplyDeleteAmazing! I had a shot at using a lighter touch on my Hermes 2000 and experienced no skipping at all! I set the touch control knob down to its lightest setting and that seems to have solved the issue. Typing a little lighter takes a bit of getting used to, but it appears to work.
DeleteThanks very much, whoever you are!
Wow, it worked for me too!
DeleteYeah, I eventually gave away my H2000 because of the skipping issue. I have found an Olympia SM-7 that has a touch very similar to the H2000, but no skipping, which I did keep.
ReplyDeleteNice house you guys built there. I hope your little Nakajima Royal gets to go many more exciting places with you on your missions. (:
Try the above advice. It worked for two of us.
DeleteCongratulations on your good deeds and your international typecast.
ReplyDeleteI have one of those Royal Mercurys sitting a few feet away from me as I type this. It was used by one of my students for over a year, and now he's returned it to me; I'll probably fix it up for sale at WordPlay's store, The Urban Legend Institute.