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| Annoyingly my paper support on my Robust used to lay flat, and I would find myself repeatedly propping it back up while typing. |
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| The key to the repair lies in the relationship between the machine and the support, I needed to limit the movement. |
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| The green arrow shows a perfect gap I could stop up, and have the support perfectly at the desired angle. At the coffee shop I used some string, because that is what I had, but it looked awful and was obvious (see the white speck in the photo on the blogpost before this one!) |
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| After getting home I cut a small rubber grommet in half to make it skinny enough and threaded it onto the support (which pulls right out from the machine) and slid it to where the sweet spot is. |
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| Perfect! I only have one of these Olympias, so there may be a bead or something there originally; I am not sure. But this is easily undo-able and with no harm whatsoever to the machine. If the grommet gradually wears or gets crushed it will be easy to try something else in the same place. |
That is a fine way to fix the paper support.
ReplyDeleteExcellent fix! (:
ReplyDeleteOftentimes, the simple fix is the best fix. At the same time, with the paper guide laying flat, I could only think about how you could use it to hold some tapered beverage glasses while typing...
ReplyDeleteIf it were a little stronger, or if they were tiny glasses, you might on to something...
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