Selectric Typewriter conversions

From: John Allain <allain_at_panix.com>
Date: Tue Feb 4 09:19:46 2003

> IMHO, of course, knowing a little bit about how the
> Selectric tosses it's element around. Metallic VooDoo
> I heard one tech refer to it.

Agree completely. I took one apart years ago and deep
inside were two compound lever assemblies, which could
sound complicated, but what they did was find a kind of
breathtaking simplicity. The lever mechanism worked exactly
like the way a Mobile hangs and balances several inputs to
one output. (picture below).
I'd like to congratulate the inventor of that one.

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John A.
Received on Tue Feb 04 2003 - 09:19:46 GMT