Cosmo Digital

About a decade ago when my family moved into our most recent house, we found an old typewriter in the basement. Since then I have occasionally tinkered around with it. Most recently I have toyed with the notion of completely disassembling the old machine. Looking around online, I discovered that there are no guides on how to accomplish this. That is what this page is meant to correct.


About my Typewriter and This Guide

General Disassembly

1: Before Beginning (equipment needed)
2: Removal of (margin ruler?) and (faceplate?)
3: Carriage Removal
4: (Carriage Guide?) and typebar rest Removal
5: Ribbon Movement Removal
6: Tab Rack and Spring Drum removal
7: Typebar and (typebar plate? Slotted Segment?) removal and reassembly
8: Additional destruction forthcoming

Carriage Disassembly

Forthcoming

Useful Typewriter Sites

Online Typewriter Support Page - This is helpful in identifying general typewriter parts, with plenty of pictures and diagrams.

Underwood Typewriter Page - This helped me identify some of the random parts I encountered.