#Lc smith super speed crack
Sometimes a crack forms in the corner of the lower fingers and the wall. This stock has had the wood channeled out on the lower 'finger' and fibreglass mesh laid in ready for Acraglass Gel to be applied. You will need a Dremel type tool to channel out wood for the Acraglass Gel to be applied in key spots like in the pics below and then struck off with a straight edge If you see a crack at the rear of the lockplate, it might have started at the head, but not always. When you drill the holes MAKE SURE YOU DON'T get too close to the verticle holes already in the stock for the upper tang screw and the hole for the small spindle screw on the bottom.
The area for the holes will be where the wood is solid from one side to the other. You will note in the pics the regular frame Elsie has the staples in a straight line while the feather weight stock staples are a dog leg. It forms a ring of glass and steel that will stop a crack from going to the rear of the lockplates. For the most important fix/prevention, I prefer the 7/16" staple gun staples with legs long enough to overlap the staple ends from opposite side meeting in holes drilled all the way through in the solid part of the stockhead and embedded in Acraglass Gel. The crack was probably caused by schrinkage of the old wood.Īcraglassing isn't all that hard. Typewriters > Shakopee,MN,USA Ending: 15:42.
#Lc smith super speed manual
If the crack is pulled back together and secured you may have a problem getting the lock plates to fit back in. L C Smith Corona SUPER SPEED 11 Manual Typewriter - Working Antique. However, if the lock plates fit good with the crack not pulled back together force acraglass gel into the crack. In a given area, the wood may be different thicknesses, so you may have to cut the legs of the staples. It is advisable to try to get a staple imbedded in Acraglass Gel across the crack also. I use an appropiate size Irwin type clamp. You don't want to squeez all the glue out. That's why I pull the stocks on ALL my vintage guns, Foxes, Ithacas, Remingtons and my Lefever and glass them in key spots whether they have cracks or not.īefore glassing cracks need to have the water thin super glue wicked into them and then the stock needs to be clamped just enough to bring the crack together, verticle or horizontal, what ever the case may be, but not too tight. Many Parkers, Foxes and Ithacas also have internal cracks that can't be seen. The more the velocity and the bigger payloads the more probability of cracks. What cracks wood in vintage guns is velocity and how big the payload is. There is wear on the the R and T keys and the plastic part of handle on the right side of the carriage is broken but the unit seems to work.
First, pressure has nothing to do with cracking the wood. Up for auction is an old LC Smith Super Speed Model 11 mad by LC Smith and Corona Typewriter Inc.
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