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  1. Jun 2025
    1. Searching printables.com, thingaverse.com, and makerworld.com might unearth other printable rubber typewriter parts like feet. (Be sure to search for singular and plural versions: i.e. "foot" and "feet".) Etsy and Ebay searches might uncover others who make and sell the feet you're looking for.

      edited reply for: https://www.facebook.com/groups/705152958470148/posts/1013945174257590/

  2. May 2025
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    1. The long, thin spring-loaded metal flap labeled the "paper conductor" on the SM3 and SM4 and labeled the "erasing table" on the SM2 are all the same part. They serve a few functions.

      They can be used for erasing mistakes certainly and help to keep dust and debris from going into the carriage and rollers.

      The "paper conductor" description sounds like a fun translation of something from German into English, but this part also prevents the paper which goes under the paper bail and forces it up and back to the paper table and the paper support. Presumably without it, a slightly curved piece of paper might be misrouted to go right back into the platen a second time as the paper advances.

      This sort of paper conductor/dust shield can also be found on some later 1960s+ Smith-Corona (SCM) machines. For example, see the Galaxie II which calls that part the erasure table.

  5. Feb 2025
    1. https://www.biedlers-belts.com/single-v-belts/polyflex-belts/ This is about the only place that I have been able to find the small V-Belts used to drive IBM and Smith Corona electric typewriters (among others). You can find most any belt you need on this site if you know its dimensions.
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