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Typewriter repairer

A professional who repairs and adjusts defective typewriters removed from production line, using handtools, power tools, and gauges. Responsibilities include:

  • Operates typewriter to test functioning of parts and mechanisms to determine repairs required.

  • Disassembles machines to repair or replace defective components, using handtools and holding devices.

  • Bends, taps, turns parts, such as screws, nuts, and type bar, to eliminate binding, looseness, and misalignment, using special handtools.

  • Verifies specified clearance between parts, using spacebars, tension scales, dial indicators, and feeler gauges.

  • Measures rotation of motor drive-wheel to determine speed of wheel, using tachometer.

  • May adjust interrelated typewriter parts to synchronise machine operation and be designated adjuster.

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