This appealed to my inner Curta . . . ;-)
PS. I would have liked to see it working when completed.
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Mine says, 'Hi'Originally Posted by magirus
There are some good skills there. It ends up looking a bit over-restored for my tastes but I don't suppose there are many options when it starts off in such a state. I think that it may be missing parts of the counter increment mechanism, which might explain the lack of a demonstration.
Here's a nice video explaining the internal workings of a pin-wheel machine.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thanks for the info. There's a couple of the restorer lads who would probably have restored that to an even higher level, but for me it was ok, a "workable"condition without too much bling. The lack of demo suggested to me that there was either something missing . . . or he just didn't know how to operate it!
PS. I should have guessed you'd have one! ;-)
I’m 52 years old and until this thread I had no idea that these even existed!
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Reminds me that first place I worked after leaving school they had a team of comptometer operators. The racket was incredible.
Didn't they do one of these on the repair shop?
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https://youtu.be/9BynebyUTmU
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