Royal Typewriter Ribbon Change Replace Install (Quiet Deluxe) Tutorial Demo

Another Royal ribbon install

[Looney]

Royal portables are some of the easiest machines to type on but the most finicky machines with mechanics in my opinion— especially with ribbons and everything in the mechanisms. I always get my fingers all inky but hey, it’s a good design and it keeps the machines in good working order. I have a QDL that I barely had to do any work on straight from the antique shop to get it typing like a dream. Just like my Royal Companion and Quiet. You make good and helpful videos and I love to see them over and over even though I have watched them hundreds of times over. Keep up your good work!!
Cheers from Colorado

[riverboatroach]

First, thanks for the video!

Second, After a couple decades and a dozen+ machines, I eventually adopted an old Royal Arrow as my edc weapon of choice. I've been using it exclusively for 5 or so years. I bought an aftermarket "universal" ribbon that adapts to various machines, but only on the bottom side of the cassette. The ribbon only goes counter-clockwise. Thinking how I didn't want to unwind and respool the ribbon, I thought, perhaps it's time to do a search and see if I'm missing some info.

Rather than the push-button hood latch on the left side of the face, there is a selector switch. I buy my machines used at garage sales and thrift stores, so when that switch seemed to do nothing, I assumed it to be broken.

Sonuvabitch, "Ribbon Reverse, right here" 1:01.

That switch wasn't broken. It is the ribbon reversal selector!

[flutebarry]

Thanks for the help!! Was freaking out doing my Xmas cards and you saved me. I had it looped wrong

[OfficialAlexSanoko]

I could use a bit of help. I just bought this typewriter at a flea market for $50. Everything works fine except that it's missing the entire back piece that you have where it says quiet de luxe. Is that back part really needed if everything else works seemingly fine? I just wanna know if I wasted $50 on this typewriter or not since I'm new to the game of typewriters.

[cherry-blossom_senpai]

Is it the same with all the royal typewriters because I just put an old royal typewriter in layaway at an antique store and I've been stressing about how to put the ink ribbon in. Thank you for this! :)

[TypewriterMinutes]

Do you install your own eyelets or buy the ribbon with eyelets already installed? For years I have tried multiple different eyelet tools, all of which get the job done but none of which produce a pristine looking eyelet like you see when taking off an original ribbon with “factory” eyelets still on. One side just looks a little mashed and less than perfect. Again, they get the job done but I’d love to find the holy-grail tool that make the eyelets look factory-installed.

[deannakreisel]

Thank you so much for this helpful video! One quick question, because I am genuinely confused. On the plastic-spooled replacement ribbons I've bought, the spools are the other way up (in other words, when black is on top, the side of the spools with the six holes in a kind of daisy pattern (sorry; I don't know the terminology) is on the BOTTOM. And in fact, that seems to be the only way I can get the spools to rest properly in the ribbon cups, so that they're engaging the spindle. But in the video, the spools are the other way up; I actually re-threaded a spool to match the way it's presented here, and the spools wouldn't fit properly in my typewriter this way. Yet it's working that way for you here, and you have pretty much the same machine I do (mine's a 1952 QDL). What am I not understanding? It's driving me bonkers. (I got mine to work fine by just going with it and having the daisy-side on the bottom; I am just trying to get it.) I really appreciate your help!

[nathanielhays]

Is there anyway would could possibly help me with trying to figure out what's wrong with my sons he got for christmas?

[almaalma]

Hello. I need some help. The machine type only to the middle. What can be the problem? Thanks.

[wendypalmer]

I can’t get my ribbon to advance and the keys won’t touch the ribbon( it was fine before I tried to change the ribbon& must have touched something…??)

[kelvinsurname]

Does it really matter on which side the full ribbon is located?

[wendypalmer]

Oh wait…I touched margin release& it is moving now!

[braydenhancock]

I HAD THE RIBBON FED BACKWARDS?!?!? THATS ALL OF MY ISSUES

[beechwood]

Ribbon Lift? How about Ribbon Vibrator, proper name for the part.

[pineapplepuppy]

Quick question how do you make it so the keys are not rusty anymore like it gets stuck when I try to type a letter and I have this exact same model