Fox Advertisements: Part 4

I had to scour the nightmarish pits of the internet for these. If I find anymore at this point, it'll be through sheer dumb luck.

If you know of anything I've missed, please let me know!

Do you want to build an Oliver? Part 2

So you need an escapement/carriage rail assembly? Just make sure you have these handy dandy parts prefabricated and ready to be brought together!

First we begin with the base skeleton frame of the assembly.

Now we add the small hooked bit to the underside. This is the guide for the reverse-T bar well be adding later, and is also the anchor for the screws to the geardrive.

We now add the gear drive, screwing it into the piece added previously. Ensure the square towards the top has its drilled out half sphere pointed outward, to accommodate the spring used to allow tabulation.

Next we add the piece to lock the geardrive in place. Notice the other half-sphere, and the spring.

Youll want to take the top part off to make this considerably easier for the moment.

Add it with the round bulges aimed downwards, and reattach the top bit.

Next well add the tab bar and right margin release bar. Not pictured is another small bar which, surprisingly, was the only thing I forgot to take a picture of this time around.

Here they are added. Attach the springs seen previously to their respective spots.

Now we add the top of the geardrive which connects to the tab bar, allowing the press of said bar to force the gear back and disengage from the carriage.

Now we add the ribbon vibrator and escapement mechanism, which can not be taken apart safely beyond what is seen here for the most part. Most of whats connected is riveted or precise.

And here it is, in all its glory, attached once more.

Now we add the back-spacer holder.

It screws in on the bottom of the skeletal frame, and covers up the screws which hold the escapement/ ribbon vibrator assembly, so make sure this is done after the previous step.

Now we add the assembly guide wheel thing.

Make sure the wheels are facing away from the center of the machine. It is on the underside of the assembly.

I then add the carriage belt hook-stop, which allows the carriage to be taken off the machine without unwinding the motor. This is towards the back of the frame.

Next is the left-margin stopping thing. That's its name. I swear.

It is put on the underside of the skeletal frame. The small fan bit helps ensure its properly placed.

We now add the reverse T bar.

It goes on the opposite side of the ribbon vibrator on that entire assemblage, allowing a pivot action.

Next the shifting bar, which connects the assembly to the segment underneath which is operated during shifting.

Youll be placing it in the dug out well behind the ribbon vibrator/escapement assembly.

Next add the left margin rail

Then add the bell ringer device

Now we add the right hand support and back-spacer assembly.

Make sure that the backspacer is properly in its place near the center of the whole assembly, then screw it in with its two heavy screws.

Repeat for the left side, save for the back-spacer assembly.

And now, the finishing touch:

With the rails now in place, your escapement/carriage rail assembly is just about ready to be dropped into place on the machine body. There are just a few things to do before that, which will be detailed in the next section: How did we even get this far, Mr. Thomas?

If you have questions, concerns about the welfare of this machine, or comments, ask below! Ill do my best to help

Fox Advertisements: Part 3

They're getting harder to find and some of these have already been found before, but presented thus are more Fox advertisements. Enjoy, and don't forget to send for your free trial run of a Fox Typewriter courtesy of Mr. William Fox, at 8102-8302 Front St., Grand Rapids, MI.

Alongside the advertisements, I found this little tidbit into the production capabilities of the Fox factory as they started production of the portables. If we go off of this information and assume year round production schedules, they could produce 9,125 portables in a single year which seems debatable due to the fact only roughly 13,000 machines were produced from late 1917 to 1921ish.

Also at 25 machines per day, at $50 a machine, a grand total of $1,250 in total sales could occur, which in today's currency is the equivalent of $14,500. The ten standard sized machines, selling at $100 would generate $1,000 of course, which is equivalent to $11,750 in today's currency.

That means that at during the aformentioned period of time, if this information correct, Fox was producing $26,250 in product on a daily basis. If we then assume the 365 days again, we get a total possible net sales of $9,581,250 in a year. I am quite curious what their profit margin was after calculating the cost of goods sold and labor expenses.