Carriage removal/installation on Oliver typewriter

It may not be obvious to everyone that Oliver and Blickensderfer (and Adler Mod 7) can have their carriages very easily removed. Oliver is the easiest of all these - no tools required, no prior experience needed.

To remove the carriage just press both Tab and Right button at the same time. The carriage will move to the left and stop. Press them again.

Now with your other hand - while keeping these keys pressed - simply slide the carriage out of the machine, to the left. Job done!

No need to secure spring-loaded line. The machine takes care of that:

When the carriage is installed back onto its rails this clip is grabbed automatically - and it will sit as pictured below.

Neat, ain’t it?

So - with the machine facing you - press Tab and Right button and remove the carriage, to the left.

To put it back - if you had it removed during shipment or for cleaning - simply align 3 rollers on their respective rails and slide it onto the machine. From the left again.

Everything will jump onto place by itself.

Do not force it - if there is resistance then something is not aligned. Back the carriage and start again, this time straight.

That’s all to it, really.