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Inherited a curta, but cannot open it.

 
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Shorething



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:54 pm    Post subject: Inherited a curta, but cannot open it. Reply with quote
Hi, I was thrilled to have a curta passed on to me. However it will not open ( I am twisting the right way!) and I do not want to force it. Does anyone have any tips? It is from Automatic Business Machines of London and from around the mid to late 1950s. You can see a couple of photos on twitter.
https://twitter.com/richardpowley/status/1269898871955742727?s=20[/img]
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murff



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The canister is strong aluminum and it opens clockwise. The Curta inside is from the sixties.

As I checked, everything else was already responded at twitter...

Please report the hopefully successful opening!
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Shorething



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Much appreciated!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://twitter.com/richardpowley/status/1270307752322228224?s=20
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