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The modern way to write
With the current, slow project of resurrecting a battered Remington Portable #2 typewriter; to have a look at the target that we're aiming at. Some inspiration...To add to the refurbished 1927...
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Ink
This is what I guess is called 'an impulse buy' from a trip to the town centre. A nice, full bottle of blue 'letter-writing ink' from Talens, here a well known maker of inks and paints. Talens is still...
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Gramophone needles and semi-permanent needles
The steel needles used in a gramophone (phonograph) are single-use only. The idea with shellac 78rpm records and the steel needle is that the needle wears and the record (almost) does not. This means...
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Instructions on the use of the writing machine
A paperback booklet with extensive instructions on the use of the writing machine with a methodical training in the use of the ten-finger system. Published in 1915 and written by Mr Hardy, teacher at...
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Corona Four
That little black wooden case contains an early Corona Four typewriter. The case looks exactly like the Corona 3 case, except it is larger and it does not have the fold-down front-flap.The Corona Four...
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Spotted! Hey that's the one that I made...
Scanning the vast library that is the internet for documentation for my new Corona Four typewriter, stumbled across a seller of reprints. Browsing the other items listed by this Canadian seller,...
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Meccano update...
Again it is proven that in the internet age, every niche interest has its niche. Also Meccano. There is an extensive and helpful 'Meccanosphere' that is perhaps not explicitly labeled as such, yet just...
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Some steps to revive a leathercloth typewriter case
The carrying case of the Corona Four typewriter was still sound and relatively undamaged. It had of course accumulated 91 years worth of dust, dirt, scuffs and corrosion. A few simple steps can make...
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Meccano Motor Magic and the manual was correct!
Still available, albeit now via online auction sites. What looked like a nice one of the right period popped up - and even managed to get it! It duly arrived very well packed in this small blue...
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Remington Portable bellcranks are not all identical
Who knew. Only after starting to put them back did I notice that these little levers look the same, but come in left-handed and right-handed varieties. That was also when the remaining goo lodged...
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Remington Portable typebar fitting
Continuing the rebuilding of the battered Remington Portable typewriter: The re-attaching of the springs from the bell cranks to the crescent-plate is fairly easy. The springs can be hooked by hand to...
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The long tail of obsolescence
Ordered this online. This is for a product that's probably even more obsolete than typewriters. Nevertheless, this replacement chimney for a common Kosmos burner can today be found fairly easily...
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Caught in the net
Have been fishing in the online places for a bit. When buying a couple of job lots, some unexpected, different species show up in the net. Not what the lot was being hauled in for, but these do give a...
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Dark red and dark green
Discovering that this Meccano was fun, had a go at finding an older outfit. This then started with finding an Outfit 1 that was not very complete, but the parts were in decent shape. No box (of...
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Thrift 12
Don't browse the large local thrift store all that often. Was dropping off some items, so did a walk around the store. This time there even was a typewriter, a proper typewriter too. In decent shape...
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Corona Four serial number H311516
The carrying case was cleaned earlier. The typewriter itself is now mostly clean also with the keys polished and the ribbon-spool-covers newly painted.This is a British machine with the there common...
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Art and Pleasure
Become member of the society "Art and Pleasure". Was playing some records from a stack of early thirties' records and came across this advert on a record sleeve.Not a bad offer for getting continued...
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Der Schreibmaschine - ein Gerät der Feinwerktechnik
Leafing through this book about designing for precision manufacturing.The introduction of course explains all the ways precision manufacture matters.And there it gets the essence typewriters in a...
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Sightings of beige machines
Sightings from a very small 'safari'; a browse at the jumble sale of a local church. Had been wondering if there'd be any shellac records or gramophones or other interesting vintage technology. There...
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