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Resulta BS-7
The three main components laid out. Removing four screws allows the cover-plate to be taken off, undoing the two nuts under the machine allows the baseplate to be taken off.The main frame of the little...
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Hammond - Clean keyboard and support from nr. 90210
Looking much better and again safe to touch - no longer 'icky' and brown - well worth the effort :)Additional to cleaning, two defects of the keyboard were remedied - with support from Hammond nr....
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Typewriter safari - mostly modern machines
A lunchtime stroll round the local thrift-store, several typewriters this time. This orange Olivetti tried hard to blend in on the orange-table. Despite the camouflage, the typewriter was spotted and...
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Unexpectedly new on the shelf
This was not expected. Hadn't thought there'd be any of these machines still floating about, especially in this area of the world - let alone on but a stone's throw away! Was alerted to it being on the...
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Hammond - With ribbon and first work
Still much to adjust on the Hammond Multiplex, but the machine produced its first, tentative writing in probably decades:To get there, the ribbon spools were made functional again. Both spools have one...
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They come in sizes
Surprise find - the same basic model, but even smaller :-)The smallest of the two is a mere 75mm (~3") in diameter - for the smallest of cacti.
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Monroe Model L 160-X calculator - How to Operate
The little Monroe Model L calculator was in very nice shape both cosmetically and functionally. However, these 'X' or 'Executive' models were originally supplied with a travel-case and of course an...
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December 2022 typewriter safari
On an afternoon, did a tour of the local thrift-stores - only looking. Despite much space being reserved for seasonal decoration materials, there were typewriters! With generations and what gets thrown...
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The massive Monroe model G adding calculator
This is the Monroe model G calculator.This is a mechanical calculator with a full keyboard and 8x8x16 capacity. This machine is massive; both in that it is quite large, and also in that it is...
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Hidden Remington branding
One of the spools of a 1920s Remington Portable typewriter proudly stated it too was 'Remington Make'.That it is also Remington make is not unexpected- the Portable uses a non-standard, proprietary...
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Touching-up worn numbering wheels lettering
When completely re-doing the lettering e.g. on de-bossed rulers or dials, a simple ivory or off-white paint (or wax) works fine. On quite a lot of old calculators not all, but only some of the digits...
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January 2023 typewriter safari
Weekend before last, we did a tour of the local thrifts. Just to browse and see what was new. (New in the store, that is.)First thing that caught our attention; a vast vista of milk-jugs and...
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Perhaps best removed - mains plug on headphones
For a reasonable price, a very clean-looking set of vintage high-impedance headphones was bought online. It needed only a light cleaning with a damp cloth, leather-wax on the headband and a polish...
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Early Underwood 3-bank Standard Portable Typewriter
Had been on the look-out for an early 3-bank Underwood Portable typewriter for some time. The earlier version is most easily recognisable by the shallower front-panel and flatter, less-curved segment....
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Black Oliver 3 typewriter and a quick age estimate
Oliver typewriters are generally olive green, this however is a black Oliver. There is no type-number anywhere, but from the appearance and its serial-number 114033 this is clearly a number 3.To...
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Spools and ribbon for an old Oliver typewriter
The early 1900s Oliver typewriters do not use the standard half-inch ribbon, but were built to take 7/16" ribbon on a wooden spool-core.This machine as found had an ill-fitting standard ribbon...
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Get the great new Underwood Portable typewriter!
The Underwood Portable or Travel-Typewriter; only 4 kg and Hfl. 175,-.Another Underwood advertising blotter, probably dating from around 1925, with an image of the machine and case. In the copy the...
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Modern machine in the museum
Behind glass in a cabinet in a museum, a modern machine. With plastic housing, ergo modern. This is an IBM Selectric from ~1965 - actually to be fair it is already relatively old and not something...
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Trying another source for new 7/16" ribbons
A proper ribbon for the Hammond Multiplex should be 7/16" wide - about 11 mm. Older Oliver typewriters also use this ribbon size. On a Hammond it could be possible to use a standard 1/2" (~13 mm)...
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Making new ribbon shields for the Hammond typewriter
The Hammond typewriter uses two wear-items; the impression strip and the ribbon shield. These two items were originally sold at modest cost by the Hammond Typewriter Company. Today, with the...
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