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Mignon index typewriter - oiling of roller wheels
The Mignon index typewriter is a pretty common machine still, many were sold and they are sturdy. (To quote Helen Howes: "They don't compost well, so there are lots still kicking about.") For an index...
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New typeshuttles for the Hammond - more iterations
It's getting there.It's iterative development, almost every prototype uncovered something new to improve or a new fault-mode.Now at version 14 of the reproduction typeshuttle, the mechanical function...
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Refreshing a Mignon typewriter character field or keyboard
The 'keyboard' or character-field of a Mignon index typewriter is where the desired character is selected with the pointer. This map or field is a curved plate, covered with clear celluloid. After 90...
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AEG Mignon typewriter with Rheinmetall logo
In the process of giving a Mignon index typewriter a thorough cleaning, the carriage was taken apart. This particular Mignon was made by AEG sometime in the late 1920s and in keeping with the overall...
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Re-assembled carriage of Mignon 4 index typewriter
Not the most readable typeface, I'll admit - fun to be able to use though :)A few more pictures would have helped find the spot for the small line-feed helper-lever, but it went together again and now...
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New typeshuttles for the Hammond - steps forward, steps back
It's a lot like regular new-product development. Steps forward, and a step back (or two). Forward was that printing the strip with DLP resin technology gave incredibly crisp letters on the strip....
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Sighting of an Intertype with full keyboard
The Intertype below was spotted at a local printing-museum.This small enthousiast-run museum has a large collection of printing presses, from wooden and cast-iron 19th century affairs to fairly modern...
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Dalton 10-key-swap (and a surplus Dalton Adding Listing Calculator)
The number-keys of the Dalton 10-key adding-listing machine were a bit damaged. Some keys were 'mangled' as if by being burned (cigarette?) and the legends were worn off. From a local pick-up...
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New spools for a Dalton Adding Calculating Machine
And a few fixes.The most glaring issue with this dusty and rusty Dalton was that it had no spools and no ribbon.The spool for a Dalton of the "Super Model" series that launched in 1921 is a proprietary...
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New typeshuttles for the Hammond - almost there
After printing and testing a lot of shuttles, it's almost there; the ability to create new typeshuttles for the Hammond typewriter :-)The latest improvement was to finally get a new 10 mm wide ribbon,...
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Parenthetical Corona in a bit of a state
An early Corona folding typewriter. It is in a bit of a state, rusty with a cracked platen and some missing bits.Perhaps overpaid a bit for this one, but these early parenthetical Corona's are getting...
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To fix the Hammond linespacing
To fix the wobbly linespacing of the Hammond Multiplex typewriter, the rear-roller was covered with a single layer of heat-shrink tubing. The rubber of the rollers on most Hammond machines has aged...
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Spacing of 9.5 characters per Inch
Being easily distracted, started taking apart a recently acquired little 3-bank typewriter for a proper cleaning. When scrubbing the escapement rack, noticed that it had a number stamped in it: 2,67A...
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Putting the little 3-bank together again (and a nickname)
After cleaning the bits, put together again quickly. The Klein-Adler with lots of sliding parts in the typing-mechanism is vulnerable to dirt - a thorough cleaning and removal of decades of patina...
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Klein-Adler with an extra trick
This cleaned-up little Klein-Adler has an extra lever compared to most others. The lever at the left is carriage-release, that lever at the right however is less usual. Couldn't find any other...
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Attempting a repaint of a Dalton Adding Machine
They are not rare and today certainly not desirable or collectable, judging by online offers - the later-models Dalton adding machine are pretty big and 'boring' machines with, well, limited...
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Dalton Adding Machine serial numbers, estimated agelist
An estimated, approximate agelist for Dalton Adding Machines; serial numbers are start-at for the year.The ~1927 issue of Business Machines and Equipment Digest contains an estimated serial numbers...
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New typeshuttles for the Hammond - How to make
After some experimenting (and many failures), the workflow for creating new Hammond typeshuttles is starting to form. A new Hammond typeshuttle is assembled from several parts, just like the original....
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Fall 2024 typewriter safari
Last week, we did a tour of the local thrift stores - and for the first time in ages there were interesting typewriters! Right at the start, first aisle, this spread of four machines immediately caught...
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Progress in refurbishing a Dalton Adding Machine
The 'surplus' machine is mostly assembled again - and the side-frames are back, painted black.As the machine shows promise of turning out nice, decided to have another try at repairing the damper or...
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