Clik here to view.
Nickel plating
Next to re-covering a leathercloth case, nickel plating was a new activity to gain experience on.Older machines mostly don't have chrome, but nickel plating for the shiny parts. (Chrome plating became...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Album
Treated myself to an album.From our national online classifieds site, got it for a fair offer and it arrived well packed in the mail. Even though the records are protected by the cardboard sleeves of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Billy Compatibility
Online there are many and very varied examples of how to keep a machine or two on display (or more than two). Some hard to do, some less hard.Just realized that the Billy Compatibility of a typewriter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
But why?
Right, so it can withstand being rained on...How often does it rain in the office? How many reporters travel about in the rain lugging along a full-size standard?How is this a major selling point? One...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Greasing the No 59 motor mainspring
One of the things recommended for the type of portable gramophone I'm working on is to re-grease the motor. The Gramophone Company used a graphite grease that over the decades turns stiff and hard....
View ArticleClik here to view.
En easy guide for operating the Remington Portable Typewriter
Part of the preparations for tackling the Remington Portable #2 with the fancy paintwork was seeking out a manual. When getting/restoring a typewriter, I do like to have it complete with a correct user...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creative re-use or mere vandalism?
Like the key-chopper for typewriters, there is the label-cutter for shellacs.Now that I've been looking at 78 rpm shellac records for a while, I discovered that there are some products being offered...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Columbia C B 16
Just a record. Lucky find :)When playing it for the first time it stood out, sounded better than most. Having scouted about on the web a bit to find out more about who the Charleston Chasers were, that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tool of 1001 Uses
Quite widely advertised at the time, the versatile hobby-tool of its day, the Handee.Haven't sent for the catalog, but somebody did do so a while back and it somehow ended up on my bookshelf. This is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Relic
Spotted as a decoration piece in the lounge / dining-room of a hostel. The small flowers are plastic, lending it all a solemn yet sadly cheap air.Despite the artificial floral surroundings, the machine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Corona care
Actually an easy and relaxing little task to do. Most time is taken by locating the part from the diagram on the machine itself. Did have a positive impact on the smoothness of the carriage.(The manual...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Graphoplex No 612
Prompted by the posting about a book on sliderules over at Munk.org, made a scan of the leaflet that came with a pocket sliderule I got recently.It is a regular 'Rietz', but rather small with a 12.5 cm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Disassembly
Have started on the Remington Portable 2 - first step of taking it apart. Well, at least as far apart as is necessary to replace the feed rollers, touch-up the housing shells, replace felt, deep clean...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A couple of screws too far
And it all came unhinged :)Well, not quite that bad, but there were a few parts that could have been left on. The two screws at the back of the carriage hold the bracket of the paper release lever....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rubber rollers and carriage re-assembly
Having gotten all the rollers off the carriage (amongst several other items...), on to fixing all the rubber.The rubber on the front-rollers had gone soft and tar-like, so cleaned the front-feed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reference material
Getting the carriage back together of the red RP2 typewriter showed up the limits of the pictures I took during disassembly. Just not enough detail. The mounting of the raising mechanism likewise could...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New felt, type lined up
On the Remington Portable typewriter the typebars rest on the felt strip that edges the lifting table. Over time the typebars make a dent in the felt. Uneven wear over time per typebar leads to the row...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Waxed string drawband
The drawband of the Remington Portable typewriter was broken. With the carriage back on the rails, a new drawstring now needed to be attached.By the look of it, the drawstring was made of waxed hemp...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Adjustments, adjustments, adjustments
It's back.With some tweaking and adjusting the machine, it now types again! Several surprises in the adjusting (and it's not done yet). The hardest part to get right so far, was the line gauge. The new...
View Article