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How to wrap that around a platen?
The typewritten look must be in fashion. That's a sizable tablecloth (linen). Am trying to imagine how they wrapped that into the typewriter... :)
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Model C from Belgium
In the school playground I remember seeing other kids with the red Viewmaster (or View-Master), but never paid much attention. Vaguely remember looking in one and 'not getting it'. Until the recent...
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Unpacking a new mainspring
Waiting for the new rubber grommets as feet for the #2 Portable. What did however arrive in the meantime was a new mainspring for the HMV102 portable gramophone.A couple of months ago it started to...
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Grommets success and a platen fail
New rubber grommets. Outer diameter a bit smaller than the original and inner diameter a bit bigger, but a decent fit. To compensate for the thin plate of the frame, some packing string soaked in...
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Illustrations of the Balston word-writing machine
Came across some more pictures of the Balston machine, the new (in 1930) electric word writing typewriter written about earlier.More detail of the 'keyboard' and a drawing of the appearance of the...
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Remington Portable #2 in red
Since getting this 1928 Remington Portable last May, it's now been cleaned up further and been generally mucked about with.Took a bit of a chance then on a not-so-clear picture in the online listing....
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Royal Standard 3 flatbed on the ambulance train
A while back Spider shared an image from the Marktplaats listing for an old Royal Standard 3 flatbed typewriter.That was (and is) an odd number for a Royal flatbed. Not many turn up, not much widely...
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Seasonality of portable typewriters
Over several decades the portable typewriter is advertised as a Christmas gift. Starting from at least the twenties right through to the end of the typewriter era, there are full page Christmas...
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New decal for an old machine
Having re-covered the "His Master's Voice" HMV101 portable gramophone in new Rexine a while back, the finishing touch now is a new trademark.When re-covering the gramophone also a new tray was fitted....
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Instructions for the unpacking, assembling, operating and care of the "His...
This leaflet must be delivered with Instrument to the purchaser.With text-only explanations on the unpacking, operation and care of the instrument.Re-created new with the original text, printed on 160g...
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Odd practice board teaches touch typing
Another mention of the Tuch-Rite blind-typing training tool. This time it gets a brief paragraph and a photograph in the February ('38) issue of Popular Science. The device that aims to teach...
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An old disk
A while back I got an old, single-sided Caruso record. These are not rare and not extremely valuable, but they are old. In this online and connected world a lot can be found out about such a simple old...
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New little black case
A new project recently arrived; another analog device in a black case.Indeed, not a typewriter :-)Case already cleaned and polished - new project!
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Cleaned black case
Polished and cleaned, rust mostly removed and the leather handle repaired with new stitching.And the contents.A Bausch & Lomb 'medical' microscope. Had been on the look-out for a while for a nice...
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Adjusting RNP mainspring tension
This turned out to be not so obvious as expected.The Noiseless Portable had a very heavy going carriage. The mainspring tension was high and the carriage did not run all that freely on its rails in the...
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First aid for typewriters
From the May '41 issue of Popular Science. (Not very recent, but then; neither are my typewriters :-)
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Something odd on the title page
A while ago I picked up a book at a local church fund raiser, in nice condition and a good read as well. The title page was puzzling at first.It clearly states that the author is Paul de Kruif (a very...
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Objective completeness and correctness
The Bausch & Lomb microscope had two replaced objectives when I got it. Given the age of the instrument and that it had been used at least into the seventies, that was not so strange. The high...
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Polishing power
Not sure now if they were ever lacquered. One strange thing also noticeable, two steel and two brass rivets used to fix the clasp to the base of the case. Must have been a reason for that...In reality...
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