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Oil renews dried ribbon of typewriter
In those cases where a ribbon dries out rather than wears out. With 'attic-find' machines these days, that is likely the case. The remedy then; a very little light machine oil.Popular Science, June...
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The Bare Eagle
In preparation for a better, more thorough cleaning of the Adler Favorit 2 typewriter, the body-panels were again taken off. It takes more than one session to get rid of the level of dirt (and rust)...
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A very good year for Adler Favorit 2's?
When adding my Favorit 2 to The Database, noticed that pretty much all of the Favorit 2's were dated to 1948.To do a check if that really was remarkable, did a histogram plot of all Adler galleries in...
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Service of the Corona Standard
Although bought as candidate parts-machine, still had a go at patching up the 1943 Corona Standard. (Typewriters though a 'utensil' pick up historic context. No provenance came with this one, but its...
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Small fixes for the Remington Portable
The refurbished Remington Portable #2 typewriter still needed some tweaking to fully work as it should. Not sure what issues were caused by the re-assembly and taking apart and what issues it already...
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Remington Portable internals all gummed-up
The parts machine Remington Portable #2 typewriter was not working, the typebars wouldn't even lift up and seemed jammed in place. Prodding some more when trying to take off the bodypanels, it turned...
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Remington House, Amsterdam
Came across this small article/announcement when leafing through a magazine. (An old one.)Featured in this '36 issue of the illustrated weekly 'Het Leven' ('Life'); the 'Remington Typewriter Co' just...
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Coastal C14
An old photograph found in an old book a few years ago.By now I've learned this is a picture of the 'Coastal Class' airship C14. As with nearly any field of interest, there is an active and helpful...
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Lawrence Engineering Service 8B
Faded red cardboard sleeve, about eight inches long.A very low cost sliderule, to be picked up for the modest amount of 25 cents at Woolworths or so. Currently available online at less modest yet still...
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Skipping of the Remington Noiseless Portable and fixing thereof
As noted by several people in the 'Typosphere', the Noiseless Portable is prone to skipping. It needs a very staccato typing technique to work well. Any hint of 'bottom-typing' (pressing the key right...
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Rolls Viceroy non-electric
An impulse purchase...Complete in box with instruction leaflet. (Important: Do not blame the dry shaver if you have not read this booklet.)The Rolls Razor company filed patents for this dry shaver...
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Remington Portable anyone?
Going to let this one go.Probably a very rare finish. It is still the only Remington Portable #2 typewriter I've seen with this crackle red finish. Spotted a few images of green crackle Portables...
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Roasting pan
It should have fitted our oven. It didn't fit the oven. Most sneakily the handles made it just a little wider than the advertised 'standard' size. And that's how the typewriter cleaning process got...
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In the newsroom, moving pictures from the late twenties
The movie "Big News" is a crime drama set around newspaper reporters. Already the first 10 minutes or so of the movie has several views of the newsroom in action. In the scene below one of the lead...
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In the newsroom, moving pictures from the early thirties
The hero of the Mystery Of The Wax Museum, a 1933 horror (?) movie, is an intrepid newspaper journalist. She investigates and uncovers the whole gruesome mystery of the wax museum. After the...
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In the newsroom, moving pictures from the early forties
Well, '40 actually, in the comedy 'His Girl Friday'.The newsroom mainly is the backdrop for lots of complications. Around the 75 minute mark the story gets written down. These days I'd hesitate to...
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Adjusting the ribbon vibrator on a Corona 3
The folding Corona 3 typewriter has a ribbon color selector. That's the little switch just right of the left spool cup. On this particular machine, the 'black' setting did not lift the ribbon enough...
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Remington Portable wreckage
Bought this as a parts machine - spares or repair. Given how robust these little Remington Portable #2 typewriters are, this one has some remarkable damages. Somebody must have really pounded those...
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Remington Portable deep-clean
Still not certain it'll be a repair, but either way it starts with taking it apart. The goo was too deep into the machine and internal levers were bent out of shape, so the only way it could be fixed...
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Play! (Outfit No 3)
Watching the kids tinker again with the modern plastic (yech) version, got me thinking of the old set that was around the house. By now a long time ago of course and that set wasn't new then either....
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