r/typewriters

Structure is all done... just need to add some hardware and paint it.

I went from 1 to 8 pretty quickly. I have in my SM stash a clipper, Corsair deluxe, and golden shield. I am very much a beginner and my new hobby escalated quickly. The silent is what I wanted in the first place but not sure. What do you think with a superficial look?

I am considering adding a Adler Favorit to my collection. I have already a desk Adler 7 with the same thrust mechanism, however, I think getting such a peculiar system in a compact machine would add some value. Any thoughts?

hello! i’ve had my Brother deluxe 800 for a few years now, only using it from time to time. i used it today and i noticed this key which won’t unstick. i have tried rubbing alcohol on the segment and slightly bending but nothing seems to be making it better. any idea what i can do? should i just leave it? if i press really hard it actually types the key.

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​A finales de septiembre del corriente año, en un barrio de la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina, me encontraba caminando cuando de repente vi en el cesto de basura de una casa una maleta de un color azul y una forma muy particular. Mi curiosidad me llevó a acercarme para husmear de qué se trataba. Al alzarla, noté un peso considerable, aunque no demasiado pesado. Abrí el cierre apenas para poder ver qué había en su interior y ahí estaba: una Olivetti Lettera 22.

En ese momento no sabía nada de máquinas de escribir ni de la marca. Entusiasmado, volví a mi casa para poder contemplarla en su plenitud. Me quedé enamorado: estaba sana y completa, aunque con la cinta de tinta seca.

​Al día siguiente me puse a investigar qué clase de objeto tenía en mi posesión. Aprendí sobre la historia de esta máquina y, en general, sobre las máquinas de escribir. Profundicé en cómo realizar una limpieza y, una vez adquiridos estos conocimientos, pasé a la práctica.

​Uno de los problemas con los que me encontré fue la búsqueda casi épica de una cinta de repuesto. Finalmente la encontré en una librería muy vieja en el centro de la ciudad: negra y roja, para añadir originalidad. La limpieza también fue muy detallada y delicada, casi quirúrgica.

​Una vez que estuvo lista para usar, escribí un par de páginas. Mi emoción era tal que incluso brotaron unas lágrimas de mis ojos.

​Sin embargo, luego me topé con otro problema: el carrete del rodillo de la cinta del lado izquierdo no avanzaba. Luego de revisarlo, logré que tampoco funcionara el derecho; estaba desesperado. Hasta que descubrí que, en ambos, el eje que sostiene el rodillo y al mismo tiempo presiona los dientes contra el engranaje tenía juego. Lo ajusté y quedó funcionando a la perfección.

Y ahora estoy loco por esta máquina. Mis conocidos dicen que los tengo hartos, puesto que últimamente solo hablo de máquinas de escribir.

​Me dieron ganas de coleccionar otras más.

​Bueno, quería compartir mi odisea mecánica.

Y me gustaría que me cuenten algunas recomendaciones para su uso. Cómo también experiencia

#olivetti,

Did not realize Don Nichols passed away this year in Ohio.

His web site is not longer active. Bought a very nicely serviced machine from him about 12 years ago. He was very nice to purchase from.

I did not see any postings, here, about his passing.

He also had over 200 You Tube videos that are still available. Under "Don Nichols"

https://www.youtube.com/@donnichols2589/videos

Rest In Peace, Don. Belated condolences to his family.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/toledoblade/name/donald-nichols-obituary?id=60525872

I acquired a rusted out SM3 with No. 64 Italic Elite for free, so I’m transplanting the keys on this 1959 SM3 with Elite font with the cleaned up Italic keys. I’m about 25% done. Between the cleaning and the careful install, each key takes about 6 minutes-3.4 hours to go…

A decade ago I sold off the last of my typewriters, but this year I felt motivated to try out some new ones. The first one I bought was a Remington Travel-Riter, in the usual gray paint. A super-basic machine that doesn't even have a ribbon color selector. It types fine, but I found out that these were also available in a few different paint colors, so I kept my eyes open for one of those, and eventually came across this blue one, which has some unusual features.

This appears to be made on the same chassis as the Travel-Riter Deluxe, which is fairly unusual. The whole chassis is die-cast aluminum, whereas the regular Travel-Riter chassis is (usually) made of metal stampings (which is how my gray Travel-Riter is made). The serial number has a D suffix, which again suggests a "Deluxe" but other than the cast chassis, none of the Deluxe features are present. I guess what baffles me is that the standard and Deluxe Travel-Riter have different modes of construction in the first place. Surely creating the molds for the Deluxe had to be monumentally expensive, so why two essentially similar models didn't (normally) share the same chassis is beyond me. This particular one being made with the Deluxe chassis kind of drives home how odd it is that entirely different stamped metal chassis was developed.

These late-model Remingtons don't seem to have many fans, which is kind of surprising because the mid-century-modern styling is pretty cool, the build quality is excellent, and the typing action is nice and light. True, the keys are pretty small, but the same criticism can also be made against the Olivetti portables, which most people seem to love.

My gray Travel-Riter is an Elite typeface machine, and this blue one is Pica, so I actually have a pretty good representation of the model in just two examples. Same model, different chassis, different color, different typeface!

I just got this typewriter off of Facebook for $20 and I’m having trouble finding information on it. It looks to be working great but I’d love to know if anyone knows more about this model. :)

It's a 1947 Smith-Corona Sterling. When typing, it often won't advance to the next line. I got a hooked tension spring onto this piece attached to a hole on the carriage, but it interfered. This is the last thing I need to make this fully functional and usable (if not a bit grimy on the inside). It seems like it would be an easy enough fix, but resources are hard to find on this exact issue.

hiya! i have this old smith corona and it's a beauty, but quite low on ink. i'm not sure what model it is exactly, but i'd loveee to start using it for poetry :)

I really love a 3-Bank and realized I had amassed a modest collection, so I decided to share. What 3-Banks does everyone else have?

bonjour,

Je cherche à bloquer l'avancée du chariot sur la machine Underwood ci-jointe.

J'en possédais une quand j'étais jeune (peut-être pas ce modèle exact), et il y avait une touche qui permettait de le faire.

J'explique pourquoi : je joue dans un petit orchestre et nous répétons cette oeuvre.

Comme dans cette vidéo, nous allons être accompagnés par un "typewriter", qui n'aura pas le temps de faire revenir le chariot dans sa position initiale, d'où ma question.

Merci d'avance pour vos retours