Mittwoch, 10. April 2013
Dienstag, 9. April 2013
Montag, 8. April 2013
Samstag, 6. April 2013
Typewriters and the Car-Shop.
Typewriters and the Car-Shop.
By Alfred R. Wepf - Short translation by maschinengeschrieben.blogspot.com
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Regenerate platens with brake fluid.
Slip-stop mats, designed for car trunks, are useful for stopping machines from drifting around on the table, as well as preventing them from scratching the shelves. Also, put some slip-stop under the felt mats!
Platens which are filthy, but not checkered from the impacts of the types are best cleaned with Vodka or Alcohol - never with benzine!
You can use bezine, though, to clean sticky segments. Often, machines found in thrift stores or on flea markets had their segment oiled - good idea, but you never oil the segment!
Protecting machines from dust but still keeping them visible works with transparent folders, cut open.
You may still find ribbons for calculators in 6m/10m length and black/red.
There are ribbon weavers where you may buy ribbons in any width. Soaking these with ink for metal stamps, you produce your own ribbons in any width - useful for old machines with odd ribbon measurements.
Freitag, 5. April 2013
Donnerstag, 4. April 2013
IKEA Catalogue: Another Typewriter!
Earlier this year, I spotted a Remington 3 in the IKEA catalogue. Now, I've found another one: A Royal Standard is hiding in there, too!
Mittwoch, 3. April 2013
Dienstag, 2. April 2013
Montag, 1. April 2013
Samstag, 30. März 2013
Freitag, 29. März 2013
Ridiculous Remington.
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| This rather ordinary Remington 10 just turned up on ricardo.ch - the seller estimates its age at 60 years and would like to get 2500 CHF for it - $2600, Au$2500. |
Donnerstag, 28. März 2013
Mittwoch, 27. März 2013
Keychop Alert!
An entire keyboard, turned into finger rings à 12 CHF each, has turned up on ricardo.ch.
And I thought Switzerland was safe from keychoppers.
Dienstag, 26. März 2013
Montag, 25. März 2013
Postcards.
*I don't experience this problem when writing on normal paper - but on a postcard, my text is either finished halfway through the card, or it's a few lines too long.
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Samstag, 23. März 2013
X. Zurich Typehunt
X. Zurich Typehunt - 22. März 2013
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| The lonely Hermes Baby: Still there, but degrading in condition. |
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| While the Royal 10 is gone, its younger brother is still there - accompanied by a sailboat. |
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| A Grammophone! |
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| And a Calanda "Luxe" - new here. I'm tempted, but 40.- is a bit on the expensive side. |
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| Also new - the Underwood Standard Typewriter. I never knew they had that written on them! 125.- is far too expensive for this condition, though. |
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| The Lettera is now guarded by a terrifying skeleton with eyes glowing in radioactive green. |
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| The Horde, now accompanied by Picasso's Guernica. |
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| Five Electronics and three computer monitors. |
Freitag, 22. März 2013
Donnerstag, 21. März 2013
Typewriters in England
My friend Selina spotted these eight typewriters at Spitalfields Market, London. They sure are temtping!
Mittwoch, 20. März 2013
TRVL Magazine - Typewriters in Colombia
Browsing the TRVL magazine (free, AppStore), I stumbled upon these two writers in Cartagena, Colombia. Apparently, they are still using typewriters - one a Lettera 25, but what's the other one?
Dienstag, 19. März 2013
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