Category: From the Desk of Reverend Munk
Typecasts from the desk of the Right Reverend Theodore Munk
R.I.P. O.O.P.R.A.P., the print edition
Beware The Kraken Release Key!
My try at lumen prints
Heh, it’s tough for me to follow Joe’s blog without being inspired to do stuff, and of course, the idea of Lumen Prints, basically using normal photo print paper as film and sensitizing it with tapwater, certainly appealed to me as a quick evening lark. I happen to have all the basic materials handy: One […]
It was a dark and stormy night…
Entry for JVC’s Fifth Typing assignment, typed up on “Eugene”, a 1970 Webster XL-747 just like the one Joe has in his assignment video. :D
Happy Typewriter Day! Now Turn your Bibles to Chapter…
Happy World Typewriter Day! It warms the cockles to see the celebration of this day spread the globe. No longer does the world require seed agency – the people are WOKE and events now spring up like fairy circles in the morning mist. The largest living organism in the world is not a Kraken, it’s […]
The Red Ryder recounts & grumbles
ME! oh, and also that brazen braille hussy.
Contractor’s Clipboards for On-The-Go Typists
Yeah, I’ve got a thing for nifty compartmented clipboards that contractors use to carry around their paperwork. They’re perfect for the on-the go typist too! I keep one in my typewriter bug-out bag, and a few others loaded with supplies to grab anytime I need my paper, typing supplies and a handy writing table all […]
Photography Upon Wood: 1887 Scientific American Method
Burroughs Adding Machine Age List, Full-Keyboard and 10-Key, 1908-1960
For Joe, and all you Burroughs Adding Machine fans. (:
The difference between Tell and Show
There it is, that typewriter in your “ToDo” pile, collecting dust because it’s not quite working right, but you don’t know exactly what’s wrong with it, or maybe you think you know, but are trepidatious to really dig in there and find out. Maybe there’s even a small amount of guilt. You know that machine […]
Tabulatin’ My Bibles
Joe Van Cleave recently came up with a good idea in this post, where he does a little “Let’s use this to fix something” review of the recently released Smith-Corona Floating Shift Typewriter Repair Bible. That idea was adding tabbed dividers to the sections of the book to split up the sections for easy access. […]
Mothra Down, Gandalf Steps Up & The Big Blue Book Is Here!
For quite some months, I have had a standing desk dedicated to Mothra, my 1972 IBM Selectric Composer. Sadly, when I last tried to type on ‘er a couple days ago, the machine stopped cold in half-cycle. I could still hear the motor spinning free, though, and that’s a real bad sign. So anyway – […]
TWDB Chat and the Olympia Typewriter song
Hey, I whipped up a new chat app for TWDB. Any logged-in member can use it (not just Typewriter Hunters). The link is hidden in with all the other links at the top, so I doubt anyone’s found it yet, but it’s right there: Come on by and chat – and hope that someone else […]
Pencast: A nice pre-owned notebook, with a clue to its past.
Vaguebook
Well, it’s been about 5 or 6 months since I started using Facebook for serious, and I can report that it does have a great deal of value in terms of keeping in touch with a community and collaborating to find and promote things. Does it replace blogging? Not a chance- it’s way too ephemeral, […]
The Brown Book: 1994-95 – The Emo Years
Heh, I found some old notebooks from when I seemed to be a more bored person, certainly one less busy than I am now. Ahh, the days of having the time to sketch aimlessly and write poetry. One interesting thing is how my handwriting changes from one day to the next, and from one mood […]
New discounts on Typewriter Repair Bibles!
a Special offer was available on all Typewriter Repair Bibles: (gone now) Bibles! And some more happy typewriter repairers from Facebook:
Tape Dispenser of the Month: 1940s 3M DD-1 Scotch Tape Dispenser
Yeah, it’s been awhile since I did a Stapler of the Month, so what business do I have posting a whole new category, especially one so bereft of popularity as “Tape Dispenser of the Month”? What could possibly have elevated such a humble object to the level of making me decide that I will probably […]
Royal Model 10 Standards, Dual-Glass, Single-Glass and No-Glass – when did it happen?
Whatever Happened to the International Typewriter Appreciation Month? The 1940 AMES American Typewriter Parts Catalog The one that started this hunt, the first known Model 10 Royal: From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Evan Pitman: 1913 Royal 10 Serial #X-173084 http://typewriterdatabase.com/1913-royal-10.7490.typewriter First Dual-Glass: From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Drew Saffell: 1915 Royal 10 […]
Spreadin’ The Word of Jones…
The Reading Rainbow: Five editions out now and ponderin’ which ones I’ll do next. The first ones have started making it out to people who’ve posted some pics in the Facebook groups. I suppose they count as testimonials, so here’s the most recent ones. I love it when they post pics with the Bible next […]
Would you like a Typewriter Repair Bible? (:
Okie doke, I’ve got three of ’em done, one more almost in the can and one out for proof copy. Here’s the three that are done, and ready for you to purchase and enjoy. The Manual Typewriter Repair Bible478 Pages, Professionally printed and coil bound to lay flat on your work table! Includes: Basic Mechanical […]
Score #1 of the 2017 Typewriter Hunting Season: 1969 Olympia SM-9
This Olympia SM-9 on the Typewriter Database
TMTRB: Update!
Hey, look what the mailman brought today! The first proofing copy, hot off the press. I estimate another two weeks or so for edits and mailing time for the final proof – then RELEASE! You’ll be able to get your own copy by mid February, I think. The TMTRB, Yes, that’s the Book for me! […]
Operation: OOPRAP and the Manual Typewriter Repair Bible
Whoo-doggie! If you’re wonderin’ why I haven’t posted in awhile, it’s because I been busy. Doin’ what? Well, first I was gathering material for a little project called Operation: OOPRAP – which looks to be nearing completion of Phase 001, and then I got distracted by this: Yeah. It’s gonna be a monster of a […]
Book Review: “The Fox Typewriter Company” by Tyler Anderson
I’ll say up front that my review of Mr. Anderson’s work will be a bit biased, as I’ve seen firsthand his dedication to uncovering the history of the Fox Typewriter when we worked on the Fox serial number page at TWDB, where I depended pretty much entirely on his research work to build out the […]
Brother BP30 Type-O-Graph In Action (videos!)
For those who have asked, and any others interested in the Type-O-Graph’s unique typewriting action:
Pencil tips for the Type-O-Graph!
Well, I’ll call the “lead test” a success – and with that concept proven, it seems all you’d really need to build new *pencil* tips is a bit of rigid plastic tube of exactly the right diameter (I’ll need to borrow a micrometer and mic out the dimensions of the original pen cartridge) with a […]
The Handwriting, Drawing Typewriter: Brother Type-O-Graph BP-30, with User Manual!
You know, there’s just something that really jazzes me about these little Brother mini-typewriters from the early 1980’s – maybe it’s the inventiveness that Brother showed in trying out so many really unique ways of re-engineering the mechanics of the way a typewriter works – that kind of inventiveness in the typewriter industry really only […]
In Search Of: Clarence Leroy “Rocky” Jones
If you study typewriter history, especially the history of typewriter repair, you are certain to encounter the name “Rocky Jones” at some point. “Rocky” is something of a vague legendary figure in collector circles, mostly in reference to books that collectors cannot find because they are so rare. This past week, I endeavored to find […]
let’s take a little trip to 1963: Olympia/ITC letterhead & SM Cases and Tools
I dunno about you, but I could use a palate cleanser after last night’s bitter swallow. I’ll console myself with scanning some Olympia parts manuals, here’s some pretty stuff from what’s scanned so far… well, that tool list shows why it’s so tough to get at some of the important adjustment points in an SM. […]
TWDB blasts past 6000 Galleries, and adds a new Repair Manual section!
Yesterday the Typewriter Database hit typewriter gallery #6000 in the relentless march to , well, eventually most of them. If you were there and paying attention to the gallery count in the main menu, you might have noticed something else new: Yep- new Typewriter Repair School section. I figured out a way to extract high-resolution […]
A Republic, If You Can Keep it…
In 2012, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter answered a question about civics education in America. His answer is kind of a spookily accurate prediction for what has happened just four years later. Yeah. So, I’m taking bets on whether we’ll be seeing Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho on the Republican ticket in 2020. […]
I have no excuse for buying this typewriter…
199x IBM Correcting Selectric III @ TWDB 197x Smith Corona Galaxie Twelve @ TWDB 1964 Smith Corona Coronet @ TWDB
The Royal “RA” prefix Quiet De Luxes and the “Speed Selector”
The Royal Portables in 5 parts: Unraveling the Royal Quiet De Luxe – Part 1: Ancestry (Model P, O and B) Unraveling the Royal Quiet De Luxe – Part 2: Birth of the QDL (and siblings) Unraveling the Royal Quiet De Luxe – Part 3: The Post-War Royal Portables (A, B and C Models) Unraveling […]