Always a fun thing to get, this box contained a brace of vintage writer’s slabtops, which Joe decided to downsize and send to me to add to my already varied collection of such machines. Constant readers of this blog will have noted my occasional article on my 1980’s Tandy laptops (TRS-80 Model 100 and 200s […]
Molding and Pouring new Typewriter Feet (Complete Video How-To Series)
Weapon of Choice: “Einstein”, 1956 Smith Corona Silent #5S 529594 Typewriter Club LIVE [Mar 7, 2021]: See below how much people like getting fresh-baked Typewriter feet in the mail! Typewriter Video Series – Episode 257: Replacement Feets! Fountain Pens & Typewriters got some too: Hermes 3000 Replacement Feets by Ted Munk TTSSASTT 0.6 – Making […]
Mo’ Feets & Mo’ Media – What I Typed During TCL
Weapon of Choice: “Doris Day”, 1966 Olympia SM9 #3098142 Perhaps the last set of Olympia SM-7 feet 3D printed in PLA by Steve Dade (RIP, friend). Raymond’s over in Colorado sent them over so I could replicate them in rubber, because PLA is stiff and not very grippy at all. First step: make a box […]
Excitement and Delight! Fresh Rubber! Musty Books!
Weapon of Choice: “Cadwallader”, 1963 Olympia SM7 #2335640 A Typer’s Dozen: Ted Munk @ The Typewritemosphere AUSTIN TYPEWRITER, INK. Casting Urethane Typewriter Feet: Joe shows off his Goody Package from Bill M. in a recent Typewriter Club Live! Little library of Typewriter Care & Repair. Wait.. are those SM-7 feet in that little baggie??
One last update on soundproofing my JP-1, and a week’s worth of typing
Weapon of Choice: “Starbuck” 1964 Hermes Rocket #6027915 Typewriter Club LIVE 2020-12-27 Weapon of Choice: 1978 Brother Charger 11 #K83712885 One last update to the JP-1 Soundproofing Project – replacing the original foam bottom pad with a denser, colorful blue felt pad. I used a putty knife to gently pry the foam pad off the […]
Taming The Tinny Typing Sound of a Brother JP-1 Typewriter (Part 3 – the Finale?)
Weapon of Choice: 1978 Brother Charger 11 #K83712885 It was back in 2015 that I started pondering the problem of silencing the tinny sound of the Brother JP-1. In 2017, I shrinktubed the platen, along with a couple others. To adjust ring & cylinder on a JP-1 is done by loosening these two screws on […]
1956 – On Feet and Motion (Remington Super-Riter)
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Wizard Smoke feet for Ghost Chocolate and a Bible for the 6-7-88’s
Weapon of Choice “Ghost Chocolate”, 1957 Olympia SM3 #998587 Swappin’ out the mint-green test feet with a custom-mixed set of translucent silver feet that have a maroon sheen when lit up, to match the colors of the typewriter. Typewriter Club LIVE! (2020-11-29). There’s a little bit of <3 in every Smith-Corona Standard of the 1950’s […]
Typewriter Club (Show & Tell) and Virtual Herman’s Video Archive
Weapon of Choice: “Moneypenny”, 1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1551567 My typewriter collection, circa 2010. The quest for a new ribbon for Moneypenny led me to my first visit to MTE – the start of a long and beautiful friendship. VIRTUAL HERMAN’S VIDEO ARCHIVE Cuthbert H. Humphrey, Governor of our territory, is a cull. Do […]
Virtual Hermans – How to use The Typewriter Database, and random thoughts…
Weapon of Choice: “Richard The Deep Breather”, 1925 Corona 4 #H506286 Weapon of Choice: “Adwoa”, 1961 Swissa Junior #6102535 Yes, I’ve built web-based MMO’s before, even had a couple of SSWCons, and then there was a little something called “Huggles and Ponies”… 11/14/2020 Virtual Hermans – How to use The Typewriter Database Oh, and here […]
Oops, I missed my blog’s 10-Year Anniversary!
Weapon of Choice: “Ghost Chocolate”, 1957 Olympia SM3 Very First Post and Weapon of Choice: “Indiana Jones”, 1959 Tower Chieftain III (SCM Skyriter)
It’s Votin’ Day! (at least it is for weirdos)
Weapon of Choice: “Thunderbird 4”, 1968 Montgomery Ward Signature 440T
The Zen of Typing in a Maelstrom of Madness…
Weapon of Choice: “Little Jake”, 1933 Monarch (Remington) Remie Scout Model What’s Virtual Herman’s? Little Jake on RoamCam 4 during this week’s Typewriter Club Vlogcast.
Soldering Typeface to Typebar & Use of Type Gauge S-221
The More You Know: Using typeface alignment tool and repairing or replacing typeface slugs. From: The Royal FP, MC Empress, 440 & 470 Typewriter Repair Shop Manual – 426 Pages.
Typewriter Club – An Excellent Distraction
Weapon of Choice: 1972 Royal (Silver-Seiko) Mercury #MC 2273125 Weapon of Choice: 1970 Webster XL-747 #L0944386 Revelation 13:3–4 2nd Thessalonians 2:8–12 Proverbs 12:10
RFI: Ace Aceliner Stapler Request For Information
Are you a fan of staplers? More specifically, are you a fan of Ace Aceliners? You aren’t alone in your attraction to this long-lasting, very popular model that was first offered in 1941 and that is *still* being sold by Ace Fastener. While casual examination of any model made in the past 60+ years might […]
Requests for Information, Exciting Stapler News and Koyaanisqatsi
Weapon of Choice: “Thunderbird 4“, 1968 Mongomery Ward Signature 440T (Brother JP-1) In process of writing a letter to Joe. While many things are coming apart, there’s a few nice things coming together. (: International Olivetti Valentine survey! Know your machine better & contribute to typewriter history. Gather your data and email it to valentine@oli-type.com: […]
R.C. Allen Calculator, Adding Machine and Cash Register Years of Manufacture by Serial Number
R.C. Allen Calculator, Adding Machine and Cash Register Years of Manufacture by Serial Number! R. C. Allen Adding Machines Manufacture Dates by January 1 Serial Number: Serial # Year Remarks Ref. 825000 & 952000 1937 Formerly Add-Index, Series changed to R.C. Allen at Serial # 825000 1 848000 & 962000 1938 1 856000 & […]
Tandy WP-2 User Manual (Happy #SepTandy!)
Weapon of Choice: 1989 NTS WP-10C (with my Tandy WP-2) While I am normally a typewriter guy (as might be obvious), I also do have a small collection of the transitional electronic writing laptops of the 80’s and 90’s. Luckily, this is a collecting niche that takes up very little room (my entire collection takes […]
1952 – Underwood-Sundstrand New Model E Accounting Machine Dealer’s Sales Packet
Next in the Underwood mechanical calculator’s documentation dump, from 1952 – The Underwood-Sundstrand New Model E Accounting Machine Dealer’s Sales Packet. (Right-click and select “view image” to embiggify)
New PDF downloads in the Typewriter Database File Library for Typewriter Hunters!
New PDF downloads in the Typewriter Database File Library for Typewriter Hunters! Buncha new NOMDA Blue Books and some Olympia, Underwood and SCM dealer literature. Enjoy! File area is here, after you’ve logged in with a Typewriter Hunter account:
The Adventures of Lef the Elf: Army of Gartyns
We started the Adventures of Lef the Elf way back in 2019, and back then we learned how to keep our first interactive NPC dimension denizen, Gartyn Hejme, forever – as long as we never click the blue check mark over his head and complete his quest. He has been our prisoner for a bit […]
1951 – Instructions for Operating the Underwood Sundstrand Automatic Printing Calculator
1951 – Instructions for Operating the Underwood Sundstrand Automatic Printing Calculator Operating Principles of calculating and printing the elements and results of calculations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and general business figure problems. Enjoy! (:
Sundstrand-Underwood Adding and Accounting Machines Dates of Manufacture by Serial Number, and Features and Keyboards Reference
Well, I’ve been making noise about working on adding machine stuff, seeing as I’ve been getting crates of Parts, Service and other dealer documentation on the things lately. This last batch of donated NOMDA Blue Books and an Underwood, Sundstrand and Elliot-Fisher Line Book have given me enough information to finally put together good Age […]
Typewriter Ribbon varieties Offered by Underwood in 1956
We are lucky in 2020 that we have many typewriter ribbon suppliers offering an impressively wide variety of colors, and a few choices in ribbon material. Well, would you like to see the ribbon variety that Underwood offered in 1956? (from 1949-59 Underwood Elliot Fisher and Sundstrand Dealer Line Book, recently acquired)
The Olympia Typewriter History, as Told By ITC in 1966
Fresh Minty Green Feets for Hermes 3000 and Olympia SM3&4 and Corona 4
Weapon of Choice: “Easy” 1964 Hermes 3000. Less than half that, actually. ‘Cept maybe certain models that will likely require extra parts (A sort of “kit” including all the bits you should replace while you’ve got it skinned, IYKWIM).The H3k ones are pretty straightforward, though and will be on the cheaper side.. Early set of […]
Keeping Busy and Productive
Weapon of Choice: “Joanie” 1964 Hermes 3000. First casts in plastic resin, transparent because I haven’t yet gotten my mica powders in the mail. This resin is actually quite tough, and I think it’ll work perfectly. Some more TRB luv. Can’t tell you how much it warms my cockles to see people getting good use […]
Levers, Nameplates and Feets, Oh, My!
Got my bake-set clay, liquid plastic and silicon mold-making stuff today, so I decided to replicate the feet for the “Silver Bullet” Olympia SM case and build my first molds. I’ve built the masters for my Corona 4 feets, tested for perfect fit, correct height and superior desk grip. I’ll likely be doing even more […]
UJTU: SCM Carriage Levers, Corona Feets, A Gift For a Patron and Scannin’
Weapon of Choice: 1936 Corona Junior Model S. The Carriage Release Levers on 1959-1980’s SCM portables are prone to breakage and getting more so as they age. These, from Bubbles, my own 1960 Galaxie are brittle and developing hairline cracks despite being in quite good shape. They also aren’t white anymore. I pondered how I […]
Typewriter Typeface Font Search By Models made more obvious on TWDB
A couple people have asked me recently if I could add the ability to display typefaces by particular typewriter model, and this confused me because I thought you already could. I built the TWDB to be a Database, IE: you can query it using simple variables to filter results, and these queries are written into […]
1968 – Smith-Corona SCM Typewriter Typestyles and Keyboards
1968 – Smith-Corona SCM Typewriter Typestyles and Keyboards
New info on Olympia Typewriter Paint and plastic color changes…
That moment when you realize that binder full of useless Olympia parts price lists for 1969 also has an Engineering Bulletin that details the *exact serial number when the paint and plastic on the Olympia models changed*… :D This info is now incorporated into the Olympia Serial Number Page at TWDB. I also fixed a […]
Brother EP-22 (versus Brother EP-20)
Weapon of Choice: 1983 Brother EP-22. Until I actually picked one up, I thought that the Brother EP-20 and EP-22 were the same size. Turns out, while the top shell for both was clearly pressed from the same mold, the bottom shell on the EP-22 is almost a quarter inch deeper than the EP-20. It […]
Solving the Alphasmart Dana’s Insatiable Appetite for AA Batteries…
Weapon of Choice: 2003 Alphasmart Dana Wireless (ha!) There’s a calculus you get to know when you own an Alphasmart Dana and you want to write on it, but you have so many other wonderfully tactile writing machines that you really don’t get to pull out the Dana often enough to justify keeping a set […]