John Munroe over in the Facebook ATC group asked how many Patreon pledges would I need to make the mobile version of the TWDB into one where you can log in and do Typewriter Hunter stuff like upload galleries and etc. I replied that it was already happening, specifically that the upcoming TWDB Version Epsilon […]
Vintage Laptop Collecting?
Hmmn, looks like I have a collection of vintage laptops now. I never really thought about it because I only bought the one Thinkpad T21 at a thrift store, and the rest have been given to me because they “didn’t work” in some way or were replaced by newer machines and weren’t wanted anymore. The […]
Silly Scope Music
In 1989 I had a VHS camera, an old 1960’s tube Oscilloscope and a song to play through it to watch the squiggly green lines jump around. This is the result: The title bit is at the end, and is built from the intro to “Krazy Kitty Overdrive“, a 1990 VHS video letter I made […]
So Emo in ’97
A sampling of typecasts from a box of memories vintage 1997. Yep, was typecasting even then, but I didn’t know what it was called, or that it even had a name. Had names for plenty other things, apparently…
Weird Picture-Taker: Vtech Phusion toy PDA from the year 2000
Me, like in 2006 maybe? No datestamping on the Phusion, but that’s about the right year, I think. Upsampled from the Phusion’s original 120×160 bitmap about 12 years after I took the selfie. One of the benefits of not having a car is that I now finally get to go through boxes in the garage […]
The One-Car Family
This Typecast Brought to You by the Letters: UN-10-L
“Mothra” 1972 Selectric Composer Model 6251 @ TWDB Lyrics (Yuji Koseki) Mosura ya Mosura dongan kasakuyan indoo muu rosuto uiraadoa, hanba hanbamuyan randa banunradan tounjukanraa kasaku yaanmu Mosura ya Mosura yasashisasae wasure arehateta hito no kokoro inorinagara utai, ai no uta Mothra oh Mothra Hear our call for you to save us over time, over […]
A Timeslippy Review of the Quickpad Pro
Towers of Tapes digitized, and I burned up one VCR already, but remembering a lot that I forgot. Speaking of which, I forgot to review this Quickpad Pro after I got it, although I made a few false starts. I forgot a lot that I had learned about the machine over the year that I’ve […]
Stapler of the Week: Tatum Secretary Model T-120
In my thrifting runs, I run into a lot of Tatum Buddy model staplers, but the other Tatum models occur less frequently – so this shiny chrome Secretary certainly caught my eye on the thrift store shelf. For $2 it was mine! :D The Tatum Secretary opens for tacking and loads staples in a manner […]
The Apollo 10 and Undercover 1985 VHS Revived (more memories for the Ghost)
Undercover, live show May, 1985:
Ghosts With Machines
Stapler of the Week: Bostitch B8 PowerCrown
This is another story about a 70-year old stapler design that has survived into the 21st Century, and is still sold today looking exactly as it appeared when it was first introduced (see Ace Pilot 404). The Bostitch B8 “PowerCrown” stapler is a compact pocketable stapler long sold as a “Travel/Desk” stapler by the Boston […]
Remington Fold-A-Matic: Easy access to your Super-Riter and later Typewriters
Discussion of the Remington Fold-A-Matic feature for the Super-Riter @ Facebook Antique Typewriter Maintenance Group. 1953 Remington Super Riter @ Typewriter Database
What’s all this hoopla about staplers?
The American Stationer The O.G. Stapler of the Week (Mr. Lemke, we miss you! Please start posting again!)
Stapler of the Week: 1939 TOT SF Speed Fastener and 60 years of Hot TOTs
The TOT Speed Fastener is of stamped steel construction with Bakelite base and topper. Yet another $2 Goodwill find, the TOT Speed Fastener (middle) was the contemporary little brother of the Parrot Speed Fastener Model 3 (back) and the forerunner of the incredibly common Swingline TOT 50 (front). If you love your old TOT 50 […]
The Hermes Baby and Rocket Typewriter Repair Bible now available!
Hey, look what just came in today’s mail! :D The Hermes Baby and Rocket Typewriter Repair Bible is now available! 98 Pages, Professionally printed and coil bound to lay flat on your work table. Contains: Hermes Baby and Rocket User Manuals Complete 1963 Service, Troubleshooting and Adjustment Manual Covering: Typewriters: Hermes Baby and Rocket Models […]
Stapler of the Week: 1936 Bostitch B5
Ahh, the venerable, tank-like Bostitch B5 stapler. I remember using these in school back in the 1970’s, but the version that my school used was the battleship grey wrinkle painted ones from the 50’s. Interestingly, Bostitch seems to have followed the painting scheme used by Royal typewriters, where they used black wrinkle paint in the […]
A little fixin’ one and sayin’ goodbye to a pretty one.
1925 Underwood 3-Bank on TWDB 1961 Royal Futura 800 on TWDB
Stapler of the Week: 1962 Swingline 333
I’ve been lusting after a Swingline 333 ever since I saw one on MOLG’s “Stapler Fetish” page, and finally found one at Deseret for a Buck! :D Mine is a light brown finished model 333, not quite the black enamel and woodgrain-top model that is much more highly desired, but what the heck – would […]
Report From First Chandler Type-In
Another Stompbox Trade with Key Snap, and The Typewriter Hunter Badge
This 1925 Underwood Portable 3-Bank @ TWDB
Chandler, AZ Type-In on January 20, 2018
I saw these flyers at the local Typewriter shop, and thought I ought to promote it (:
Ttssastt Episode 0.2: Using a digital recorder with TRS-80 Model 100/102/200
A reader named Duane Calvillo read the last post I did on using a digital recorder to save and load files from the little Model T computers, and just wanted to know the specifics of the actual saving and loading process. In the previous article, I talked more about the process of figuring out how […]
Bibles in the Wild
Heh, just realized my folder full of screenshots of happy mechanics using their Typewriter Repair Bibles is getting full again, so here’s the latest shots of people’s worktables: Are you interested in becoming a front-line mechanic in the Typewriter Revolution? Is there anything even remotely as satisfying as knowing what you’re doing when you’re in […]
The RedCam
Ahh, memories.. This process of pulling out old band videotapes to put up on my YouTube account is hella risky in this chaos-soaked environment, and I shoulda known it. It kicks up the ghosts that call on you to remember so many things that were safely buried in time. Hell, they even coalesce into reality […]
No Laughing Matter @ Cornerstone 1990
Inspired to bust out the Cougar
The Saga of Cougar Six-Y In fact, I’m remembering how much I actually enjoy this little Cougar, and since it’s pretty disposable, I think I’ll make it my new Trunk Typer. (: Joe’s Post on his Cougar
The Sanity Saver
Random Ramblings on DIY Typewriter Platen Recovering – and The Green Selectric Lives Again!
This Selectric @ TWDB 1962 Triumph Perfekt @ TWDB 1978 Brother Charger 11 (International Keyboard) @ TWDB Service manual for Brother JP-1 Typewriter (Brother Charger 11 is a JP-1)
Shrink Tube Typewriter Platen Re-covering DIY: Hermes 3000
I posted this to the Facebook Antique Typewriter Maintenance group last week, but nobody had tried the shrinktube platen re-covering method on an H3K yet… So, since nobody had tried, I needed to do it myself to make sure that the slightly larger-diameter platen would still work within the tolerances of the Hermes 3000 carriage. […]
Super-Riter $3 Platen Recovering – The Prompt Timeliness of The Thrift Gods
Carl the Barber brings a Late-Night Super-Riter
1953 Remington Super-Riter @ The Typewriter Database
Thrift Gods Deliver Instant Karma: 1986 Canon Typestar 4 Typewriter
Amazing. A week and a day ago I mailed off my Sharp PA-1050 to C. A. Bennett (because she was having hella bad luck getting a working Thermal Mini-Wedge, and everyone should enjoy a Mini-Wedge!), and yesterday it showed up over there safely. A curious writer satisfied, and me now with a free slot on […]
Hermes 3000 Serial Numbers Updated!
The whole saga of translating the Hermes 3000 Service Manual started actually with a request to update the serial numbers from new info. The service manuals were that info: There it was, Jacques Perrier had uploaded his French H3K service manuals to his museum’s website, and in the front of each was some factory age […]