I love getting machines in to service that you don't see often. Take this Blickensderfer Number 8 typewriter from 1910. The customer's machine is a well preserved typewriter complete with the wood case. It needed removal of decades of shellacked oils, a new paper roller and new ink roller. I buy my ink rollers from an eBay seller. The felt rollers come a bit over sized and brush the paper until the felt compresses from use. It is … [Read more...]
Mercantile Typewriter – Understrike
This Montgomery Ward catalog item was whiling away in eastern Washington for decades. The flat profile 3-bank up-strike machine was made by the American Typewriter Co. produced from 1908 to 1915 under a variety of names. Recently brought in to be repaired it is missing the spring drum assembly plus endowed with copious amounts of dust and rust. It must have been broken for a very long time as the previous owner rigged up a pull mechanism … [Read more...]
Remington “Home” Portable Typewriter
This customer machine is in the shop for a much needed tune up. It has been in the customers family for a very long time. Made in the UK, it is a fine example of a 1937 Remington. These are quite simple machines, manual ribbon reverse, no right margin stop and no bell. Typical of the Remington portables it needed paper rollers. The line space roller had broken off the machine so I found the same on one of the poor parts machines. The ribbon … [Read more...]
Hermes Baby with Greek Keyboard
I service a lot of Hermes Rocket/Baby machines. I especially like the older models. This is a customer machine brought in for a tune up and adjustments. This 1951 machine features a Greek keyboard. Enjoy the photos. … [Read more...]
Mercedes; vroom vroom
OK, this is no car yet a very nice typewriter. A customer machine in for a new platen, new paper rollers, new feet and a general tune up. The decal are superb. The machine is a base model featuring manual ribbon reverse, left side margin stop and no right side margin. Back space and upper/lower case and no tabs. I like the unusual feet allowing the machine to slide onto rails inside the case. It had mis-matched ribbon spools … [Read more...]
Type – In; Sunday, November 18 11AM
Hello everyone. Typewriter Fever and Bremerton Office Machine Company are sponsoring our first Type-In! It is Sunday, November 18 at 11AM. All are welcome. Bring a typewriter, friends and kids. One of our typewriter enthusiasts may even show slides of Herman Price's typewriter shindig in WV. Many are bringing typewriters to show. The event is located at 245 4th Street, Bremerton, WA on the 5th floor in the nice room at the end of the … [Read more...]
Classic Underwood 5 from 1927
Nothing special here. Just your classic Underwood 5 typewriter from the year 1927. This is a customer machine in for some well needed deferred maintenance. Dusty, sluggish, ribbon vibrator frozen, and paper rollers all goobered up. A good cleaning, oiling, new rollers and some adjustments and this doggy is back typing. I like the looks of the older open frame machines. The mechanics are typewriter art. … [Read more...]
Woodstock Number 5 Typewriter from 1921
I like the Woodstock machines. They are a peculiar combination of L.C. Smith, Underwood and Royal. This particular beauty came to me for repair with bad feet (what is it with old worn shoes!), a stuck carriage, sticking keys, and the escapement mechanism frozen solid. If it wasn't for the perfect decals and no rust I would have recommended not even spending the money. In this case, I thought it would be well worth the effort. It needed a … [Read more...]
RETURN HOME from the WAR in EUROPE – 1946
Occasionally, I publish some of Mr. Montgomery's musings edited only for grammatical errors. I’m sharing this one since Mr. Montgomery’s interment at the Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton, complete with military honors, is this Friday, October 5th at 1PM, 1401 Naval Ave., Bremerton, WA. RETURN HOME from the WAR in EUROPE - 1946 The war was finally over, even the Japanese had surrendered. The US Army in Europe had already been sending soldiers … [Read more...]
An Interesting Smith-Corona
I like type faces. Congress Pica is a favorite and who would pass up a typewriter with Vogue type face! This customers 1957 Smith-Corona Sterling machine looks like an every day Joe Holiday typewriter from the 1950's. That is until you look closer at a few things. First, the ruler has a VERY low character count, only 50 per line. Second, around the back at the tab rack the same thing. Then you go to the keyboard and . . . are … [Read more...]
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