This 1938 Underwood Noiseless 77 Typewriter has the cutest Lilliputian Type. A diminutive 16 cpi type face. Yet very readable. This baby is cleaned and tuned up and in the hands of Mike. Oh, and look at all those tab stops! … More
In the Shop

1932 Adler Standard Typewriter and A-Bit-O-Rust
This 1932 Adler Standard typewriter was donated by Anjali. Decent looking on the surface. Until you really LOOOOK at it. Of course all these photos are after I cleaned the damn thing. Rust. There I said it. Kills typewriters. I thought … More

Nice Red Olympia SF in for a Platen
Nico brought this nice red Olympia SF in for a new platen and a ribbon lift adjustment. We sent the platen out for recovering an lo and behold the metal core had two dents! One was a bit too deep so the core could not be recovered. The … More

Repairing an Optima Portable Typewriter
I experience people coming into the shop. Usually when I'm awake and not in the back taking a nap. Many are starry eyed with all the goo gahs that line the shop. Even I like the Bob Montgomery memorial. Heck, it is hard for people to get me to shut … More

Another Triumph Perfekt Typewriter from 1940- Sooo Dirty
This very rusty and dirty 1940 black Triumph Perfekt certainly needed some love. In for some much needed service plus a new platen and rubber feet. The case is toast. Where ever the typewriter was stored the moisture flaked the paper off the … More

Gossen Tippa with 18 CPI Type Face
This is a customer machine in for a new platen. Yep. Just a platen. The machine itself is in great shape and clean. You do not see many of these older Gossen typewriters in the wild. The customer was going on and on about the unique type face. I … More
Typewriter Articles
The Puget Sound Typewriter Enthusiasts Calendar
By Paul
Ever wonder how the Puget Sound Typewriter Enthusiasts Calendar is made? Well, it all starts with a Facebook group here in the Pacific Northwest. A private group that concentrates on everything typewriters. Sometime in September each year Heidi Newitt asks the group for high quality photos from … More
Typewriter Service Apprentice training update
By Paul
Erin has been with us for three months and completed the twelve week Typewriter Service Apprentice training. Congratulations Erin! Here is Erin in the middle with Lisa and Paul. … More
Across the USA and on to HOME – 1946
By Paul
This article is Mr. Montgomery’s continued musings from his return home from WWII; return-home-from-the-war-in-europe-1946. Occasionally, I publish some of Mr. Montgomery’s musings edited only for grammatical errors. Here is another of his reflection of earlier times. We have finally arrived in … More
