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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

Here is another customer machine and was his Smith-Corona Sterling typewriter from his college days. This typewriter was a going away to college gift and he kept it all these years. The machine was gummed up solid with old oils and … More

I love the machines customers bring in for service. This example is a standard Underwood typewriter from 1956. It came in for a complete overhaul; new platen, rollers, you name it, the machine got it. These are common machines and are … More

I applaud all of you who venture into cleaning and repairing your machines. I always hope working on typewriters sparks greater interest. When a customer comes to me confessing failure at working on their typewriter and brings it to me for service … More