Bremerton Office Machine Company

Typewriter Fever Type-In Saturday August 7!

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The shop is closed this Saturday, August 7, so I can go to the Typewriter Fever Type-In! Since my shop is closed Saturday, come on over to Don and Britt's event! Address: 620 N Callow Ave Bremerton Time: 10:00 to whenever Bring your machines for Show and Tell, Swaps, Sea Stories , etc etc. I hear from Don there are PRIZES!   Masks will be required at this event, I'm sure everyone attending will have had their vaccine shots, … [Read more...]

Royal Model 10 from 1930 – For Sale $385

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This Royal model 10 typewriter from 1930 came into the shop originally for service. Instead, I gave the customer a discount for buying another Royal and I fixed this one up to sell. The machine features Pica type face, 10 cpi, has new feet and sports a service sticker from another local typewriter shop long gone. X1391156 For Sale $385 … [Read more...]

Pink Olympia SM7 was really gummed up

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This delightful pink colored Olympia SM7 from the year 1964 came to the shop as a recent customer purchase. It featured the most dreadful orangish brown gooey gunk stopping up the outer type bars. This sludgy stuff is the thing of legends. So hard to remove. Fortunately, this machine can be put in the water bath sonicator to soften thing up. Then, after multiple solvent episodes, the type bars started to loosen up. In the end, we … [Read more...]

IBM Selectric 1 is a Blast from the Past

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Recently, a long time customer of Mr. Montgomery stopped by with an early model Selectric machine for service. He said it hadn't seen service for a little while. Yep, it needed a bit of deferred maintenance. He was not willing to have the machine serviced as the cost would be a bit crazy. Instead he left it with me and bought a super reliable Smith-Corona wheel writer. I think he made the right choice. Just for kicks, I took the machine out of … [Read more...]