This Royal model 10 was brought in for repair and needed a ton of work. Someone really used this typewriter . . . a lot. A genuine dirt bucket, this machine needed a heavy cleaning and the type bar rest fell apart as I was cleaning the type faces. The platen had seen an amazing amount of wear, the paper rollers disintegrating and pretty much if it was rubber that stuff had seen better days! After assessing the machine, we agreed it needed … [Read more...]

This toy typewriter was brought in by a customer for some light service. I like the toy typewriters. Not a single one types worth a hoot, yet they are plain cute. This nice red President is a well preserved example of the plastic variety. The machine has been serviced and will be a unique gift. It even has a carrying case! … [Read more...]

It is not often you are graced with a typewriter collector's recent finds. In this case an Oregon collector shared his recent catch of three Music Writer typewriters http://www.musicprintinghistory.org. Two are Olympia SG3 machines and one a R. C. Allen Visiomatic A machine. He had me service one of the Olympia and the R. C. Allen. Each is a modified typewriter by the Music Print Corporation of Boulder Colorado to accommodate the … [Read more...]

The Remington Junior typewriter was made from 1914 to 1918. A three bank keyboard, it has both an uppercase and a figure shift similar to the Corona 3 portable typewriter. This hunk of iron is a "portable" as it came with a case. And what a case it is! It is so funny to open a very large case, and then see a some what smallish typewriter within. This typewriter is a family heirloom and is in quite nice condition. … [Read more...]

This creamy yellow Torpedo portable typewriter from the year 1960 came to me a bit broken. Dropped of course, and now complete with multiple bent levers and the paper bail. So sad as I see this with Voss typewriters as well. After getting a few of these models in the shop for dropsy repair I've developed the opinion that the carrying case is to blame. Yes! I blame an inanimate object and its deceased designers. The way both the Torpedo and … [Read more...]

I should know by now that simple things are never really simple. Take, for example, a fine electric Smith-Corona Automatic 12. It came to the shop with a disconnected draw cord. Well, that is pretty simple; just reconnect it to the carriage and re-tension the spring drum . . . done! HA! Take a look at the photos, the original spring drum is on the left and the replacement from a donor machine on the right. How many times has that spring … [Read more...]

This snazzy little bright orange machine hardly needed my touch. Really just a light cleaning of the auto spacing mechanism and a new ribbon got this fast little guy off to the races. I just wanted to share. … [Read more...]

I love the brightly colored machines and this red Royal Quiet DeLuxe from the year 1957 is a delight for the eyes. This customer's machine needed a heavy cleaning and a few bent items re-formed on the carriage. After I got this red demon all cleaned up I shared it with Don at Typewriter Fever. Envy!!! It was hard letting this typewriter go back to a well deserving customer. … [Read more...]

This little beauty was a display item at the customer's home for a really really long time. Recently it was brought out so they could use it. All those years resting comfortably left this machine quite the dust bunny! Such cleaning. I love the color and the Royal decal is perfection. The typewriter cleaned up nicely and has a crisp typing feel. … [Read more...]

These two darlings were brought in by a customer wanting to get them tuned up. What a nice pair, both from the year 1962. The blue model had its draw band all wrapped around the spring drum caused by the tab brake irreparably frozen up. It had a little too much corrosion in the tab brake to make it usable so I had to disconnect it so the spring drum (and tabs) would perform. The same thing happened with the pink model. The Pink machine … [Read more...]