I heard from somebody looking for a Friden Flexowriter. I've never seen one for sale, that I can recall. Does anyone on this list have a lead? thanks, Richard ...
Richard, I don't know but thank you for asking. When I read this I wondered what a Flexowriter was (thinking it might be something very old and rather small)....
Hi All, Some of you may remember me as the author of portabletypewriters.com (sadly not operational at present). I am going to be moving home in the very near...
... The return address wasn't at a mental institution, was it? I remember the things, we had them at the wind-tunnel when the data-reduction computer was...
If you want to check out the Richard's website, even though it's not opperational now, go to The WayBack Machine at http://www.archive.org/web/web.php. Just...
... No. Machine is designed to take this special cartridge with correction feature. ... The side cartridge is SC Coronamatic design. Only 1 color or ribbon...
I wanted to share the results of my Fox 23 conservation/restoration project. I bought it this past August because I was so impressed with Richard Polt's...
Great job! It looks fantastic. Did you have some parts replated or did you just need to clean it? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi Folks: here's the past week's top 40 (by price) completed eBay typewriter auctions, as of today. Have a good weekend... Dave For direct links, go to this...
Thanks for the comments! I had a blast working on it over about 5 weeks. I didn't re-plate anything. There are spots where the chrome has worn away exposing...
I sent some sales tips to the eBay seller of an Underwood 4 (or 5, it's hard to tell from the pictues), among other things advising him to remove the "1860s"...
Underwood Number 5. The two color ribbon butterfly dates it to some time after that improvement. Dax ... From: Carl Strange To: TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com ...
Does anyone know if all Underwood #4 and #5's had the decal on the front crossbar. I have seen some without and it I couldnt see any trace but that doesnt mean...
I recently received a trade catalog put out by the American Writing Machine Co, the former manufacturer of the Caligraph dating from about 1910. By that date,...
Peter M. Weil
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Oct 4, 2008 9:08 pm
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In preparation to the last move of my life I am going to need to dispose of a bunch of typewriter parts and a few of my Junker machines I have been in the...
No I have not talked to Matt. The shop was Able Office Machines which I closed 2 + yrs ago. Camera battery died before I could get a few of the contents but...
Today I acquired a new one for my collection, a Royal desktop model that seems gigantic next to my portables. It has magic margins, and a switch to allow me to...
... Most typewriters drive only the take-up spool - you can't push a rope. Some drove spools together rather than letting the ribbon itself pull the feed spool...
Great stuff! Thanks for the info. After seeing all the small variations on, say, Underwood 5's up through even SC Silent Supers from the 50's you begin to...
... If by 'standardized', you mean never modified, that probably doesn't happen. Machines that were around for some time would have individual parts updated ...
Email me off-line for my phone and address please Phil philmoulton@... ... From: TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:TYPEWRITERS@yahoogroups.com] On ...
The number MCP 11-75.... is actually your serial number. If I remember correctly it should have been on the carriage bed. I'm not sure, I just look at the...
According to the Royal listing I have here, your serial number itself seems like it should apply to a Model 101 but the prefix kind of makes me think that your...
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