Eaton Fire updates: New photos appear to show start of deadly Los Angeles fire as DOJ files lawsuits against SoCal Edison - ABC7 Los Angeles<br /> by [[Josh Haskell]]<br /> accessed on 2025-09-05T14:53:04

ABQ Museum Type In - YouTube<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]] <br /> accessed on 2025-08-29T18:30:27

Royal Century - Silver Seiko Typewriter Review - YouTube<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]]<br /> accessed on 2025-08-28T11:37:07

Broadly a review of the Royal Century made by Silver-Seiko, but he also compares the performance with the Hermes Rocket/Baby and the Smith-Corona Skyriter, which he feels aren't as solid as the Century despite their lighter weight and portability.

Avoiding Internal Typewriter Distractions - YouTube<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]] <br /> accessed on 2025-08-28T11:08:56

Typewriter distractions<br /> - troublesome mechanical issues<br /> - need for finger strength - poor imprint

Well-tuned standard typewriters are excellent for minimizing distractions, especially internal ones.

Joe Van Cleave thinks the 5TE Smith-Corona electric typewriters are the best of their class.

Buying a Bad Typewriter: Project IBM (part 1) - YouTube<br /> by Sarah Everett at [[Just My Typewriter]]<br /> accessed on 2025-08-28T00:11:36

A small sampling of what you're in for with respect to IBM typewriter repair.

Reviewing the We R Memory Keepers Typecast Typewriter! - YouTube<br /> by Sarah Everett for [[Just My Typewriter]]<br /> accessed on 2025-08-27T23:14:56

Altadena Town Council Meeting: August 19, 2025

Olympia SG Typewriter Platen Knob Shaft Bent, Repaired, Straightened<br /> by [[Duane Jensen]] of [[Phoenix Typewriter]]<br /> accessed on 2025-08-18T08:17:57

Dirgelwch y Bedd Heb Gorff |<br /> by [[Jimmy Johnson]] for [[S4C]] accessed on 2025-08-13T00:11:28 Uncovering Secrets of a Pembrokeshire Cemetery | TheWelshViking | S4C - YouTube

gwylnos (night watch) - similar to an Irish wake

hirwen-gwd - tradition of wrapping a body in a white shroud and using a rope to raise and lower them in the chimney

Ydw i’n ddigon Cymreig i fod yn yr Eisteddfod?<br /> by [[Israel Lai]] Am I Welsh Enough? 2025 - YouTube

Ray Bradbury's Rules to Writing: Don't Think!<br /> accessed on 2025-08-12T09:45:59

"...you must never think at the typewriter, you must feel." —Ray Bradbury

This also cleverly goes against the idea that "writing is thinking". Bradbury frames it as "writing is feeling" or "writing is being."

Baco Ribbons by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Typewriter Video Series Episode 244: Ribbon Winder by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Quite useful video about organizing tracks and finding new songs.

JVC's Typing Scale<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Why I Deleted My Second Brain: A Journey Back to Real Thinking<br /> by [[Westenberg]]

Meh... sounds like someone without any focus for an actual use case.... to each their own.

An Orga Privat and its History by [[Will Davis]]

Bing Werke was the manufacturer and Orga was the distributor.

Piece of wood used to replace the rear legs of the typewriter to set it up by whittling.

A cut-rate typewriter without all the bells and whistles.

Restarting the Channel!<br /> by [[Will Davis]]

Restarting his typewriter-related channel because he's seen a bunch of of older typewriter collectors passing away.

Electric Repair Tip: Drive Belt Replacements by [[Sarah Everett]] of [[Just My Typewriter]]

Mimeo-Can! The Tin-Can Wonder!

The Written Image by [[Erik Winkowski]]

Paramount’s Trump Settlement: A Big Fat Bribe - Jeffrey Epstein Never Dies - FIFA Trophy Row

How to Stop A Bully So He Regrets It | Russian Mafia Advice

A clever video fronting for for a book advertisement.

We R Memory Maker Typecast Typewriter Review! (Royal Classic, Royal Epoch) by [[Transcendental Airwaves]]

He's got a mention of where to adjust the on-feet/motion adjustment screws are on the carriage at the 6:20 timestamp.

The Molle! Disassembling, Cleaning, and Aligning a Rare 106 Year Old Molle No. 3 Typewriter by [[Dynamically Typed]]

Rust removal and polishing of some of the brights on a Molle typewriter.

Molle only lasted for a few years as a brand in the early 1900s, but as a typewriter repairman, he was interested in easy access for repair for the mechanic in the overall typewriter design.

Restoration: A 100 Year Old Adding Machine by [[]Bill Ooms]]

How to Use THE TYPEWRITER DATABASE by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/8CdH0yFjbLTaKXqHIh7X9UcODIFs1guk/

3:48 in, Carl Gottlieb with his Smith-Corona typewriter

US Navy Underwood Universal<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

George Carlin- Stand Up Routine 1965

Royal Arrow by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

The Point of a College Education by [[C-SPAN]]

Orson Welles quote about so many of him and so few of you at a lecture to 3-4 people in a snow storm.

statistics about the drops in humanities (~42:00)

consumerist spirit in higher education (45:00)

student evaluations (47:00)

education is a buyer's market now instead of a seller's as it had been in past generations

grade inflation

consumerism with respect to feminism and women's studies, gay and lesbian studies, multiculturalism in higher education

radical education as "going to the root"

in short, "let us entertain you" as consumerist education

"The job o education is never finished."

The hidden point of a University of Chicago education: Be an artist, be a scientist, be a statesman, be a teacher of artists, scientists, or statesmen.

making my own RAINBOW TYPEWRITER RIBBON by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Trying an ULTRASONIC cleaner...? (EPIC FAIL) by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Sarah uses a very small and inexpensive ultrasonic cleaner for some small typewriter parts. Probably not the way to go. A bigger cleaner and better detergent is probably the way to go.

"Fridays TV Show" (1981) [Show L-03] "The Masked Magician" [04 of 12]

1981 Bob Zmuda as the Masked Magician was showing the "secrets" of magicians before many others....

Video shows federal agents blast their way into Huntington Park home by [[Lauren Coronado]], [[Jonathan Lloyd]]

Gwneud Cyflaith / Toffee Making by [[Amgueddfa Cymru]]

Repairing typewriter broken carriage spring. #typewriters #Olympia #repairing by [[Subham Kumar]]

Royal QDL Carriage Removal/Install-The Easy Way…do you want to fight? by [[The HotRod Typewriter Co.]]

SM7 carriage bearings won't work on a QDL-style typewriter, but Royal Diana ones will. It requires removing a pin from the tab mechanism (after loosening a side nut). There's also bilateral carriage stop nuts which require removing at least one.

National Typewriter Day (and all my unfinished projects!) by [Just My Typewriter]]

a tale of two remingtons (remette vs remington 5) by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Clock, Watch and Document Database by [[Bill Stoddard]]

Trump’s instability and the potential of a post-American world by [[Washington Week PBS]]

Event Attendee Pre-Mobilization Call

He Thought His Badge Made Him Untouchable—Until He Brought the Wrong Woman to Court by [[Black Thread]]

Jimmy Kimmel Tells the Truth About What’s REALLY Happening in LA

Michelle Wolf performs stand-up routine at White House Correspondent's dinner

Tom Hanks' love of typewriters by [[CBS Sunday Morning]] by Lee Cowan

Typewriter Typefaces: Pica vs Elite, an explainer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwCD69jUPps

Pica machines (10 characters per inch) will usually have a scale up to about 80-84.

Elite machines (12 characters per inch) will have a scale up to 100.

On Olympia machines, script only comes in Elite sizes (scale to 100 on platen).

Edit: fixed the appropriate CPI numbers

a $13 typewriter from 2012.......(the Royal Scrittore) by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Most likely manufactured by Shanghai Weilv, but not mentioned or obvious anywhere.

Col Joye & The Joy Boys - Oh Yeah, Uh Huh (1959)

Type Shop, Ep. 3: How to remove and install the carriage on a Royal Standard Desktop Typewriter by [[Typewriter Chicago]]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rYHNg3pM34

Second edition of this video...

The Secretary: Transcribing (Second Edition) Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc., 1966<br /> James R. Meehan, Ed.D, Dean of Administration Hunter College of the City University of New York

Typing Skills: Fields of Typing. 16 mm, Instructional film. Periscope Film, 1972. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvF0atKsggY.

Typing Skills: Fields of Typing <br /> Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc., 1972<br /> Lawrence W. Erickson, Ed.D. Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles<br /> Production: Coronet Films and Creative Establishment, Inc.<br /> Director and Writer: Don B. Klugman<br /> Photography Robert Flaxman<br /> Editing: Barbara Kaplan

Periscope Film XD72104 archived at https://stock.periscopefilm.com/xd72104-typing-skills-fields-of-typing-1972-typewriter-based-careers-educational-film/

Alternate version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMmsE6GMIR8

Warm ups of fingers

Rules of good typing - concentrate on the copy

Typewriters in the piece: <br /> - Olivett editor 5<br /> - Others...

• copy typing - types material already written or typed
• setting margins
• centering letters on page
• formatting and spacing
• double spacing with wide margins
• editor's marks

Backspace from center method for setting tab stops

Uses for typewriters:<br /> - check writing - billing - chain feeding - financial records and reports - filling in forms - carbon copies

index and file cards - inserted into a pleated page which may have lines.

Scriveiner Classic Fountain Pen Review by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Spring 2025 ABQ Type-In by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Public libraries are an excellent place and resource for hosting type-ins.

Joe uses slips of paper so as not to be as wasteful of paper.

Develop a mailing list to be able to contact people for future events.

Joe having his other hip replacement surgery in July 2025, so perhaps not as much activity for him just after.

Plastic Repair Welding MELDING Reinforced with Metal Demo DIY (#1) by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Smith Corona Typewriter Keyboard Cork, Out of Place, Repair, Controls Key Top Height by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Typewriter Video Series - Episode 189: Underwood SX by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Joe mentions, again, how standards fill up your field of view and aid in cutting out distractions so you can focus more while writing.

At the end Joe talks about the hobby of repairing typewriters.

Olympia SG1 Typewriter by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Underwood Touchmaster 5 Typewriter Tabulator Decelerator Demo Operation by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Royal Futura 800 Vintage Manual Typewriter Ribbon Change Install Magic Margin Demo by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

A quick overview of the Royal Futura 800. Duane shows the very basics here including one of the simplest ribbon changes out there. He also does a quick overview of the Magic Margins, though it's not the best demonstration.

Smith Corona H Electronic Typewriter Repair High Pitch Buzz Rattle Disassemble Fix by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

What Did The Late Show Get Trump For His 70th Birthday? by Stephen Colbert

This office set up for Stephen Colbert includes a black Underwood portable typewriter in a black case in the background.

Film: Typing on Robotron by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

You've got to love the "dancing hands" portion of the film which was such a product of it's timeperiod.

The Typewriter: A Graphic History of the Beloved Machine by [[Janine Vangool]]

SCM Electric Typewriters by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Tips for cleaning the Smith-Corona 6 series electric typewriters and details about how they work.

S-C also made this series of typewriter for both Sears and Singer under their branding. (including the Singer Electric in this video.)

The belts on the electric motor and cams was originally a rubber 'V' belt which is no longer manufactured. Using 1/8" round cross-section o-rings of appropriate sizes (for water cannister applications) is the recommended replacement, however one may need to slightly move the drive motor down a bit so that the belt doesn't hit the frame of the typewriter and thereby destroying it over time.

Cleaning and lubricating the drive motors and moving pieces before using may help before trying out a typewriter which has been sitting for long periods of time.

Some later models had an electric return, which can tend to be violent. Electro 220 and Coronet Automatic 12 have an additional clutch and draw band (and lack of return lever on the carriage) for their electric returns.

The Screenless Writer by [[Steven Budden Jr.]] (aka Classic Typewriter)

"My screenless computer, which is a box of these [handmade] cards. The NEXUS which stands for Network of EXperiences Synchronicities and UnderStanding." —Steven Budden, Jr.

Oxidized Metal on Typewriters, White Powder Substance Removed Cleaned by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Royal Futura 800 Typewriter Plastic Key Top White Crud Removal Cleaning Servicing by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

For the white, crusty out gassing (or off gassing) on plastic typewriter keys, Duane recommends a round or two of Simple Green with a stiff bristle brush. Follow this up with a scrub down using WD-40 to displace the water from the Simple Green and then follow up with denatured alcohol, which is safe on plastics, and a wipe down with a rag to dry.

The Ultimate HOMEMADE Rust Remover (Better than EvapoRust) by [[Beyond Ballistics]]

recommended by u/guneeyoufix at https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1kgf6hm/help_am_i_crazy_olympia_sm3/?sort=new

Library Typewriter Display Case Project by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Amanda Seales Talks Racism, Mental Health, Politics, Black Culture & More by The Jason Lee Show on [[Revolt]]

Schreibmaschinen Farbband wiederbeleben / "nachfüllen" by [[Badulai]]

Smith Corona Typewriter Type Bar Link Clevis Repair Broken Key by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Looking for Lugus by [[Kris Hughes]]

Olympia Typewriter Spacers 3D printed with TPU Filament by [[Subham Kumar]]

Typing on Small Cards by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Typewriter expert shares 8 helpful advice to take care of your typewriter. by [[Mr. & Mrs. Vintage Typewriters]]

Tipp-Ex correction paper

Don't bathe your typewriter

Leave oil to the professionals. "Never oil it." (Wow!) - I get why he says this, but...

Bob Carpenter talks about preparing his scorebook by [[masn Nationals]]

Typewriters for Writers by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Weathered: Inside the LA Firestorm by Weathered<br /> PBS

L'homme qui voulait classer le monde<br /> 2002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfKPYTOAaY

Discussing and overanalyzing literature can destroy it's beauty and purpose.

Trump's Real Secretary of State – And Why He's So Dangerous<br /> by Senator [[Adam Schiff]]

A real history of Aboriginal Australians, the first agriculturalists - Bruce Pascoe - TEDxSydney by [[TEDx Talks]]

How we renew rubber rollers - Westland graphics cylinders (sent by customer)<br /> by [[Elastomeri d.o.o.]]

Royal Typewriter Family by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

In Typewriter Video Series Episode 321 Joe and Kevin explore the Royal Heritage, Empress and Safari.

The Royal Futura and subsequent Royal Heritage were successor machines to the Royal Quiet De Luxe.

The Empress and the Safari have a sort of Jetsons (1962-1963) aesthetic.

Colloquial collection of typewriter fan names by Kevin and Joe:<br /> Cult of Hermes<br /> Royal Family<br /> Remington Rebels<br /> Smith-Corona Silent Superiors

2025-03-21: edit (spelling)

Type Shop, EP. 20: Ribbon Colors by [[Typewriter Chicago]]

blue/pink is an excellent color combination as is the blue/green. blue/purple isn't as strong a differentiated color combination as one might hope.

Typewriter Chicago used to carry orange, but doesn't any longer. Maybe again in the future?

Apparently, "dual shielding" is a thing. Using one shield (big) for defense, and another (small) for offense.

Big shields were used in tight formations and for defense whereas smaller ones (bucklers) were more for deflecting close-range attacks (melee) and agility.

Tested 100s of heavy desk typewriters, Here is the top 5 revealed. by [[Mr & Mrs Vintage Typewriters]]

Top Five Standard Typewriters:<br /> - Imperial 55 - Imperial 70 (after this they went to cheaper plastic parts); removable carriage, swappable typefaces; removeable core - Hermes Ambassador - removable carriage - Underwood Standards, esp. 5 - Royal 10 (carriage shift); (and subsequent incarnations like the KH, KMM, KMG, HH, FP) - Olympia SG1 (the "crown jewel" of desktop typewriters)

Also rans: - Olivetti Lexicon, Olivetti Graphica - Contintental m40 & m20 - Mercedes

Cleaning with Air Compressors (testing portable air compressors) by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Sarah Everett uses: - Porter Cable portable air compressor (loud, high powered) - Uses smaller USB chargeable one for smaller jobs: PeroBuno mini car vacuum and compressor with attachments

How to Clean a Typewriter (Apartment Friendly Guide!) by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Remington 5: Learning how to replace feed rollers by [[Just My Typewriter]]

The Texas Bucket List - The Typewriter Repairman

12 Days of Celtic Mythology - Season 3 by Kris Hughes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvCdDm0wPhA2bIE8gcOT7W_uYljmLStyy

When ideas have sex by [[Matt Ridley]] for TED Global 2010

Watched ages ago...

alternate: https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex

How to Spot Autism in High-Masking Adults by [[Chris and Debby]]