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SIMPLEX MACHINE RESTORATION CHECKLISTQuick guide for inspection, cleaning, and maintenance 1. MODEL IDENTIFICATIONCheck what applies:• ☐ Baby Simplex• ☐ Simplex Toy Typewriter• ☐ Practical Simplex (100 / 160 / 240 / 400)• ☐ Simplex Model A• ☐ Simplex Model B• ☐ Simplex Model C• ☐ Simplex Model D• ☐ Simplex Model E• ☐ Simplex Model 300• ☐ Simplex Model 2 ½• ☐ Simplex Model 3 (Large Size)• ☐ Simplex No. 2• ☐ Simplex No. 3• ☐ Improved Simplex Typewriter• ☐ Practical Typewriter No. 2• ☐ Practical Typewriter No. 3• ☐ Simplex Typewriter – 36 characters• ☐ Simplex Typewriter – 72 characters• ☐ Simplex Typewriter – Uppercase (Note Size)• ☐ Simplex Typewriter – Upper + Lowercase (Note Size)• ☐ Simplex Portable Typewriter• ☐ Simplex No. 8other model________________________________________ 2. INITIAL DIAGNOSISGeneral condition:• ☐ Complete• ☐ Missing parts• ☐ Visible damage• ☐ Rust• ☐ Dry wood• ☐ Dial blocked• ☐ Carriage stuck________________________________________ 3. DIAL / CHARACTER WHEEL• ☐ Turns freely• ☐ Turns with resistance• ☐ Blocked• ☐ Letters readable• ☐ Letters worn• ☐ Visible dirt• ☐ Shaft lubricated________________________________________ 4. CARRIAGE AND ROLLER• ☐ Carriage advances• ☐ Carriage does not advance• ☐ Soft roller• ☐ Hardened roller• ☐ Clean guides• ☐ Dirty guides• ☐ Functional spring• ☐ Loose spring________________________________________ 5. CLEANINGSurfaces:• ☐ Dust removed• ☐ Gentle damp cleaning• ☐ Fully driedDial:• ☐ Cleaned with cotton swab• ☐ Avoided touching letters• ☐ Shaft lubricatedCarriage:• ☐ Roller cleaned• ☐ Guides lubricatedMetal base:• ☐ Surface rust treated• ☐ Deep rust stabilizedWood base:• ☐ Hydrated• ☐ Waxed________________________________________ 6. LUBRICATION• ☐ Dial shaft• ☐ Carriage guides• ☐ Advance mechanism• ☐ No excess oil________________________________________ 7. INKING SYSTEM• ☐ Soft pads• ☐ Hardened pads• ☐ Replacement needed• ☐ Re-inking done• ☐ Proper ink (oil-based)________________________________________ 8. REPAIRS PERFORMED• ☐ Dial unblocked• ☐ Carriage adjusted• ☐ Spring tightened• ☐ Gears cleaned• ☐ Screws replaced• ☐ Base stabilized________________________________________ 9. FINAL TESTS• ☐ Dial rotates 360° without sticking• ☐ Carriage advances several lines• ☐ Clear printing• ☐ No metallic noises• ☐ No excess lubricant• ☐ Paper feeds correctly________________________________________ 10. STORAGE• ☐ Stored in breathable box or cover• ☐ Moisture-absorbing packet included• ☐ Away from direct light• ☐ In a dry, stable environment________________________________________ FINAL RESULT• ☐ Full restoration• ☐ Partial restoration• ☐ Pending parts• ☐ Preventive conservation only• ☐ Full restoration• ☐ Partial restoration• ☐ Pending parts• ☐ Preventive conservation only
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Another part never to be oiled is theslotted casting through which the type barspivot. Oil in these slots would soon gumthem up and bog down the whole machine.
Don't oil the segment.
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Kasten, R. M. “First Aid for Typewriters.” Popular Science Monthly, May 1941. version at https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/TW1stAidPopSciMay1941.pdf
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THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE (Magnolia Pictures, 2012) features an Underwood standard at about the 31 minute mark.
Morgan Freeman says: "Look at that machine. I like that you have to write a bit slower on a manual. Like the way it sounds. I like the way that the letters bite into the paper. I like that you can feel there's a genuine human being, doing the work."<br /> (doublecheck the exact quote)
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According to James Grooms, the Montgomery Ward Signature 88, a variation of the Royal Safari, was also sold as the Signature 500 and the Heritage 500. Following this model, Brother began manufacturing typewriters for Montgomery Ward.
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The Man Who Stole Infinity<br /> by [[Joseph Howlett]] in Quanta Magazine on 2026-02-25<br /> accessed on 2026-02-26T09:01:10
Dedekind proved that the set of algebraic numbers is the same size as the set of whole numbers.
Cantor plagiarized his proof and later went on to prove that the set of real numbers is larger than the set of whole numbers.
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The letter from Dedekind to Cantor, dated November 30, 1873, that went missing for more than a century. In it, Dedekind provides a proof that the set of algebraic numbers is the same size as the set of whole numbers — a result that Cantor later plagiarized.
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As she liked to tell her students, “Everything is already in Dedekind.”
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According to the mathematician Ferdinand von Lindemann, who proved that π isn’t algebraic — you can never pose an ordinary algebra problem where π is the answer — Kronecker once told him his work was worthless, since such “transcendental” numbers didn’t exist.
Ferdinand von Lindemann proved that π isn’t algebraic.
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Dedekind quickly replied that neither could he — but that he’d worked out a proof that the algebraic numbers (the numbers you get as solutions to algebra problems) could be counted.
Richard Dedekind had a proof that the algebraic numbers are countable.
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German mathematician named Richard Dedekind. In 1858, he found a way to rigorously define the real numbers — any number that appears on the number line. But he didn’t share his finding. A slow and methodical thinker, he preferred to discuss his results with others until he was sure he was right.
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As the great mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss put it in a letter from 1831, infinity was nothing more than a “façon de parler” — a figure of speech.
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the strange, nearly indecipherable Gothic script known as kurrentschrift, which Germans used until around 1900.
obviously not strange or indecipherable to the entire population that used it daily...
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Some of the historical context on cleaning IBMs here is fascinating.
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Black legends used for teaching typing
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Even with keyring pliers and the skill to use them, the blackout paper method is a lengthy one.
Keyring pliers are used to remove the metal rings off of both circular and tombstone glass typewriter keys so that the legends can be replaced or even covered over with black paper circles for teaching or learning typing. They take some practice and skill to use, but speed up the replacement of legends significantly.
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I've been using mineral spirits for years with none of the effects you mention. Maybe you are thinking of a different solution?
via Andy Falsetta with respect to using mineral spirits on plastic typewriter keys. <br /> at https://www.facebook.com/groups/259796744144251?multi_permalinks=24082657108098214
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Mineral spirits with a splash of auto transmission fluid to combat corrosion. This formula was given me by Clark Hinson
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Mineral spirits are perfectly safe for key buttons. It's critical to make sure the solvent you're using really IS true mineral spirits, though.Other solvents, such as those billed as "laquer thinner" are NOT safe for plastics. That includes acetone, xylene, and any solvents containing them. I have heard that Selectric III keys are resistat to laquer thinner, but I still wouldn't use it even on a III. Laquer thinner may be applied VERY carefully after the full mineral-spirits bath using a syringe or small squeeze bottle for specific metal pivot points such as interposer pawls that tend to get extra-stuck from dried-out lubricants.
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True mineral spirits won't harm the plastic keys of an IBM Selectric whereas lacquer thinner, paint thinner, etc. will cause issues.
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That's just a post-war one. Rheinmetall typewriter factory was situated in Sömmerda, Thuringia (so far from Rhein), this way it become a soviet-owned company after 1945 and before it was returned to newly created GDR. A lot of these machines were produced to be supplied to USSR as kind of reparations payments. The layout also proves this. Here's an experimental "ЭУКЕН" layout, one of transitional variants on the way to modern "ЙЦУКЕН" (since 1953). While all the pre-war typewriters were built with 1918 layout "Й1УКЕН"
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Olympia quality control sheets had sections for:<br /> - shift (Hh Hh Hh)<br /> - type specimen for all the characters<br /> - Black ribbon test in two lines of all characters<br /> - Red ribbon test in two lines of all characters<br /> - Stencil Test <br /> - Final Proof: "Olympia-Qualitaet findet in der ganzen Welt Anerkennung - sie verbuergt besseres Schreiben."<br /> - Line Spacing: the letter "m" at all settings<br /> - Back Spacer: "rrrrRRRR"
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Jonathan Swanberg's gifted typewriter from Tom Hanks.
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Advanced Typing - Shortcuts (1943)
Advanced Typing: Shortcuts. 16 mm. Vol. MN-1512c. United States Navy Training Film, 1943. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUJfCfqgsX0.
Correct typing posture: fingers curved<br /> arms sloping up<br /> light fast strokes<br /> steady rhythm
fast continuous motion of return lever<br /> using backing sheet (aka temping sheet ??)
Shortcuts:<br /> mise en place for office supplies (she doesn't use this phrasing though) - greater efficiency - cuts down on searching
tabulators can be helpful. There are two types:<br /> - automatic - handset
Use tabs for paragraphs, dating letters, columns of numbers, and letter closings.
To clear all tab stops, put carriage to left, hold tab clear key and move the carriage across. (Usually applies to Royal, Remington, Underwood, and Electromatic).
On LC Smith and Woodstock machines sometimes have a tab clear lever on the back.
Decimal tabulator keys help to align a variety of numbers around a decimal point. 09:43
Always have a few tabs set to prevent a flying carriage which can be hard on the machine.
When using carbon sheets which are slightly longer than the paper size, cut off a small triangle at the top left hand side. This makes it easier for one to separate the carbons from the copies by holding the top left with one hand and pulling the carbons out from the bottom of the stack.
To align multiple sheets of paper for carbon copies, use a folded sheet at the top to taco the pages into the machine. Remove the folded sheet once the carbon pack is rolled forward.
Paper bail rollers should be set to split the pages into thirds (for two rollers).
Remington noiseless machines have a pressure indicator on the front of the machine (usually above the keyboard) which can be used when using thick carbon packs that may cause the ribbon guide to stick or bind.
Only erase when the carriage is fully left or right to prevent eraser crumbs from falling into the machine.
Use a soft eraser on carbon copies. Use and insert slips of paper behind the carbons and allowing them to stick out the sides, erasing from back sheet to front so as not to allow the eraser to mark your carbon copies. For the front sheet, use a shield and ink eraser and erase with a horizontal motion. After erasing, easily pull out the inserted sheets.
When typing a correction, tap the key lightly two or three times rather than hard once.
When in a rush and it's necessary to add a word (on double spacing), underline the last letter of the prior word and type a slash (/). Then move the typing line up and type the insertion above the prior line. This creates an "arrow" of sorts for the inserted word.
Details for inserting extra letters in misspelled words using half-spacing machines. (Underwoods and Electromatics don't have this function.)
Light pencil marks at the bottom of the sheet can help to indicate the coming bottom of the sheet.
Putting up the card holders (fingers) on Underwoods and Royals. They help to hold the card and improve print quality and reduce noise.
Card holders can cause markings on carbon packs if they're not lowered.
Trick for quickly writing postcards in succession: Disengage the ratchet using the platen spring release (or variable platen switch) Type the address on the front of the card. When done give the platen a quick practiced spin. The postcard with "jump" up and stop at the paper table and be in position for rolling in the opposite direction to write the message on the back of the card! When done a faster spin of the platen will shoot the card over the back of the typewriter where it can land in a box to collect all the postcards which were written in such a manner. <br /> timestamp 23:22
Time saving methods for addressing envelopes:
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Front seat principle. Insert the envelope in the usual way and type out the address. When done, turn the envelope down through the machine with the right hand. With the left hand, place the next envelope between the top of the first envelope and the front of the platen. Feed the first envelope back through the machine (in reverse) and the second will be rolled in to place for typing. Continue in this fashion until finished. All the finished envelopes will stack up in the back at the paper table.
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Chain feeding. The first envelope is inserted and rolled partway into the machine. A second envelope is inserted between the platen and the second envelope (behind the platen). Turn the first envelope to the writing line and type the address. Take out the first envelope and insert the next the same way as before.
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Uses paper bail. Do the first envelope in the usual way. Spin it out of the machine up and behind the paper bail into a box behind the typewriter.
For quickly doing labels or small cards:<br /> Create a small zig-zag fold into a piece of paper to create a pocket slot which can be scotch taped on either side. This template paper can then be inserted so that the pocket is visible above the writing line, but the paper below it is still in the platen. The label or card can be placed into the pocket and the platen reversed to feed the label or card in backwards to the desired typing line. Using a v-groove or hole in the typing line can create a pencil line to serve as a guide for inserting many labels at the same place so that the typing lines up between labels.
Some offices had special platens for holding cards like this.
Pockets like this can also be used to hold the page to add additional lines at the bottom of pages. Deeper pockets may need to be used for doing this with carbon packs whose carbons are longer than the pages.
Alternately one can do something similar by creating a inverted u-shaped set of slits into an index card. to hold such labels.
When in the midst of a page and needing to do another piece urgently, roll back the letter until about 2 inches from the top, and then place in the new page and one between each of the carbons. Then roll forward to do the short message as necessary. Turn back to the insertion position to remove the copies and then continue with the first letter where you left off.
For drawing horizontal lines on typewriter paper, push the carriage to the extreme left and place the pencil or pen at the edge of the card guide and the scale. Then move the carriage to the right to effect the line. For vertical lines, put the carriage at the desired space and place the pencil at the card guide and scale and move the platen up/down as necessary.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
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This Is How a Child Dies of Measles<br /> by [[Elizabeth Bruenig]] in The Atlantic<br /> accessed on 2026-02-20T09:59:04
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keep unvaccinated children at home for the next three weeks, the virus’s maximum incubation period.
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Among the unvaccinated, one in five people infected with measles in the United States will require hospitalization, and roughly two out of every 1,000 infected children will die of complications, regardless of medical care.
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The virus infects roughly 90 percent of unvaccinated people exposed to it;
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A 12-Year-Old Folded Newspapers and Read Dan Bernstein's Column; Now He's Naming a Writing Room After Him<br /> by [[Justin Pardee]]<br /> accessed on 2026-02-20T09:31:07
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"Typewriters are not lovers," Marshall said. "You can have more than one."
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"Riverside wasn't love at first sight for me," Bernstein said. "In fact, the smog was often so thick it was hard to see the place. Walking out of the air-conditioned office and into the summer heat made me feel like I was being advised to forget about heaven."
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At the Jackie Robinson Museum. According to the exhibit, it was used by him to write a column for the New York Post and later the New York Amsterdam News.
Jackie Robinson used a first iteration version of Henry Dreyfuss' Royal Quiet De Luxe. The museum dates it as 1949.
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Dogcatcher – Sober Me (Lyric Video)<br /> by [[Dogcatcher]] on YouTube<br /> accessed on 2026-02-20T09:00:13
Lyrics typed in real time on a typewriter as part of the music video.
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Robert Duvall, ‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ Actor, Dies at 95<br /> by [[Clyde Haberman]] in The New York Times<br /> accessed on 2026-02-17T08:25:34
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From early on, Mr. Duvall enjoyed the life of a supporting actor. “Somebody once said that the best life in the world is the life of a second leading man,” Mr. Duvall told The Times. “You travel, you get a per diem, and you’ve probably got a better part anyway. And you don’t have the weight of the entire movie on your shoulders.”
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Even as a boy, in a Navy family that moved around the country, he had an ear for people’s speech patterns and an eye for their mannerisms. “I hang around a guy’s memories,” he once said. Insights that he gleaned were routinely tucked away in his head for potential future use.
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Known historical users of the Underwood SS:<br /> - A. R. Ammons<br /> - Stephen King<br /> - Farley Mowat<br /> - Charles Portis<br /> - Helen Thomas
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Keep moving forward in your typewriter repair career
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Chuck Theile, Acme Typewriter Service and Restoration, South Lyon, MI. Machines can be dropped off at 116b N. Lafayette, South Lyon, MI. A customer writes: "They accept all makes and models for repair. The phone number there is 248-486-5205 or you can call the repairman direct (Chuck Theile) at 248-455-6778." E-mail qwertyrepair@yahoo.com. Read a story about him here and another here. "I've been repairing typers and other office equipment for nearly 4 decades. Seeing a recent resurgence in the poularity of typewriters is very gratifying. Young people in particular seem to be rediscovering these historic machines and I'm happy to be able to provide a service that's not readily available anymore. Primarily serving the Wayne, Oakland, Washtenaw and Livingston County areas, arrangements can be made for service anywhere. I've been able to repair nearly 100% of the machines brought to me. Including many dating back to the early 1900's. Don't give up or throw it away before you let me have a go at it!"
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Chuck TheileYup, I don't accept a box of parts anymore.
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Hiten JoshiI do have some sympathy. If I had to ship my Datsun two hundred miles to the nearest dealer for a tune up then I’d have a go first too.
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PSA. Analogy: “Hi Mr. Mechanic! Here’s my ‘72 Datsun. I’d like you to give it a tune up. Oh, by the way, I’m not a mechanic but I pulled out the steering column and took apart the starter. Here are the parts in this bag” (When a client takes apart their machine, got in way over their head and wants me to fix their mistakes. Please… I appreciate you’re experimenting, but this is a huge nightmare to me. I’ve passed on several of these machines.)
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Years ago I made up a rule..."Do not remove anything from a typewriter without recognizing that it will take from two to twenty five times as long to re-attach it"
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14 cpi no 11 micro typeface
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14 pitch typewriter has a carriage scale that reads 110 for the width of the machine.
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Typewriter City <br /> 121 W. Wilson Ave.<br /> Glendale, CA<br /> 246-7229
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(Buying a Typewriter<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]] and [[Bob Marshall]] of Typewriter Muse on YouTube<br /> accessed on 2025-10-16T09:27:44
Bob Marshall prefers "extreme collector" to "hoarder" when it comes to typewriter collecting.
In July 20222, Bob Marshall was charging $60/hour for typewriter service.
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How good is your typing technique? https://boffosocko.com/2025/06/06/typewriter-use-and-maintenance-for-beginning-to-intermediate-typists/
Typically you want to strike the key as if it were a hot coal and let the initial hit's momentum force the slug against the ribbon/paper/platen. If you're "bottoming your keys out" which happens more frequently when you hunt and peck, then you'll end up with a ghosting effect. Using your paper bale properly is important for clear imprints.
If your ribbon isn't well inked (it should color your fingers when you touch it or look "wet" if it's new) that can sometimes be an issue. Beyond that, platens tend to shrink and become hard with age. As a result the machine goes out of its original proper alignment thus making your imprints lighter. You can use a second "backing" page to help make up some of the difference, but a re-covered platen (J.J. Short Associates can help in the U.S.) and a proper ring and cylinder adjustment will likely help. And if you can't afford the recovered platen (~$120) then a ring and cylinder adjustment will help nonetheless. (Check Youtube for how you might do this yourself if a shop isn't nearby.)
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The first three articles you'll find under https://boffosocko.com/research/typewriter-collection/#Typewriter%20Market will give you a quick crash course about what to consider and look out for in your search.
If you want to get to work, your best bet (and honestly the best value) is to get something from a repair shop that is serviced and ready to go. In the US this means a budget range typically from US$300-$600, or perhaps slightly more if they've recovered the platen which will improve your experience. Prices dramatically in excess of this often include a lot more custom work or less common typefaces which don't necessarily improve your performance (or are people selling typewriters who have less of an idea than you do about typewriters.)
Many hobbyists here may say to get something cheap that "works", but the amount of time and knowledge you have to scaffold to do that is worth a lot of writing time, and often still requires a lot of cleaning, restoration, and potential tinkering which is even more onerous when you just want to get to writing.
In case you haven't found them, some great resources on leveraging typewriters as distraction-free writing devices:
- Flint, Woz Delgado. 2023. The Distraction-Free First Draft. One Idea Press. https://www.oneideapress.com/product-page/the-distraction-free-first-draft.
- Joe Van Cleave: https://www.youtube.com/@Joe_VanCleave
- Damon DiMarco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMJ2zbs0bvcjaTYx5zV52sw
And if you need some serious distraction free advice, since it's hiding as deep knowledge amongst a handful of serious collectors/writers, the bigger your (standard) machine, the more visual space it takes up as you're writing and subtly helps your concentration. Similarly placing it in front of a wall (and not a window) helps a lot too.
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I was in your shoes and I dove in head first. After reading, owning, and watching countless videos on the matter, here's what I have learned: Don't buy online Only buy what you can have your hands on before exchanging money Be picky, don't just get any machine on the belief you'll start fixing them. Do not view them as being "rescued" when you buy another broken machine. Start off with a solid machine with no issues. (I suggest an Olympia brand, sm-3 etc) Honorable mention: only acquire organically through yard sales, estate sales antique stores etc. It imbues your machine with magic 🪄
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there's not enough full teardown to justify a waitlist, usually under 10 a year for intense restoration. Most of my work is always thorough otherwise!
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Where you're selling is one of the biggest signals of all. Selling machines for over $250 on Facebook requires way more signaling on the part of a professional or semi-professional seller. Mr&Mrs are doing a whole lot more work on restoring their machines than the average "blow and go" level that Janet and her significant other are likely doing (or that done by the average shop), as a result they're doing more work to show that, but they're occupying a dramatically different market space. Who is offering warranties on their work? Who is recovering platens? Who is explicitly stating the quality of the rest of their rubber? (Note that Janet isn't saying anything about the rubber washers on her SM3s, nor did they say anything about the rubber feet or the feet on the cases. Were they all replaced?)
Most professional shops and restorers are selling via their physical shops or their own websites instead of eBay, which takes steep cuts, or FB where it's harder for their much better quality machines to stand out amidst similarly priced dirtier machines. (Most pros also refuse or prefer not to ship when they can avoid it, so online presence doesn't "buy" them much.) There's a huge gulf in the levels of work that Walid Saad or Lucas Dul are offering in complete tear downs and restorations and the simple clean, oil, and adjust operations that are being offered by average pro shops and that's different again from what I suspect Janet is probably offering. This doesn't even get into the space of the lowest level "flippers" and vintage/antique shops whose only value add is finding and offering machines. As a point of reference, Lucas is doing less than a full restoration a month in an average year. The rest is cleaning machines for straight sale and then repairs that walk in the door. I'd suspect that he doesn't have more than a dozen machines in stock that are ready for sale today compared to a multi-person operation like Typewriter Muse which has nearly 30 machines on the shelf ready to go.
There's a huge spectrum in the level of restorations being offered out there. Very few people appreciate any of the differences.
The issue is that many people starting out don't want to pay a lot for a clean/restored machine, so they're fine with something that "works". Generally they don't know what they're missing from a finely tuned machine. At the other end are serious collectors, who often have the knowledge and expertise to service their own machines. The biggest issue with the market is the huge gulf of information imbalance between the novice buyers and novice sellers and the professionals.
Hope this helps on the differentiation that's available out there...
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I only used Turtle wax on the paint. You can go over the decals provided you don't polish and put too much pressure on them.The nickle was done with a generic metal polish.
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U.S. - Education - Colleges - Columbia<br /> Homosexual's bulletin board<br /> (see US - people - homosexuals 13-229-L
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- Royal Pembrook - 11 pitch
- Windsor - 10 pitch
- Oxford - 11 pitch
- Merit Elite - 12 pitch
- Merit Pica - 10 pitch
- Canterbury Elite - 12 pitch
- Canterbury Pica - 10 pitch
- Graphic Elite - 12 pitch
- Graphic Pica - 10 pitch
- Elite Century - 12 pitch
- Contemporary Elite - 12 pitch
- Contemporary Pica - 10 pitch
- Executive - 9 pitch (double caps, italic)
- Patrician - 12 pitch
- Standard Elite - 12 pitch
- Standard Pica - 10 pitch
- Medium Roman - 10 pitch
- Clarion Gothic - 12 pitch (double caps)
- Manifold Elite, Single Gothic - 12 pitch
- Manifold Pica, Single Gothic - 10 pitch
- Manifold Roman, Single Gothic - 9 pitch
- Modified Pru, Double Gothic - 12 pitch
- Pica, Double Gothic - 10 pitch
- Medium Roman, Double Gothic - 9 pitch
- Small Double Gothic - 16 pitch
- Small Elite - 14 pitch
- Great Primer - 9 pitch
- Farrington Optical Scanner Type 12L - 10 pitch
- Policy Print - 10 pitch
- Check Validation Type - 8 pitch
- Small Spencerian - 12 pitch
- Spencerian - 10 pitch
- Butterick - 8 pitch (similar to Congress, but larger)
- Large Vogue - 6 pitch
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Lichtenstein, a pioneer of postmodern recycling, swiped the subject of his mural from a beloved masterpiece of German painting — Oskar Schlemmer’s “Bauhaus Stairway,” of 1932, which is owned by the Museum of Modern Art. The painting depicts an actual staircase at the Bauhaus, the progressive art school that opened in Weimar, Germany, in 1919, and exemplified the modern movement at its most extroverted and techno-friendly. Artists claimed a bond with designers and engineers and set out to repair the world.
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Typewriter Muse Grand Opening in Riverside California @typewritermuse #typewriter #typewriters<br /> by [[Type Pals]] on YouTube<br /> accessed on 2026-02-04T10:20:29
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In the Sunday, March 8, 1964 edition of The Plain Dealer Heloise Cruse suggest putting several drops of pure glycerin onto one's dried out typewriter ribbon as a means of rejuvenating them. She recommends letting them soak for at least three days.
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Some custom painted Olivetti typewriters in a Star Wars theme
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Episode 1296 - The Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Archive<br /> by [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]<br /> Airdate: April 9, 1973<br /> accessed on 2026-02-02T14:06:32
Mister Rogers and Mr. McFeely demonstrate how a large typeface typewriter (6 or perhaps 4 CPI) works for typing out speeches.
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Script Royal Safari in Blue <br /> 18 bids won by h****3 for $441.00 <br /> Likely won't pay for it and will be relisted in a week
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6 bids including h*3 at 41.00 and r1 at 72.02 without an actual purchase
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Typewriter-Adjacent Writing Devices<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]] on YouTube<br /> accessed on 2026-02-02T09:17:37
Typewriter-like writing devices: - Privacy - security - autonomy
Freewrite (fka Hemingwriter)
- Smarttypewriter $699
- Hemingway Signature $1000+
- Valentine $999
- Traveler: clamshell device, smaller $549
- Alpha $349
- Alpha Cosmic $499 with colorful keys
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Pomera
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My typewriter was already repaired by Ruben of US Office Machines, but it'd be nice to stop by Muse, maybe pick a ribbon or a mat up and look around.
u/loveucrispina at https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1qtbwq3/comment/o365fib/?context=1
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my pharmacist SM3 to compare their actions. I then discovered something quite interesting on the pharmacist’s platen: two retractable nubs.
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Smith Corona Vintage Typewriter Straighten Chrome Ring Keytops Twisted Crooked Letters Repair by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]
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Your alcohol is making the old oil and dust fluid again for a while, but without either fully flushing it out or blowing it out with compressed air, the solvent evaporates and the remaining solid oil/dust freezes things up again.
Rubbing alcohol is probably one of the worst degreasers, but people recommend it because most people often have some in their house already. (Depending on the type, it also contains high proportions of water which isn't the best thing to mix with your metal typewriter.)
To get your sticky typewriter keys working again, while you're flushing out the segment with your solvent of choice (lacquer thinner, paint thinner, mineral spirits, alcohol, etc.), actually move the typebars using the keys or by other means (be careful for splattering and cover the plastic and painted portions of the machine and surroundings with a rag). This will help to get them moving and allow the solvent and subsequently compressed air to help flush the oil, dust, hair, etc. out of your machine. You've already got a mechanical cleaning device of sorts (the typebar itself) inside the segment, so move it while you're flushing it out.
2-5 flushes can sometimes be required before you've really gotten all the old gunk out of your machine. I often wait several hours or even overnight to test the action after flushing before I re-attach body panels, etc.
If you can acquire a small plastic oiler (see https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/11/adding-to-my-typewriter-toolset/) it can help to minimize the amounts of solvent you're using and the flexible tip will allow you to not only direct the flow of solvent, but create some fluid pressure when you squeeze the bottle.
(Naturally use your degreaser in a well-ventilated space away from open flames and sparks...)
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Smith-Corona 5 series drawband and mainstring attachment and tightening.
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Duane puts a few drops of red oil on the mainspring of typewriters as a lubricant before blowing it out to thin it down.
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If there is enough room (at least 1.2mm), I use micro paracord to replace drawbands. It has no flex or stretch, can have its knot sealed with a little heat, is tested to 100lbs, and is pretty cheap for more than you’ll probably ever need. I have used Atwood micro cord purchased from Amazon for my projects.
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On the left rear corner underneath the carriage when moved to the right, one can easily see the mainspring and drawband assembly. Just behind it is a worm drive operated by a screw. Turning this screw counterclockwise will advance the worm drive to the left and increase the tension on the mainspring.
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I just talked to Bill at Philly Typewriter and he said he uses Lustember Nylon String .8mm.
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I twist together two lengths of kevlar fishing line that's 0.4mm diameter and rated for 29kg, so combined roughly 0.8mm diameter and ~58kg pull. This is about the sweet spot imo in terms of thickness, slim enough to fit in small routing holes on mainspring housings and thick enough to get a good sized knot when you tie it. It's also pretty close to the thickness of old sinew drawbands I've replaced. The rated strength is definitely overkill but better over than under. In practise a drawband shouldn't experience more than 750g-1,5kg of pull under normal use.
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h****3 $265 win (by $1) on 2026-01-26 on a brown Smith-Corona Galaxie typewriter with a script typeface
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It's attempting to recreate a nostalgia for mid-century typewriters that were poorly registered, poorly aligned, typed with cotton ribbon, dirty slugs, and poorly typed. It's a generic version of a ubiquitous pica typeface. The vast majority of typewriters from that era were far better and clearer than the characters represented in the 1942 Report Font. Distinguishing the font from an actual typewriter would be trivial for anyone who regularly uses a typewriter.
Typeface catalogs from the mid-century can be found here for some comparison: https://typecast.munk.org/category/typewriter-typestylesfonts/
1942 Report font https://www.dafont.com/1942-report.font
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Jonathan Swanberg started a typewriter repair business at the end of 2023 inspired by Lucas Dul
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X-Files (Fox), Season 2, Episode 4<br /> A poster for a Royal Ten appears on a wall behind Mulder.
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if there's a cheap fix to the ghosting that's coming from some of these letters, I'd appreciate it. Not sure if "ghosting" is the right term, but I'm unsure what is.
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For some additional help on technique, try https://boffosocko.com/2025/06/06/typewriter-use-and-maintenance-for-beginning-to-intermediate-typists/
Typically you want to strike the key as if it were a hot coal and let the initial hit's momentum force the slug against the ribbon/paper/platen. If you're "bottoming your keys out" which happens more frequently when you hunt and peck, then you'll end up with this ghosting effect.
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I had written that the only thing that all the different cultures hadin common was the human brain. Indigenous cultures, separated byvast spans of space and time, did not teach their incredibly similarmemory tools to one another. They must all use the same methodsfor innately human reasons.
are they really innate?
Some of my question is a tad rhetoric as I suspect that this current book is making an argument that there is a genetic basis for why/how it all works the way it does. It's also a question I know that Kelly has had buzzing around for a while.
Large swaths of these practices have been taught and handed down from one person to another and from one group to another for millennia as well, but the other question is if they've been independently re-discovered across time or if they've changed/evolved the way in which languages have shifted over these same time frames.
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A.K. Chisholm, F. Lami, K.M. Haebich, A. Ure, A. Brignell, T. Maloof, N.A. Pride, K.S. Walsh, A. Maier, M. Roue, Y. Granader, B. Barton, H. Darkel, I. Fuelscher, G. Dabscheck, V.A. Anderson, K. Williams, K.N. North & J.M. Payne, ‘Sex- and age-related differences in autistic behaviours in children with neurofibromatosis type 1’, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol. 53, 2023, pp. 2835–50.
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The apparent link of music to speech is because of a trait calledprosody, which seems to be a separate skill, also impacted by NF1.In linguistics, prosody is the difference between speaking in amonotone compared with adding expression by varying pitch,loudness, duration, stress and rhythms. People exaggerate theprosody in their speech when talking to young children because ofthe impact dynamic expression has on comprehension andengagement. Those with the NF1 disorder, most of whom suffermusical challenges, often don’t perceive prosody in speech. Thatsuggests that our fully functioning NF1 gene also helps us withprosody.
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Sacks describes the confusion hefeels when noting that people with amusia can be virtually normal intheir speech skills while profoundly disabled musically. He asks if thetwo can be so totally different, given that speech involves tonal andrhythmic changes which appear to have a musical basis. Maybe thisgenetic distinction offers a pathway to exploring his question.
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The Northern European Sámi drums are coveredin markings that look very like the mnemonic marks I had studiedelsewhere.
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I hadbecome obsessed with Chinese handscrolls, a painted narrative formthat seemed to me to be cognitively the same as AustralianAboriginal sand talk.
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I had been taken to some rock cairns which are atop some of themountains in south-eastern Alaska. What was this? Rocks in thoserock formations were used to help tell part of a story, and each rockcairn had different stories associated with it.After being taken to the rock cairns, I had been fascinated byother rock formations from around the world, such as Stonehenge. Ihad always wondered: who were the storytellers that usedStonehenge? What knowledge was shared? The decades passed butmy curiosity about rock formations found around the world neverwent away.
Link to the story of the talking rocks in the book Anthropology: Why It Matters by Tim Ingold
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David KanoshYooḵis’kooḵéikTlingit Elder and storyteller,South-Eastern Alaska
.As we rode the ferry from Angoon to Sitka, they’d bring my attention to a location on a nearby island, highlighting features on the landscape, and I knew a story was about to begin.
David Kanosh reveals some of the overlap of other memory traditions with the Tlingit of Alaska
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I made my own memory boards. As I glued each piece to theplywood, I thought about the stories I would tell with this memoryboard. I had spent an afternoon just putting on five pebbles! Howdid my grandmother make it look so easy? Practice. She’d been atthis for a while.
My grandmother picked up a piece of plywood that she had glued pebbles to and said simply, ‘You will remember.’ She then touched each piece as she recounted stories. To my young mind, what she was doing seemed like magic!
Cross reference: https://hypothes.is/a/uWo4NpJrEeui3Vu0XnQidA on Salish artwork
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The beautifully carved totem poles, wooden carved ceremonialhats and even the wooden carved rattles. They are more than art.They serve a very practical purpose. Each had places orloci that Ihad used to elaborately encode information.
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Building a Functional LEGO Typewriter<br /> by [[Koenkun Bricks]] on YouTube<br /> accessed on 2026-01-26T13:01:29
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Typewriter Video Series Episode 37: AlphaSmart Neo<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]]<br /> accessed on 2026-01-26T12:21:40
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Known historical users of the Royal KMM:<br /> - John Ashbery<br /> - Russell Baker - Ray Bradbury - Richard Brautigan - Richard Brooks - Pearl S. Buck<br /> - Johnny Carson (or possibly KMG) - Norman Corwin<br /> - Frank Herbert<br /> - Helen Keller<br /> - Murray Kempton<br /> - Ken Kesey<br /> - George Washington Lee - Harper Lee<br /> - Ursula K. Le Guin - David McCullough<br /> - Margaret Mead<br /> - Dorothy Parker<br /> - Grantland Rice<br /> - Georges Simenon<br /> - Christina Stead<br /> - Tom Wolfe
The KMM was also the typewriter featured on the 1980s hit television show Murder, She Wrote which is currently being remade in 2025/2026 with Jamie Lee Curtis.
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"black bird fly...in to the the light of a dark black night"<br /> —Duane Jensen, as typed on a 1949 Smith-Corona Clipper S/N: #5C 101511 which, like a phoenix from the ashes, he'd brought back to life.
RIP Duane.
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DINGMAN: Duane says that from the time he opened his typewriter shop, until about 2008, he probably repaired about 50 manual typewriters. But in 2008, something changed. His phone started ringing off the hook. Parents were calling to say that their daughters wanted a typewriter for Christmas — could they bring in an old one for him to fix up? Or did he have any for sale?JENSEN: So I asked ‘em, I said why are you interested? They said, “She watched this movie called “Kitt Kittredge.”
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THE ANALOGS: Meet one of the few people in America who knows how to fix manual typewriters<br /> by [[Sam Dingman]] for The Analogs 91.5 KJZZ Phoenix<br /> accessed on 2026-01-25T20:52:25
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DINGMAN: And I know you’re hooked up to an oxygen machine here — does that make it difficult? JENSEN: No — well, yeah, mobility, and I have COPD, and I have trouble breathing. This business was part of the factor I have COPD, because I had a shop without ventilation. That’s why my lungs are not working. DINGMAN: Wait. So your lungs were damaged by doing the typewriter work? JENSEN: By the smell of the chemicals. DINGMAN: He says his lung condition was diagnosed seven years ago. JENSEN: They gave me a five-year life span. That was seven years ago, so I’m already beatin’ it. DINGMAN: Ever the gambler, Duane’s still fixing typewriters. These days, he keeps a fan blowing, and works with the garage door open.
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Duane Jensen, J.C. Business Machines, 26th St. & Union Hills, Phoenix, AZ. 602-992-7611. M-F 9-4, but call first. "We fix business machines, including all typewriters. Manual portable, manual uprights, antique or vintage typewriters. We carry every typewriter ribbon manufactured. Basic cleaning / tune up is between $38.00 - 48.00 (walk in). On-site service. Basic repair / clean $68.00 - 88.00." Read a story about an experience with Mr. Jensen here. Website: http://www.phoenixtypewriter.com/
Duane Jensen's death was announced by his family on 2026-01-25.
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Private library: Schröder's dream<br /> by [[Benjamin Quaderer]] in DIE ZEIT<br /> accessed on 2026-01-25T15:02:05
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According to a conservative estimate, Bruno Schröder's library contained around 70,000 books. Compared to the municipality's only public library, a two-room shop with 4,500 titles, Bruno Schröder's private library was almost sixteen times larger.
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There, the shelves are integrated into the sloping roof in such a way that the books line the entire interior surface of the roof. "Insulation," one of my conversation partners remarks, "that Robert Habeck would wish for in every house."
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According to an estimate by an antiquarian bookseller whom Renate Abeln guided through the bookshop, Bruno Schröder invested between 800,000 and one million euros in books over his lifetime.
A collection of almost 70,000 volumes in Mettingen, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The Many Lives of the Medieval Wound Man<br /> by [[Jack Hartnell]] in The Public Domain Review <br /> accessed on 2026-01-25T00:57:34
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the Fisher King—the woundedman who cannot die and cannot be healed, whose land is lyingwaste because of his own sins, and who can be healed only by theHoly Grail.
Relationship of the Fisher King to Guigemar (Lais of Marie de France) who is wounded in the leg and can only be healed by a woman.
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pre-Christian Celtic belief in the unity of the land andits ruler—when one is injured or wasting away, so is the other.
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&KUpWLHQLVWKH¿UVWWRFRQQHFWWKHJUDLOWRWKH$UWKXULDQOHJHQGEXWwhen the procession passes through the hall of the Fisher King, hesays only that there is un grail, or “a grail,” meaning that it hadbecome a common enough term for a platter at this point, and therewasn’t yet any conception of a singular, unique Holy Grail.
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reply to u/Crafty-Shape2743 at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1qjl76q/is_it_just_me_or/
Regardless of their current reaction, every single person here knows that they've done the EXACT SAME THING at least once if not hundreds of times. My bet is that most STILL do it tentatively because they can't keep their fingers off the keys.
I try to put stencil mode on for machines not actively in use to prevent ink from getting onto the platen and later smudging pages, but let's be honest that other than the ink, typing without paper isn't going to cause more damage to a machine than with it. Those who say it damages the platen will pound away with paper in and not care a whit. Those same people will also never bother to recover their platens with new material which dramatically improve the machine and the typing experience, so let's just get over ourselves on the issue of "protecting the platen"...
I'll bet dollars to donuts that none of those who are precious about not typing on paperless platens, are pulling their paper out without releasing the paper release lever thereby slowly sanding down their platens and don't bother to leave it disengaged when they're done thereby slowly damaging and flattening their rubber rollers.
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In a Typewriter Repair Shop, a Reporter Finds a Familiar Hum<br /> by [[Kurt Streeter]] in The New York Times accessed on 2026-01-23T15:00:26
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The passing down of knowledge isn’t just a transfer — it’s a kind of love.
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Lights, Camera and Algebraic Topology!<br /> by [[Simon W. Vozick-Levinson]] for The Harvard Crimson on 2003-10-23<br /> accessed on 2026-01-23T10:41:48
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