A: Personally, I think it's a pica hobby.

via https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1ucwo5s/are_typewriters_becoming_an_elite_hobby/ot7mnib/?screen_view_count=2

Charles Anderson discovers dragonflies that cross oceans<br /> TED on YouTube

Lawrence Lessig: Fixing the Republic

Recommended by TB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation_(2003_film)<br /> The Corporation (Zeitgeist Films, 2003)

via Tomi Aho at https://www.facebook.com/groups/705152958470148/posts/1375748211410616/

Secretaries Get to Throw Their Typewriters<br /> The Best of the Iowa Traveler<br /> by Iowa's News Now

Found via https://www.facebook.com/groups/TypewriterCollectors/posts/10164157502764678/

Getting Gabriel García Márquez's Smith-Corona 5TE Ready For Exhibit<br /> by [[Richard Messenger]] on oz.Typewriter<br /> accessed on 2026-09-19T12:30:13

Includes multiple photos. The Smith-Corona 5TE isn't listed on Richard Polt's site as of 2026-09-19.

<br /> —via https://www.latercera.com/culto/2021/04/28/40-anos-de-cronica-de-una-muerte-anunciada-la-novela-que-garcia-marquez-consideraba-su-mejor-libro/<br /> Photo of Gabriel García Márquez in front of a standard typewriter with the brand name Underwood on the back.

Not included in Richard Polt's collection of typers as of 2026-09-19

This article has a variation of the same photo credited as "El escritor colombiano y premio Nobel Gabriel García Márquez / Foto: archivo Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia"

Profile photo of Gabriel García Márquez at a 1970's version of a cartridge-based Smith-Corona electric typewriter. <br /> Potential variations of this typewriter are already in Richard Polt's collection of typers, but this particular photo is not as of 2026-09-19.

Qyx High Speed Typewriter Commercial 1980

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/10opbhf/more_about_typewriter_force_curves_and/

Typewriter force curves, bellcrank classification, and velocity curves<br /> by Haelscheir's Haven on YouTube

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wjiad7/typing_in_business_class/

https://www.cookshelf.app/

Similar to Eat Your Books.

Potentially the same company just re-instantiated? What has changed with their cost/charging/business model?

https://www.eatyourbooks.com/

Eat Your Books is an electronic database/index of recipes in cookbooks to make it easier for people to search their own paper (cook) books.

This is the sort of thing that Mortimer J. Adler was doing for the Great Books.

How nice would it be if there were a better digital index for all books which worked as well as this portends?

Smith Corona Electra 210 Typewriter // Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive<br /> The New York Historical

Suggested by Peter McKinnon<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXaQ_lU4JIM

How I cured my phone addiction with 2 tiny notebooks<br /> by Peter McKinnon

Adding a piece of string to a pocket notebook for use as a bookmark. https://youtu.be/EXaQ_lU4JIM?si=r4s-LHKV76IAq_mn&t=1091

clever...

The pocket notebook that will save you 5 hrs a day<br /> by Rachelle in Theory

Using a pocket notebook over a phone to regain time. Well reasoned out and a good overview of "why".

An extension of this is Conway's law which may tend to force us to create work which not only reflects us, but which becomes us.

The relationship with tools becomes a two way street between us and the tool as well as the tools which interpose all of us (humanity).

What might this mean for our relationship with Artificial Intelligence? Will our laziness with respect to thinking turn us into non-thinkers who rely on a tool not actually able to think?

(via me at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wjidrf/what_words_could_we_use_to_better_describe_the/pamjdv3/)

reply to Kirk Jackson aka u/NashvilleTypewriter at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wjidrf/what_words_could_we_use_to_better_describe_the/pal3wez/

This is great. I find it to be the case as well.

Watching other spaces like note taking applications (and methods), stationery, planners, notebooks, pencils, pens, fountain pens, etc. it repeats itself over and over. Some will really love a particular object which seems to work for them while others don't. Fora are filled with people asking, what do you like? how do you use it? when instead they ought to be attempting to figure out what they like and how they would use it.

Some turn their love of a particular thing into a religion (Apple vs. IBM comes to mind) which also tends to make others doubt their own choices and what might work best for them. Instead of experimenting around a bit to see what works for them, they take the supposed "magic" propounded by others and wrongly try to make it work for themselves. This is one of the primary reasons I tell potential new typewriter stewards to visit shops or type-ins so that they can put their hands on a variety of machines to see which "speaks" or works best for them and their needs. There are so many people limping along out there on dreadfully maintained machines because they haven't tried others (or even cleaned, oiled, and well-adjusted ones) and don't know what they're missing.

I was reading/listening to a series by APM recently called Sold a Story about how some academics and scientists created a "new method" for teaching reading and sold it as a products to school systems all over the country. While it managed to work for a terrifically small population, it was broadly wrong for the majority of people. Decades of harm was done to children and the educational space because everyone went with what these experts said (and which may have seemed logical) rather than doing some work, trusting testing and results, or continuing to experiment with a variety of strategies. Similarly, while computers and writing software may work for many, some of the older tried-and-true methods out there using tools like pencils, pens, loose paper, index cards, notebooks, notepads, and typewriters can provide dramatically different affordances in ways of working with them which are actually better for some of the things one might wish to accomplish with them. Some tools have the ability to speak to you in ways that others do not.

(P.S. Thanks for your observation as this may become the kernel of the introduction to the book I'm slowly working on.)

How teaching kids to read went so wrong - Sold a Story: Season 1, Episode 1: The Problem<br /> by [[Emily Hanford]] in [[Sold a Story]] from APM Reports

https://youtu.be/0ajIPRy_yc0?si=tBJjJNjg5tnlR9oW&t=1504

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zettelkasten/comments/1wjdcjs/removed_by_reddit/

Do connected notes actually work better than folders?<br /> via u/Purple_Clock5044 on 2025-09-17

Typeface Identification

It's a lot easier to identify typefaces of typewriters if you include a few things in your photos: <br /> - Full frontal picture of the machine with clear shot of one or more of the rulers (so one can attempt to determine pitch as well as more easily identify the make/model for cross referencing).<br /> - A full typed sample of all the characters, especially some of the more unique ones like Q, 3, 5, 4, 7, &, G, A, E, and W in both upper and lower case.<br /> - A close up shot of the slugs which clearly shows the foundry marks (generally found in the middle of the slug) of both letter slugs and special character/number slugs as sometimes the latter are different.

Princess 300 with RaRo Elite Imperial typeface

The "AR" foundry mark is a shorthand for Albert Rodrian, one half of RaRo. If you ever see an R inside an octagon that's the mark for the other half, Alfred Ransmayer.

The "84" on the foundry mark is typical of RaRo's 12 pitch Elite Imperial which can be found with a sample at: https://typecast.munk.org/2023/02/04/1961-adler-typewriter-type-font-styles/

You can also compare other known Princess typefaces at the database: https://typewriterdatabase.com/twdb.0.typefaces?mfr_search=70&model_search=100#

If you put a ruler up to your type, you should find that there are 12 characters per inch.

You can also cross reference the following: - the Hass catalog, page 3, row 1:<br /> https://archive.org/details/typewriter-foundry-marks-haas/page/n1/mode/2up<br /> - RaRo Catalogue Page B3-4 "Elite-Schatten Ro 84":<br /> https://www.sommeregger.name/typewriters/files/RaRo/rarotype_katalog_1980_OCR_20160523.pdf

Reply to u/CaptainCulinary at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wjb0gk/princess_300_with_typeface/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaqqSrUvM9I/?hl=en

Typing on an 1890s Odell model 3. Made in chicago, refurbished in chicago.<br /> via typewriter_chicago_

https://youtu.be/NWnX3ZkL_eA?si=mUD52esB34cLxhbJ&t=353

Suggestion to use index card or pocket notebook as a viewfinder for narrowing down one's view of the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyle

https://www.flickr.com/photos/68103485@N05/

Examples like: <br />

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopography

https://www.facebook.com/sameeranff/posts/pfbid0pvUFwLmTAA6tcmDHDCNVW88E3RYaar1bxHDcUJZCifKJfia2ubUXbbcaELBskULwl

Sameera Sandaruwan Abeyrathna has had ribbon shipped from Europe before.

The Royal Companion was a trim line name for Royal portables in the 40s and 50s along with variations like the Aristocrat and the Quiet De Luxe. For some of its life it's essentially a cheaper Quiet De Luxe which may be missing features like a tabulator, Magic Margins, card fingers, or a touch control. You'd have to cross check the manual and the typewriter database to see how yours may differ from the QDL at the time it was made. Often it was a $5-10 price differential at the time for the difference in features, but with inflation this would be the equivalent of $140 now.

You could essentially use the list of QDL users from Polt's site and say that they all used a typewriter similar to your Companion. (Depending on the photos and angles, some of the listed Quiet De Luxe users may have really been using either a Companion or an Aristocrat, but it's incredibly difficult to discern unless you can see the specific feature differences between them.)

See also: - https://boffosocko.com/2024/06/25/users-of-the-early-henry-dreyfuss-royal-quiet-de-luxe-portable-typewriters/<br /> - https://typewriterdatabase.com/royal.72.typewriter-serial-number-database<br /> - https://typewriterdatabase.com/Royal.Companion.72.bmys - Manuals at: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-manuals.html

Reply to u/chocolate-sheep at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wi0jd6/writers_using_royal_companions/

Yes, dust can be an issue over time, especially if your machine is over-oiled and even more if you're in high dust/pollution area of the world and leave windows open regularly or have pets with lots of hair and dander production.

However, if uber-collector Martin Howard can be trusted, perhaps when designing your dream typewriter display room, dust isn't as horrible a problem as you might imagine. See: https://lumicrest.com/showcase-lighting-martin-howards-antique-typewriter-collection/ One imagines that occasional dusting and a can of compressed air will do the trick.

You could also do a nicer dust cover/mat the way Tom Hanks does: https://boffosocko.com/2025/06/16/tom-hanks-ingenious-custom-typewriter-covers-mats/

For my refurbished machines displayed in the house (where we have had a monster German Shepherd who sheds all year long and lots of exterior dust from Southern California pollution), if they're not in regular rotation, I'll drop a sheet of tinfoil or plastic wrap under the hood to prevent dust coming in through the hood and that seems to be more than enough protection while not covering up the entire machine.

reply to u/harperjones at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1whqodm/closed_cabinets_for_display/

https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wgjf93/i_made_a_video_about_why_i_use_a_1949_royal/

legendwill11 has a '49 Royal Quiet De Luxe and lives in the Glendale, CA area (via video at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-YuazfTLiiw)

Why I Write Ads for Big Tech on a Typewriter

The Inner Game of Tennis says that real focus and creative freedom isn't about focusing harder, it's about narrowing in on what's actually relevant to the task in front of you, whether that's the seams on a tennis ball or whatever detail is clear in your creativity. For me, turns out a 60-year-old machine it does that better than any app I use.

https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wdc9tv/typewriter_id_84_charing_cross/

https://www.ebay.com/str/vintageretrogems

Creativity isn't a gift, it's a system<br /> by Perry Daniels on YouTube

Perry Daniels' "Grail Notebook" is just a translation from the latin of ars excerpendi?! hmmm....

Stop Buying Field Notes<br /> by Perry Daniels on YouTube

Most Pencils Are Terrible. Here Are 6 You Should Actually Buy<br /> by [[John Pattison]] on YouTube<br /> accessed on 2026-09-14T23:51:04

• Mitsubishi Hi-Uni HB
• Palomino Blackwing 602
• Palomino Blackwing Matte
• Viking Element 1
• Mitsubishi 9850 HB
• General's Cedar Pointe #2
• Tombow Mono 100 HB

What Reading Out Loud Does to Your Brain<br /> by The Upgrade with Makai Elías Calles

UsefulCharts<br /> by [[Matt Baker]] on YouTube<br /> accessed on 2026-09-14T23:08:17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swerve

Books: HitParade: 1895-1945<br /> by [[TIME]]<br /> accessed on 2026-09-14T23:02:57

The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance<br /> by [[Center for Nonviolent Conflict Research]] [[CNCR]]<br /> accessed on 2026-09-14T22:55:14

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world<br /> by [[David Robson]]<br /> accessed on 2026-09-14T22:54:21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%25_rule

Plato. 1952. 7 Plato. 1st ed. eds. Robert M. Hutchins and Mortimer J. Adler. Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pithus

https://topostext.org/

How do you accomplish this in modernity, when you can't "get rid" of the opposition? You chill their speech, you erase their language, you erase their history. This seems to be the playbook of the far right in American politics under Donald J. Trump.

Redefine and poison words like DEI and Critical Race Theory (CRT), marginalize and criminalize the people who don't fit in your world view.

I think he is the only one of our public men to start out the right way, for it is right to care first that the young

Cross reference: Teach Your Children Well by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Euthyphro<br /> Stephanus numbers 2a–16a<br /> G. M. A. Grube translation

in <br /> Plato. 1997. Plato: Complete Works. eds. John M. Cooper and D. S. Hutchinson. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

cf. with Benjamin Jowett translation:

A young man who is little known, Euthyphro; and I hardly know him : his name is Meletus, and he is of the deme of Pitthis. Perhaps you may remember his appearance; he has a beak, and long straight hair, and a beard which is ill grown.

There is certainly a charge of "youth" in both translations, but the "beak" and "ill-grown beard" seem to be more belittling in Jowett which be ad hominem appearance attacks on Meletus of Pithos before we've even heard his argument.

Which of these descriptions would have had cultural significance in Ancient Greece?

See: Pithos, Pitthos, Pithus: https://topostext.org/place/380239DPit

Of course if this is the aim, then one also ought to define "morally good" as cleanly as piety, something which might be elusive or which may vary based on an individual person, that person's culture, or even across cultures.

Plato. 1997. Plato: Complete Works. eds. John M. Cooper and D. S. Hutchinson. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

https://topostext.org/place/380239DPit

cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pithus

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1632254748516251

Beau L'Amour does a tour of his father Louis L'Amour's typewriters:<br /> - Brown Olympia SM3, used in the 50s, on a trip or in a car primarily<br /> - Small gray portable typewriter (Hermes ultraportable?) <br /> - IBM Model B, purchased in 58 or 59, the majority of his writing work was produced on this machine<br /> - IBM Selectric (II or III), this became his primary machine once it was released and he began using it <br /> - SMC Electra 120

The M.R. key on a typewriter stands for "More Room" as defined by William Clark's daughter. <br /> via https://www.facebook.com/groups/27453296880990639/posts/28305005765819742

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TypewriterCollectors/posts/10164123477489678/

https://www.youtube.com/@Woodys-corner<br /> James Wood, typewriter collector<br /> aka u/Wooden_Underpants on Reddit aka elwoody.typewriters on Instagram

match via<br /> - https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wbs1wq/day_in_the_life/ - https://www.instagram.com/p/DdEvO6Aol-j/?hl=en

https://www.patreon.com/GoIntoTheStory/posts/download-spec-168834157<br /> Spec Script Deals: 1991-2025

added to Zotero 2026-09-11

via u/Anxious_Increase_219 at https://old.reddit.com/r/CookbookLovers/comments/1wc9gyb/spice_blend_book/

They also recommend:

Also about spices and cooking with spices:

• Culinary Herbs and Spices by Ben-Erik von Wyk [2013]

• Beginner's Guide to Cooking with Spices by Joseph Veebe [2019]

• Herb & Spice Companion - The Complete Guide to Over 100 Herbs & Spices by Lindsey Herman [2015]

• Herbs & Spices, The Cooks' Reference by Jill Norman [2015]

• Spice - Understand the Science of Spice Create Exciting New Blends and Revolutionize by Dr Stuart Farrimond [2018]

• The Encyclopedia of Herbs, Spices, & Flavorings by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz [1992]

Jeff Lowell Dead: 'John Tucker Must Die' Writer & 'The Crew' Creator<br /> by [[Nellie Andreeva]]<br /> accessed on 2026-09-11T09:06:23

via rememberances at https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/1wc86n8/rip_jeff_lowell/

Locked in a Basement<br /> song and lyrics by Heernt, Neal Persiani, Mark Guiliana<br /> accessed on 2026-09-11T09:03:32

Opinion: Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened<br /> by [[Radley Balko]] in The New York Times Opinion<br /> accessed on 2026-09-10T11:38:03

Arrests Made in Maple Syrup Theft From Quebec Warehouse<br /> by [[Ian Austen]] for The New York Times<br /> accessed on 2026-09-10T10:55:27

Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist<br /> Wikipedia<br /> accessed on 2026-09-10T10:54:41

The 7 Best Pens of 2026<br /> by [[Melanie Pinola]] for New York Times Reviews by Wirecutter<br /> accessed on 2026-09-10T10:49:16

The 5 Best Maple Syrups You Can Find at the Grocery Store in 2026<br /> by [[Michael Sullivan]] for New York Times | Reviews by Wirecutter accessed on 2026-09-10T10:45:52

Lorraine Hansberry and one BIG typewriter!<br /> by [[Robert Messenger]] oz.Typewriter <br /> accessed on 2026-09-09T19:45:55

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7402637/files

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wbn7x7/chrome_1967_ibm_selectric_72/

Apparently the IBM Selectrics through III were cast zinc, so they can be stripped and chromed.

James Wood, typewriter collector<br /> aka u/Wooden_Underpants<br /> https://www.youtube.com/@Woodys-corner<br /> match via https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wbs1wq/day_in_the_life/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olavi_virta_levytukku.jpg<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavi_Virta

Based on the two-tone hood/body, the hood hole, the return arm, the screw locations in the back and what appear to be Magic Margins, Olavi Virta appears to be using a 1948/49 Henry Dreyfuss designed Royal Quiet De Luxe (or similar trim line).

See also: https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1waweej/what_typewriter_is_olavi_virta_using_in_this_photo/

https://typewriterdatabase.com/show.27283.typewriter

Royal Quiet De Luxe with blank plastic keytops

reply to u/InIt2WihnIt at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1wba3iq/first_typewriterribbon_right/

Kudos!

Here's your manual: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/SCMClassic12.pdf

Try to put your paper straight down from the start and place it flush with the adjustable paper guide as you roll it in with the platen knob. If it's still crooked, use the paper release lever to remove tension on the platen and rollers and then re-align it using either the line indicator, the paper bail, or the paper table. Then roll the paper back to where you need it to be to start writing.

See also: https://boffosocko.com/2025/08/17/the-uses-and-subtleties-of-the-line-indicator-on-a-typewriter/

https://auctions.posterauctions.com/lots/view/1-84GUYO/remington-1910

Original Leonetto Cappiello Remington poster sold for $31,250 on 2023-11-12

https://postercorner.com/posters/cappiello

https://www.grenierdave.com/blog/going-analog

Building a community—The Start of the ‘Tappa Tappa’ Typewriter Meetup<br /> by [[Dave Grenier]]<br /> accessed on 2026-09-08T10:58:03

"There really wasn’t much typing getting done."

Ha!

https://www.worldhistoryandmythology.com/products/world-history-timeline

Typewriter on a library card catalog table:

<br /> —via Suzanne Summers LaPierre, librarian at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10235010364136282&set=p.10235010364136282&type=3

Possibly inspired by the preface to the novel Penguin Island (L’Île des Pingouins. Calmann-Lévy, 1908) by Nobel prize laureate Anatole France, in which a scholar is drowned by an avalanche of index cards which formed a gigantic whirlpool streaming out of his card index (Zettelkasten)!? (See: https://boffosocko.com/2022/10/24/death-by-zettelkasten/)

reply to u/grenierdave at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1w86wy5/first_typewriter/

I like this Sewing Parts oil because it's got a nice, long "zoom spout" for dispensing a drop at a time. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BV4G9R1Sypers.html

I also sometimes use Rem Oil in a spray can, but that can be overly aggressive, so I follow it up with my air compressor at 75-90psi to blow off the excess.

Using a toothpick, screwdriver with a long shank and flat blade, or a long q-tip saturated in oil, and doing a "drop" at a time on moving parts is an old-school trick as well. A 4 oz bottle of oil should last you nearly forever.

Another trick some will use is to do a 10:1 mixture of mineral spirits to oil on their last treatment of a machine. The mineral spirits will flash off fairly quickly and leave an incredibly thin coat of oil on all the parts that need it (with exception to the segment.)

A drop of oil on your carriage rails every couple of weeks is also useful for ongoing maintenance.

See also:<br /> - https://boffosocko.com/2024/08/09/on-colloquial-advice-for-degreasing-cleaning-and-oiling-manual-typewriters/ - https://boffosocko.com/2025/06/06/typewriter-use-and-maintenance-for-beginning-to-intermediate-typists/

reply to James Grooms at https://typewriterdatabase.com/show.21794.typewriter

Notes on differentiating the Underwood SS/Rhythm Touch, SX-50, SX-100, and SX-150

How was it that you identified your model here as an SX-50? Are there ads/photos/manuals for an SX-50?

The SX-100 ads you show seem to have a similar 5 stripes of chrome on the side which is similar to the previous SS/Rhythm Touch Models, but this chrome detailing seems to be missing from your SX-50 as well as the SX-150 advertisement.

Your SX-50 exemplar and the SX-150 advertisements also seem to have/show vertical touch adjustment and ribbon selector switches while the SS/Rhythm Touch and the ad for the SX-100 have horizontal sliders for the touch adjustment and a vertical ribbon selector.

The main page of the database mentions an SX-50 and an SX-150 in July of 1953, but doesn't have a corresponding mention of an SX-100. It reads: "Oct. 1953: Model SX 150, SX 50 started (7500000)"

Polt's site has an explicit manual for the SX-150 which may help to differentiate on both form and functionality: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/Underwood150.pdf though there are no corresponding manuals for a 50 or a 100.

This Tumbr identifies Sean Connery's machine in Finding Forrester as an SX-100: https://www.tumblr.com/typewriterspotting/16181699692/spotted-in-finding-forrester-2000-forrester-and <br /> Here's an extended clip from the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juko0sAndsA <br /> and some still photos of it from Robert Messenger's site: https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/search?q=finding+forrester <br /> Given the appearance in the film, it might actually be an SS/Rhythm Touch, but it's difficult to distinguish this as well without a clear view of the front.

The database still seems to have empty landing pages for the:<br /> - SX-50: https://typewriterdatabase.com/Underwood.SX-50.4.bmys <br /> - SX-50 11\": https://typewriterdatabase.com/Underwood.SX-50+11%22.4.bmys - SX-100: https://typewriterdatabase.com/Underwood.SX-100.4.bmys <br /> - SX-150: https://typewriterdatabase.com/Underwood.SX-150.4.bmys <br /> Presumably they existed previously, but without clear delineations of features/changes over time and were concatenated into the SX page?

Additionally, I'm noticing that some of the SX exemplars at the bottom of the page at https://typewriterdatabase.com/Underwood.SX.4.bmys are really badged as Underwood Golden Touches!

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1w94ytj/i_recently_got_this_beautiful_1964_olympia_sm9/<br /> via u/costeleo

Matching typewriter purchases identify u/Proud_Illustrator266 with Kathy Tetlak

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1w7b12q/thrift_store_find/<br /> https://www.facebook.com/groups/705152958470148/posts/1363217359330368/

Russellville native finds niche in typewriter repair business |<br /> by [[Jack Dobbs]] for Bowling Green Daily News<br /> accessed on 2026-09-04T08:59:30

https://www.instagram.com/barrenrivertypewriter

Royal Royalite/Parade/Signet Full Tear Down for Service Walkthrough Tutorial<br /> by [[Hot Rod Typewriter]]<br /> accessed on 2026-09-03T21:56:07

via u/Wooden_Underpants at https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1w69ulq/comment/p7n66y2/?context=1&screen_view_count=1&ext-referrer=DIRECT

—via Bergens Tidende

Department of the Army. 1955. TM 10 601 Dept of the Army Technical Manual: Underwood Typewriter Maintenance and Repair. http://archive.org/details/TM10601.

https://archive.org/details/TM10601/page/n65/mode/2up

https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1vzh07g/are_there_any_appropriate_places_to_bring_a/

reply to u/240snusit at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1w55sxd/dream_machine_aquired_1959_olympia_sg1_with_two/p7ciyaz/

I'll never understand how people love their typewriters so much, but refuse to take care of them. It's like driving around a nice Ferrari, but with bald tires.

Go ahead and spend the money to recover your brick hard platen and then get a proper ring and cylinder adjustment. It'll keep your machine from punching holes in your paper, your ribbon will last a lot longer, and your machine will love you for it.

https://sites.google.com/site/downeyprinterrepair/<br /> Cameron Skill <br /> I have 42 years experience as a typewriter technician.(as of August 2026).

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