Typewriters ahoy!

• February 28th, 2005 • • supplies •

06:42 pm - Typewriters ahoy!

I turned 25 recently, and was presented with a wonderful gift! It’s a circa 1930 Smith-Corona typewriter. It perfectly matches a model that was my great-grandmother’s that is script. I couldn’t be more pleased! No more worrying about electricity when create typewriter-based prints!

The machine was in perfect working order, except for a line that was broken on the advance wheel/spring. However, being the jeeniyus I am, I fixed it! The original line that was wrapped around the wheel appeared to be an old wax string. I used some of my bookmaking thread to replace the old string; hopefully it will stay. The wheel was actually filled with a spring, so it made it difficult to thread the string into the wheel. If it comes loose, it will be easy enough to replace, but I hope my knots will do the job and stay put.

While looking up information on my old typewriter, I stumbled upon this typewriter-keybaord conversion. Can you say awesome! The guy did it in a rather elegant manner as well; the machine is still in it’s original box. My only problem would be trying to look where the paper should be rather than the computer screen.

My Typewriter.com has a page with a model comparable to the two I own. . .for three-hundred smackers! (That’s restored to factory condition with a repro instruction booklet, of course.) Yowzah!

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