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Saturday, 28 April 2012

The Silver Smith-Corona Super-Silent Portable Typewriter

What I've been doing all afternoon instead of answering emails and responding to comments. Not sure which is the more rewarding ...

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11 comments:

  1. maschinengeschrieben28 April 2012 at 19:06

    Fantastic!

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  2. Bill M28 April 2012 at 20:07

    Very nice.

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  3. Richard P28 April 2012 at 22:14

    Gorgeous!

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  4. tr0x29 April 2012 at 00:11

    well done, I like the metallic look!

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  5. Ryan Adney29 April 2012 at 00:21

    I love it! Nice job!

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  6. Dwayne F.29 April 2012 at 00:51

    So awesome!

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  7. - a typebarhead29 April 2012 at 01:21

    I know the feeling. I've been busy over the last two weekends restoring and customizing a skyriter. Hopefully will finish this weekend and post. But ran into issues with painting over the crinkle and thought maybe I should've stripped it down first and wondered how it would look. Now I know and I think it looks good!

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  8. Miguel Chávez29 April 2012 at 02:39

    Very nice machine, indeed! I've been thinking on repainting one of my machines, maybe I'll get myself to do it one of these days.

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  9. Scott K29 April 2012 at 09:33

    Interesting Rob! Have you just sanded it? Or have you also protected it with a clear-coat? Id imagine that it is made from high corroding mild steel.

    My Royal FP Project is coming to completion. Maybe we need a custom typewriter blog to cover things like your projects, Richards torpedo, Typebarhead's Skyriter.

    - BTW Typebarhead, you can remove most of the crinkle finish with a hard scrubbing with steel wool. This would be preferable as it leaves a finish which would be suitably roughed up to bond well with paint.

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  10. Thumper4 May 2012 at 11:19

    I saw a car done up like this once. It was sitting outside a bodyshop. It was a 68 Dodge Dart with a supercharged hemi poking out of the hood. I assume it had a clearcot, because even during the hottest summer days here in Missouri the humidity will rust up sheet metal in a couple of days.

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  11. Unknown20 November 2013 at 07:04

    Anyone know how he protected it yet? Clearcoat? Wax? Gun lubricant?

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