Sunday, 29 August 2021
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Ah, I've gotten typewriters like that, and sadly they become parts machines except for one H3k Script that I've kept for when ever I get back to it. It was horrible the way the type bars and most steel was rusted. It typed! The covers quite nice. I gave it an Evap O Rust soak and the rust is gone, so is the typing action. Worked great on the bench but will not work in the covers.
ReplyDeleteI do hope your lock down and poorly maintained typewriters improves. Much more importantly I hope your wife's health improves.
Well now... Having somehow stumbled on this site, how pleasantly surprised I was to find two of my joys in one package! Typewriters and good stories about them. Having given up repairing them some years ago, I found myself being thrust back into the maelstrom when both the local repair shops closed and all my tools (and theirs as well) where returned to me. I grudgingly began working on them again and realized it was like returning to my hometown and spending time with trusted old friends. When people discover I still repair them they treat me like they've found a unicorn!
ReplyDeleteYes! We are unicorns being sought by those who will never touch a computer keyboard. At our age it is great to feel wanted and actually needed by so wonderful a generation. Not a cranky one in the lot! Though some may disagree.
Well now... Having somehow stumbled on this site, how pleasantly surprised I was to find two of my joys in one package! Typewriters and good stories about them. Having given up repairing them some years ago, I found myself being thrust back into the maelstrom when both the local repair shops closed and all my tools (and theirs as well) where returned to me. I grudgingly began working on them again and realized it was like returning to my hometown and spending time with trusted old friends. When people discover I still repair them they treat me like they've found a unicorn!
ReplyDeleteYes! We are unicorns being sought by those who will never touch a computer keyboard. At our age it is great to feel wanted and actually needed by so wonderful a generation. Not a cranky one in the lot! Though some may disagree.