tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post6982840923424023175..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Merz TypewriterRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-81529722434844805532013-06-07T07:43:00.987+10:002013-06-07T07:43:00.987+10:00I've long found the Merz interesting. I get th...I've long found the Merz interesting. I get the impression that it was designed by obsessive techies. The mechanisms seem robustly engineered, and the symmetry is amazing -- even though it's misleading, because identical-looking levers on left and right may do different things.<br /><br />The Merz from my former collection (now in Gabe Burbano's collection) which you have marked as a Model 1 is actually a Universal, made after the Model 2.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-47891379568320527512013-06-05T01:07:31.279+10:002013-06-05T01:07:31.279+10:00There is nothing like having a new machine to didd...There is nothing like having a new machine to diddle with for a few hours to distract the mind. I know the feeling; just walking past my little workshop (on my laundry duty travels) gives me a happiness boost, and when I have a "new" typewriter to unpack, oh the joy as I stick some paper in, poke around in its innards, freeing this and tightening that and hours drift happily by.<br /><br />Thanks for enlivening my morning with your post; that was an interesting bit where Shauss goes on about the problem solving that goes into designing a portable.TonysVisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035849049327300498noreply@blogger.com