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| Electric Typewriters » new to the forum » 31-7-2013 20:32:30 |
- brian
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pm'd, and thank you for the wrench info!
| Electric Typewriters » new to the forum » 31-7-2013 05:21:02 |
- brian
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thank you very much. 2800 is alot of parts. can you tell me the name of the special tool used to work on these? it looks like a star but none of the sizes i have fit. if you ever need anything let me know. i've taken apart 5, so 2800x5=boxes full of parts.
| Electric Typewriters » new to the forum » 28-7-2013 16:17:15 |
- brian
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all the IBM selectrics i take apart have all been stripped of the most commonly needed parts. i didn't want to piss anyone off. i just thought you all would appreciate the fact that i was reusing something that was otherwise going to become paper clips. i bring typewriters with me to every show for suggestions, and the amount of people that stop to type on them is high. if anything i'm raising awarness for the awesomness of the typewriter. i would be happy to pick a couple IBMs up for anyone that wants one. they cost me ten bucks.
| Electric Typewriters » new to the forum » 28-7-2013 09:08:28 |
- brian
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only non-functioning typwriters are taken apart, and it's a good enough reason for me. he was going to take them to the scrap yard.
| Electric Typewriters » new to the forum » 28-7-2013 07:34:43 |
- brian
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and thanks for the compliment! it's kind of an obsession. it isn't fun taking them apart, but reconstruction is tons of fun.
| Electric Typewriters » new to the forum » 28-7-2013 07:32:34 |
- brian
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i didn't take apart the underwood. the only ones i take apart are the IBM. there is a typewriter repair shop locally that sells them to me for $10 each. the underwood was to cool to destroy. they don't really have alot of parts in them. there are thousands in the IBM. the guy i get them from has a warehouse full of broken machines.
| Electric Typewriters » new to the forum » 28-7-2013 06:19:41 |
- brian
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Hi all,
I've just recently started collecting manual typewriters. I have four in my collection so far. I don't really know the value of any of them, but I love finding such a cool machine at a yard sale for two dollars. I've been buying non-functioning IBM selectrics for a few years now, and taking them apart. i reassemble the pieces into sculpture. The amount of engineering that must have went into making these is unbelievable. it takes me a good 6 hours to fully deconstruct one. hopefully this isn't against typist code, but like i said they weren't working anyway. This is my most recent piece.
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