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| Type Talk » New Member Thread » 12-1-2023 15:20:16 |
- ravvale1
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fountainpensplus wrote:The first manual machine I roll over to my desk is also a standard; Olympia SG1. Thankfully I managed to find three great, rolling metal typing tables. At just under 40 pounds there is nothing 'portable' about it. The solid mass of the standards makes them the best to type on in my opinion.
GeorgeJust to add: yeah, while I love my portables, especially the Hermes 2000 and my recent acquisition of a Underwood 319 (basically Olivetti Leterra 32 with a plastic shell), there is nothing like the standards for getting hours of work done more easily for me.
I have a few older Underwood Standards I got either cheap or free, and hope to restore to use. The most likely candidate is the 150, which just seems like it needs cleaning, possibly a slight lubrication (not WD 40!), and possibly that’s it. That was $10. And other patient I hope will play again is an Olympia SG3; I got for about $25 from a ShopGoodwill auction. It already had a few problems, and I made it worse, by accidentally breaking the bolt that holds the carriage return lever in place. Hoping that I can get that one working also.
| Type Talk » New Member Thread » 12-1-2023 15:11:33 |
- ravvale1
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Hey George. Totally agree with everything you said. While I don’t yet have an arthritic challenge with writing with a pen, I have always had both a legibility problem and at least discomfort, if not pain writing that way. The computer was a kind of liberation, in that now, I could write, communicate and get through 10 years of rabbinical seminary, and years as a chaplain in the USAF.
But it still felt like a lacuna to me. It wasn’t me physically writing. And when I did, even I can’t read it sometimes. Never have that problem with a typewriter, no matter how many typos. As the title of a book about the beatniks says “The Typewriter Is Holy”! Amen!
| Type Talk » New Member Thread » 12-1-2023 12:55:50 |
- ravvale1
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Hi there. My name is Steve. I started this obsession/passion with a Hermes 2000 back in 2019, which I bought on eBay from a writing teacher by the name of Dean, who had written an essay on his eBay sellers page, explaining that while the computer and its great software might be the best *word* processing tool, the typewriter is the best *thought processing* tool.
I was struck by that idea, bought that machine (partially wanted a typewriter to write Quintin Tarantino a thank you letter for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and felt a typewriter was the best way to do that), and found that a) it’s true. And b) I have fallen in love with the typewriter as my best bet to write everyday.
So, in short; while I do have a small collection now (my current favorite and my main everyday writing tool being my Underwood TouchMaster Five aka “The Tank”), my main interest is using these brilliant machines for writing.
Great and grateful to be here.
Thank you for adding me.
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