thetypewriterman wrote:

For what it is worth, my advice is - DON'T !  I've been in the typewriter trade for 38 years, and at one time worked in a small business that sold commercial stationery too.  Some of our customers had metal date or numbering stamps - the sort with rotating metal wheels.  For these, we used to recommend METAL STAMP INK, because standard rubber stamp ink (also called endorsing ink) would corrode the metal wheels when left in contact with the felt pad carrying the ink.  So using ink for rubber stamp pads may well damage your typewriter beyond use - perhaps a beloved machine that has survived for sixty years until dosed up with corroding ink by a well-meaning owner !  If you must re-ink ribbons, perhaps to obtain a colour that is not commercially available, try to obtain metal stamp ink.  It is far less likely to damage your machine !  Lecture over !

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but is it right if I say that any sort of ink pad that you can purchase at a craft store is designed for rubber stamps only, and thus should be the kind we should avoid?

If I recall correctly, metal stamp ink is something that's pretty hard to find in retail stores and is usually has to be specially ordered, since most metal stamps are used in an industrial setting (for numbering machines and such).
 

I'm kind of looking for a "dry" option, easy and quick, just to tidy up after writing something.

I've also been trying to figure out how to do this on the cheap. 

I think I had a last-resort epiphany last night, if I can't figure out how to use acrylic and need to end up using glass. 

Thrift stores always have huge ugly framed pictures for pretty cheap (less than $1 if you go on sale days). I figure that I can just buy five huge super ugly picture frames and then take out the glass fronts in the frames and use them to make a display case. 

I think this would work better for someone who isn't planning on taking off the cover very often, since the glass will probably be heavy and more prone to accidents? I'm still on the hunt for a cheap acrylic supply, since I'll probably want to be taking off the cover every other day or so...

Long shot, I know, but I thought I'd put it out there. 

Desperately seeking a typewriter with Vogue typeface. I don't care what color it is. This is the last typewriter I need to complete my fleet! Please please please contact me if you have one that you're looking to sell, or maybe have a lead?

I can't seem to figure out how to remove the platen on my Remington Portable #3. I have a Remington Model 1 that I know how to take the platen off, but following the same protocol, I can't get it off of the #3.

I'm stumped!