1 | Portable Typewriters » Soundproofing my typewriter » 01-8-2019 10:03:23 |
- beak
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Depends on the design of the machine, but it should help control the high frequency 'clck-clack'. A thick (10mm +) felt pad under the entire machine will work wonders too. Choose the thickest felt you can fit to the inside of the panels - thin pieces will do very little. Good luck.
| Portable Typewriters » Groma Kolibri vs Olympia SM9 vs Olivetti Lettera 32 » 21-7-2019 06:52:06 |
- beak
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SM9 over any of the others, easily. I have four of them (to suit different languages) and they all stand out as the best machines in terms of performance and convenience that I have ever used.
The SM9 is even now an underrated machine on forums such as this because it is nothing to look at, but it has been the premier machine for protracted, serious work by professional writers since it was introduced, assuming they don't want the size and weight of an Olympia standard such as the SG1.
The 'plain Jane' appearance of the SM9 will, in fact, help you write! - no distractions.
No one I know who ever bought an SM9 in good order ever regretted it. Good luck.
| Standard Typewriters » SG Owners Club » 10-5-2019 08:11:35 |
- beak
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Oh very nice. You will of course be able to sell these!
| Electric Typewriters » Keep Warm with a Thermal » 10-5-2019 08:09:53 |
- beak
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Oh yes - UWE: rolls of paper can be very handy in a typewriter, particularly if it is equipped with a tear-off bar such as a teleprinter has. Endless amounts of short (or indeed any length) messages can be typed, torn of, and forwarded.
Have seen such used in communications shore bases, the roll being fed to the TW from a holder placed on the desk behind it.
| Electric Typewriters » Keep Warm with a Thermal » 10-5-2019 08:06:17 |
- beak
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Never seen one. Never even heard of them! But an interesting idea. My big question would be; does the typing fade to illegible as did the faxes themselves?
| Type Talk » Possible Acquistions Thread » 01-5-2019 08:02:53 |
- beak
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No idea what this is - but nothing to do with the Royal (or any other) Navy, IMO. There is no point in adding the ICoS etc. to a typewriter, since it is used for typing, not signalling. I guess it's just a fantasy creation just for the novelty of it. Seems well done though!
| Maintenance & Repairs » Olympia SM4 squeaky grinding carriage (not squished washers) » 24-4-2019 10:42:56 |
- beak
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I don't have the answer, but the first thing I might do is to bend the carriage lock into its correct position - if out of shape, who knows what it may be fouling when the carriage moves.
This 'lock' is only intended to prevent carriage movement when carrying the machine from desk to desk, but unfortunately many people put it on when posting the machine, and, almost inevitably, it is bent or broken in transit.
| Type Talk » New Member Thread » 09-12-2018 05:06:11 |
- beak
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thetypewriterman wrote:Welcome to the forum Evan (tinkeringtypist) ! Your Imperial GC has a cork platen ............. but the cork platen is excellent and will have retained its elasticity after all these years. A rubber platen would have gone rock-hard by now of course.
Craft shops have supplies of very thin cork sheet. I was wondering if these would be a good temporary 'fix' for a petrified platen? Any experience?
| Type Talk » New Member Thread » 09-12-2018 05:03:25 |
- beak
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CoronaGirl wrote:beak wrote:
- would love to know more about why you wanted to unplug.
Well, there's a few physical things. ............
Yup - you hit the nail right on the bonce there. Computers encourage you to re-edit endlessly, whereas TWs push you to retype and so rethink. That is why so many creative and scientific writers still use them. My method is crash it all out triple-spaced, and then sit with a pen and read and correct, perhaps massively. Then retype. That's usually all it takes for me to get the thoughts down coherently.
I too love the total absence of distraction and of any form of pressure. The TW just sits there silently, all day if necessary, but the computer goads you to fiddle with it, even if just to keep it charged.
I think you made a good choice.
| Standard Typewriters » SG Owners Club » 09-12-2018 04:56:44 |
- beak
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+ PaulH
That's a very nice job - congratulations.
