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Parts » WTB: Remington Standard No 2 Carriage Release lever » 20-3-2023 23:20:27

Matt129
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Hello I’m looking for a Remington Standard No 2 Carriage Release lever and the related brackets and bits to hold it on, if you have these parts and are willing to sell them please let me know, thanks.

Early Typewriters » How rare is the Remington Standard No. 2? » 18-3-2023 14:10:38

Matt129
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How rare is a Remington Standard No. 2? I just picked up a rather rough, albeit complete example on eBay very cheaply to restore. I can’t find too much out about them online aside from the historical aspect of it being the first typewriter with a shift key etc.

Early Typewriters » Need help with Fox 3 » 17-3-2023 18:19:40

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Cuentos wrote:

Now that I have my motor gear catch, I need to work now on the carriage. There are no balls under mine and I think a few bits are missing. I would be very happy if somebody had a blind Fox I could reference.

If you ever end up having any spare parts from that machine or if you part it out, I need a return lever for my Fox 3. I’m trying to restore it as carefully as possible since I think I might have the oldest known Fox 3, but I haven’t been able to confirm that since the serial number isn’t in the normal place. E here is the serial number on your machine? And if you end up having a spare return lever let me know lol, thanks.

Early Typewriters » Odd bell placement on a Fox No.3 » 17-3-2023 18:15:39

Matt129
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robmck wrote:

Side note: Since you've got some early machines, are you aware of this: ETCetera Online - The Early Typewriter Collectors' Association (etconline.org)? A few issues back, Tony Casillo wrote about starting up a monthly-ish virtual meeting of early typewriter collectors. I've never joined in, so I'm not sure if it's still going on.

I’ll have to look into that! Sounds interesting.

Early Typewriters » Odd bell placement on a Fox No.3 » 12-3-2023 02:19:50

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Matt129 wrote:

My fox model 3 (I incorrectly called it a 4 in a different post) has a rather odd bell placement. Unlike literally every Fox I’ve found online, the bell is mounted on the front underneath the lever for the ribbon control??? This is very odd from what I can tell. I can’t find another Fox with the bell mounted in this spot, is always in the back. Is this normal???

I’ve done some digging, and it would seem that since they moved the bell placement to the back in 1902 according to old advertisements, and since the model 3 wasn’t manufactured until 1901, it is a super early 1901 Fox 3. Probably one of the first 1000 ever made if not 100, I’ll nail down exactly which one at some point but I need to do some more digging lol. It is so early in fact, that it bears more similarities to the Fox model 2 than the 3 in its design and feature set. Does being this early of a machine make it much more valuable than a typical No. 3 Fox? I mean this version must be rare, I can’t find a single picture of an actual machine online, and spare for a few advertisements from the time of production there is no record it even existed. Heck, this machine is older than The Fox No. 3 the Smithsonian has 🤣

Early Typewriters » Odd bell placement on a Fox No.3 » 11-3-2023 21:20:34

Matt129
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My fox model 3 (I incorrectly called it a 4 in a different post) has a rather odd bell placement. Unlike literally every Fox I’ve found online, the bell is mounted on the front underneath the lever for the ribbon control??? This is very odd from what I can tell. I can’t find another Fox with the bell mounted in this spot, is always in the back. Is this normal???

Early Typewriters » How rare is a Fox No.4 Upstrike? » 11-3-2023 19:22:09

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Uwe wrote:

It's a different type of collector than myself who buys those machines. I'm not at all interested in early machines, but that's because I prefer the more practical, mid-century models. On the flip side, there's a guy in my area who only buys the early and perceived-to-be-rare models. I think he predominantly displays his typewriters behind glass whereas I prefer to use what I buy. Suum cuique...

Don’t get me wrong, when I get this typewriter going, I don’t care how old it is, I’m going to use it lol. My current “daily driver” typewriter is a 1914 L.C. Smith model 5 I bought from a thrift shop and fixed up, and I love it. I only hope I’ll be able to get used to the upstrike action and not being able to see what I type, and in the case of my Smith Premier No. 4, it having separate keyboards for upper and lower case letters 🤣

Early Typewriters » How rare is a Fox No.4 Upstrike? » 11-3-2023 16:39:31

Matt129
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Uwe wrote:

One just sold on eBay for $150 USD, and there was only one bid. 

Dang. I wish I could have grabbed that one lol.

Parts » WTB: Smith Premier No.4 carriage position indicator » 11-3-2023 04:03:42

Matt129
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Hello everyone, I recently purchased a fixer upper Smith Premier No. 4, but it’s missing the little pointer that went on the front and showed the position of the carriage. I’m interested if anyone has this part, shoot me a message if you do. Thank you.

Early Typewriters » Smith Premier #4 Restoration Progress » 11-3-2023 02:14:19

Matt129
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I know this thread is old, but I just picked up a fixer upper Smith Premier no. 4 off of eBay, and I was wondering if you ever got yours up and going? Also, I was wondering how rare these machines are in general?

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