Oh no, that's terrible news! He should just start up a new blog with a different email address.

I am looking into getting a Hermes Rocket. Two of them are interesting to me, a 1959 and a 1964. I've been reading up on them, and they seem pretty similar. I was just wondering what all of you thought about the two models? Does one type better than the other? What about the aesthetics? Any recommendations for me?

Thank you!

Thanks for the help, everyone.

I cleaned up the platen again. The weird three side problem is now gone, and I am left with a single consistent problem.

When I type and get to the middle of the platen, the carriage will skip 3-4 places, and then return to normal.

Any suggestions? Thanks again!

I've got another head-scratcher question for everybody.

I've got my Underwood Champion portable all put together, but there is an issue with the carriage advancement. Please note, this was an issue before I ever took any parts out.

So, the platen is a cylinder and doesn't have sides, per se, but let's pretend it has three sides on its curvature, each taking up an equal part of the cylinder: Sides A, B, and C.

When Side A is facing me, the carriage advances with no problem whatsoever. When Side B is facing me, the carriage will advance to exactly the halfway point and then stop. When Side C is facing me, the carriage will not advance at all. In fact, when Side C is facing me, if you manually push the carriage to the right and let go, it will forcefully slide all the way back to the left. It's like something isn't catching.

If I manually rotate the platen back from Side C to Side A, it will go back to working perfectly again.

Any ideas?

Thank you very much in advance for any ideas/input.

I agree with the others. Separate auctions would make you more successful.