1 - BangoDeschain
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Workbench Thread
Show us your workbench for the repairing or restoration of your typewriters or related office machinery! Did you DIY it? Any special touches? Let's take a deeper look into the areas some of us probably spend way to much time in!
Here is an apartment-friendly bench I built for my living room..
- treefaller
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Re: Workbench Thread
Nice vise for an apartment setup! With the addition of a 3 lb. hand sledge you'd be ready to fix just about any typewriter out there!
Bangin' around, this dirty old town, typin' for nickels and dimes...
- beak
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Re: Workbench Thread
I have nothing so splendid by way of a machines workbench; my spare desk is used as and when. But I think I have cracked the problem of small tool storage. Not being able to stand rummaging about for things, I have some held on a magnetic kitchen knife rack, and others in a lump of wood with holes drilled at 45 degrees. - not elegant, but it keeps things within instant reach; just stretch out an arm and you have it.
Sincerely,
beak.
- beak
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Oh - I should mention that some find the magnetic holder inconvenient since it tends to amgnetize the tools, but I find this helps hold on to small parts. On the subject of magnets, a magnetized parts trays are an incredible boon when stripping down; nothing steel (screws etc) can then be lost on the floor.
Sincerely,
beak.
- beak
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Jeez I miss the edit function! I seem to be having bouts of overly-creative spelling this week.
Sincerely,
beak.
- treefaller
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Re: Workbench Thread
Here is my workbench with my current project, the 1940 Underwood Noiseless undergoing open-heart surgery. 
Bangin' around, this dirty old town, typin' for nickels and dimes...
- tothetrail
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Re: Workbench Thread
Here's my current workbench:
- Repartee
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- Registered: 12-10-2015
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Re: Workbench Thread
treefaller wrote:
Here is my workbench with my current project, the 1940 Underwood Noiseless undergoing open-heart surgery.
What a happy coincidence! I just bought the same model year machine in the Remington livery and it needs some kind of surgery, but I am hoping just ambulatory. Perhaps you can post some details of your experiences in the Maintenance and Repair forum so others may learn.
I had really visited this thread to note there is no need of posting photos of my "workbench", such as it is, as I have been shamelessly posting photos of new acquisitions with that backdrop without efforts at set dressing. It's not pretty.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
- Repartee
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Jeez I miss the edit function! I seem to be having bouts of overly-creative spelling this week.
If you had not posted that I would have thought that "amgnetize" was a technical term I was not familiar with, and made a mental note to look it up.
"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells, Captain Drayton".
- TypewriterGuy
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Re: Workbench Thread
Heres mine... Notice the silly putty for cleaning type slugs towards the side...
And of course, that's taken on the second day.. Now its a lot more messy.
Back from a long break.
Starting fresh with my favorite typer. A Royal Futura!
