- Pete E.
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That is really a lovely color-scheme !
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Mikeytap,
Ms. Leigh Whitaker on a FaceBook typewriter maint. group make the nameplates for several brands of machines.
On her F-B profile page, you can see samples of her work. She is in the USA in Ohio.
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I need one of those, I'm not a facebook regular but I'll see if I can find out how to buy.
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Mikeytap,
Ms. Leigh Whitaker on a FaceBook typewriter maint. group make the nameplates for several brands of machines.
On her F-B profile page, you can see samples of her work. She is in the USA in Ohio.
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Today's switch-up is to my 1959 Royal Futura 800 in the 2-tone grey colour scheme.
I liked this one so much, I decided to get the "cococa" coloured one, as well, some months later.
The Futura suits my typing style more than the earlier 1947 and 1957 Royal QDL's that I also own. It lets me type very fast.
I did develop a "hack" to bring the red/black ribbon colour selection feature to the outside, front of the machine. Easily reversible in the future to go back to its original state.
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Well done discreet hack for the color selector. Micro engineering!
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Remington day.
I like typing on this '49 "All New". Hard to describe the action but it's the opposite of jangly, though not stiff and unpleasant. It's like a nice piece of wood versus metallic. I have a '58 quiet-riter but it's not as soulful as this one. Both have a nice sheen finish instead of a pebbled surface. I have another that was broken in shipping, refunded and I'm keeping as a parts machine. I like the proprietary ribbon spools that look like motion picture reels. I'm sure you've all seen but here is an amusing '58 tv commercial for the Quiet-Riter: 
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Miketap,
Here is the mod I did on my other Futura using a spare lever off of Olivetti-Underwood 21 parts machine. I did not worry about bringing the "stencil" function to the exterior lever...as I never use that. A future owner of my Futuras can simply take my "modification" off the machine and it returns to normal.
On my grey coloured Futura, I use a spare lever from a 1947 Royal QDL parts machine that had. But the attachment is the same.
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Mikeytap,
Your 1949 Remington "All New" is a lovely machine.
I have had one on my wish list...the 1949's that had a row of white keys up on top and white platen knobs. Also in the smooth paint as your machine.
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1971 Penncrest Caravelle-12 is an SCM in a spiffy suit designed for Penny's department stores. It's all metal except for the chrome panel across the front. It's heavy. It mirrors car designs of the period: bright, angular and trimmed. It's a good typer and I can go pretty fast without pileups. I had to learn that 12 in the title means it has a wide carriage so I'll be avoiding 12s because my shelves are crowded. I bought a Caravelle 10 as well but the 12 is a better typer for some reason. Maybe the spring is wound tighter to drag that bigger carriage?
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Both lovely to look at. Nice you were able to get 2 with the same colour scheme.
Up today on my desk...1968 Olympia SM9.
This was a local buy from the 1 and only owner who bought it as a young girl in high school in 1968-69. She used it until she got an iPad and then it lived in the closet for several years.
She was only asking $ 40 USD with a solid case. I gave more as I did not want to feel guilty.
It is a great machine on which to type...but I like my SM7 a bit more. That one feels a bit more rugged and faster.
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