Sorry, double post. 

Last edited by Joker4Eva (20-3-2014 15:00:15)

Hi Uwe,
yup, do hope that those issues can be remedied. Have been trying to type sentences without using that particular "buggy" key as a way to test the typewriter out. Goes pretty well until I go round a corner, and "Oops!". 

Hello and welcome Simon...

Yes, that transition from manual machines to electric could be a startling one! I have a few Royal Quiet De Luxe models; it's a popular typer and I'm sure we can help you with any questions you might have. Do you know which year your machine was made? It's a model that spanned several decades and changed during that time.

Hi guys, I'm a pen and ink horror illustrator. I work in the horror presses and have decided to collect some of the classic typewriters used by the horror greats, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, etc...

I'm going to end up keeping at least one, a LC Smith Secretarial, but these are mainly for my horror writer friends and publishers.

Hey there!!

I'm a 16 year old student from Sydney, Australia.  I am very fresh to the whole typewriting scene, in fact I knew nothing of it last monday!  It just so happened that there was a typewriter in the drama room at school, it's been there forever and I have been aware of it's existence for quite a few years, but always assumed it was broken.  It just sat there, gathering layers of dust and being bashed around by students, and ultimately being unused.  When I showed interest in it the other day my teacher offered it to me, saying she would rather I took it away, cleaned it up and used it than have it sit abandonded in the drama room.  I've always been slightly interested in typewriters but never had any exposure to them.  Sometime between my teacher offerring it to me and thursday, I found myself googling everything to do with typewriters, and now come Saturday I have the gorgoues Olivetti Lettera 32 sitting in the next room, cleaned of years worth of carpet lint and hair from what must be at least 3 different species of animal.  It even had a ribbon in it, though the spools don't match, and I have typed my first page!

I'm very excited to use my new found writing companion as soon as I practice a bit more, work out some kinks with the margin functionality, and finish my currently neglected schoolwork.  Growing up with laptops, I'm so glad that I have been given the opportunity to experience the art, passion and joy of typewriters that a keyboard can't quite replicate.  I can't believe how affordable they are, and look forward to getting a few more once I finish school.  Writing out my poems on ribbon ink rather than ink cartridges is much more satisfying, and letters will be much more fun!

I'm so happy to have happened upon this forum, it is quite hard to find good resources on typewriters when you're new and don't know where to look.  I am very happy to make all of your aquaintance and grateful for the information and advice you give.

(^_^)