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- Lucas Dul
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Re: The American Gallery
a 1923 Corona 3 shot on Tmax400
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- Pete E.
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Re: The American Gallery
Out of 34 machines, my USA-made ones are a minority with only 6 of them in our home :
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- Pete E.
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Added another USA-made machine to my collection.
1958 Tower President (made by Smith-Corona for Sears).
It is hard to believe this machine is 64 years old, today.
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- Pete E.
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A new-to-me 1960 Royal FP-E along side my 1959 Royal Futura 800.
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- Pete E.
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And more recently with a bit of a colour change...
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- mikeytap
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Re: The American Gallery
Pete that big boy looks great.
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- Pete E.
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My 1959 S-C Model 5TE portable electric.
On my work bench for a couple of weeks to sort out some issues, deep clean and light oiling, and a rehab of the case with dent/hole repairs and a new paint job. Space bar got a new color as well.
I love how decently fast and responsive this little electric is and am so happy that is still has a manual CR lever and other manual carriage functions. Best of both worlds, IMHO.
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- mikeytap
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Another nice case restoration. You are indeed the case master.
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- mikeytap
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Of course you know not to actually use the handle. 1/2 of those era cases I see have broken handles.
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- Pete E.
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Case work is very enjoyable & therapeutic and what I dreamed of during the last 10 years in some "cubicle farm" in my previous Corporate life.
I have 2 Olympia "banded" cases in the works right now.
With the S-C case, I was surprised to not see 2 metal pivot pins in the plastic where they rotate in the aluminum housing.
18.2 lbs of machine inside the case with all plastic handle hardware.
