The Coronas never appealed to me as much as the other portables, but that's a beautiful machine. 

Remington Portable No.1 / 1922 model.
 
Very pleased as it seems to be a very nice machine in use; light and fast action, pleasant 11pt typeface, very like another early Remington Portable that I have.  Shall probably clean up and pass on, though, and look for another from my wish list instead.  It is very cute though, and surprisingly nice to use.

Typeface added to the appropriate thread.

Last edited by beak (14-5-2013 03:01:58)

I bought a rusty old 1904 Remington No.6 at the flea market Sunday for $20.  I needed a shoulder screw and the small coiled spring at the pivot point of the line advance lever (carriage return).  Considering that the typewriter (parts) were right there I felt ok about buying a junker.  I also needed the paper shelf but it had poor paint.

I found out later that night that I made a very good buy because I soon became aware that it was a machine that I was not hesitant to work on and to try to see how things worked.  Many of the typebars were very stiff so some drops of Liquid Wrench got them moving, all but the "O" which had it's wooden lever under the tyepwriter disengaged from the rear where it fits over a part of the frame.  

I figured out how to locate it properly then turned my attention to another letter which was not operating.  The rod that hooks to the typebar pivot had come loose and I was quickly able to see how it went back together.

So, a junker for not too much money ($20 but still a hunk of change for a "useless" typewriter) was, for me, a very good deal.  And I can work on it some more and will have to to get that pesky shoulder screw loose.

The carrage was not moving either when I got it.  Rusted in place but soon I got that moving pretty well.   When I say junker it's not too bad to restore but I doubt that anyone would ever take on the task on a relatively common machine.  I have three others; 1894 and two 1907s.

Two other new typewriters:  A very nice working Smith Premier No.10 and a clean Underwood No.5 (1923 I think) with a unique metal and felt soundproof box that the typewriter sits into.  You may have seen it on ebay in March.

beak wrote:

Remington Portable No.1 / 1922 model.
 
Very pleased as it seems to be a very nice machine in use; light and fast action, pleasant 11pt typeface, very like another early Remington Portable that I have.  Shall probably clean up and pass on, though, and look for another from my wish list instead.  It is very cute though, and surprisingly nice to use.

I picked up one of these Remington's recently on eBay. It cost £5 (not including postage). When it arrived I found it was completely siezed up. Turned out that the rollers were flattened and hard, and one end of the platen was rubbing against the carriage (probably not a problem when the rubber was softer). Anyway, I replaced all the rollers with lengths of hose and trimed back the platen so there was no contact, and now it works very well (though two of the rollers grip a little too tight - I'll have to see about that).

I too was surprised by the pleasant typing action. Very responsive. The keys seem to fly at the paper.
 

Nice. But I prefer the more angular look of the Lettera 25. Seems a good typer though.