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| Correspondence from A Machine for the End of the World. Thanks Anna! |
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| Way better handwriting than my own... |
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| Very cool carriage and roller release levers. |
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| Plastic ribbon covers that are impractical, but make the design fluid and awesome. |
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| Cool gear mechanism for the typebars. |
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| I had to make my own spring for the carriage return lever. The spring I ordered is the large one, the broken original is on the left and the one I made buy cutting and reshaping the large on is on the right (sort of, that didn't fit either so I made yet another with a smaller angle but I had already taken this photo). |
Nice machine! I found one of its earlier predecessors recently (as noted on my blog). The levers and ribbon covers on this later model are very stylish.
ReplyDeleteGood work with the springs. I find it very satisfying to find or fashion a replacement spring that brings a typewriter back to life.
I saw that on your blog and it's stunning. I had already won mine on eBay when you posted yours. Hell of a craigslist find. Yours has the red scale which I am a huge fan of.
DeleteThat Remie 5 looks handsome.The typebars cover has an interesting skin, almost looks leather grain. Very nice close-ups too,
ReplyDeleteIt's that good old crinkle paint.
DeleteThanks, it's why I chose the point-and-shoot I did. It's an Olympus SP-510UZ and has a huge macro lens built in. I also collect coins so I needed it for that.
I have one just like that. It's a nice, eye-catching machine. Great for public typing.
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Ooooh, What a lovely machine! Love that close-up of the typebars/gear!
ReplyDeleteAlso, glad to see the correspondence found its way to you!
It was pretty exciting getting it. I might put yours together tonight.
DeleteGreat machine and correspondence. It is nice to know that somewhere in the world people are still learning flowing cursive.
ReplyDeleteThe carriage and feed release on that machine are amazing. Congrats on the new addition. Anything with those geared typebars does it for me!
ReplyDeleteThese typewriters are among the most attractive, to me, of all the Remington machines. To be sure, they're a bit overdesigned but that adds to the appeal. Nice find- and I like your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks Will! I use your page a lot as a reference to learn about my machines so it is a huge compliment that you enjoy reading my blog!
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