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Melbourne, Australia. | The Filthy Platen
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Greetings from Melbourne, Australia. Do you love your typewriter? Do you enjoy writing? Please, feel free to join me in my typewriter adventures anytime. One thought on “ Melbourne, Australia. September 29, 2016 at 5:33 pm. I have a olympia sm1 orbis. I cannot move the carriage left or right. Can you help me please? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. A typewriter a day.
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early typewriters | The Filthy Platen
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For the love of the Remington J typewriter. (J is for Junior). No, you haven’t misread the nameplate. It isn’t missing any characters or been badly labeled when a label may have been re-applied. This is a Remington J – which is known in the USA as the Remington Junior. Why? Well, we’ll get to that in a moment. My collecting has taken a bit of an…. June 4, 2015. Joshua Beta (JoshBet…. On The typewriters of Singapore. On The typewriters of Singapore. On The typewriters of Singapore. A typewriter a day.
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Uncategorized | The Filthy Platen
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A Traveller’s Companion – Two Of A Kind (part 1). Okay With the rough stuff off my chest, I want to write about an great addition to my collection that I acquired last year. Well, actually… two great additions. But more about that in a minute. It’s a machine that I’d been on the lookout for, for some time. And I have JP Huard and…. March 14, 2016. On the packing bench – The Stott L1 Typewriter. May 24, 2015. Undressing the Demountable (No.2). April 19, 2015. Absence makes the heart go yonder. Recently, N...
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Olympia | The Filthy Platen
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Michael Clemens on the typosphere page recently set a challenge to us typewriter fanatics for typewriter day to “honour your roots“. Well, I don’t think I can do that any better than to talk about a typewriter that has more personal significance to me than any other in my collection. This the typewriter that belonged…. June 23, 2015. September 11, 2014. I like surprises…. April 28, 2014. When is an Olympia SM1 not an Olympia SM1? The title of this post isn’t some cryptic riddle. There’s n...This lasted t...
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antique | The Filthy Platen
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Let off some steam, Bennett (typewriter). This typewriter reminds me of one very important fact in life: You should never be afraid to ask a question. When I first spotted this machine on Gumtree here in Australia, the seller was asking a whopping $25,000 for it. The price was so absurd that I snapped a photo from the Gumtree site and…. June 13, 2015. The road to Gundagai, and unexpected rarities. May 9, 2014. Joshua Beta (JoshBet…. On The typewriters of Singapore. On The typewriters of Singapore. August...
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collecting | The Filthy Platen
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On the packing bench – The Stott L1 Typewriter. Some time in the next week this typewriter will be taken down to a post office and sent on its merry way up to Queensland. There, it will join up with many other interesting typewriters that are housed in John Lavery’s collection and at least get some appreciation. I promised John that I would send…. May 24, 2015. September 11, 2014. Pt 4 – The race for the AMC typewriter. January 24, 2014. Joshua Beta (JoshBet…. On The typewriters of Singapore. The impatie...
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Filthy Labs | The Filthy Platen
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Greetings from the Filthy Labs. Here is my catalogue of experiments done in the name of science, and for the love of fixing old and dying typewriters. Cleaning of the Gossen Tippa. A clean typewriter is a happy typewriter. Improvised repairs on my Noiseless typewriter’s spring drum. Hey now, hey now, my noiseless is back. Experiments with PTFE lubrication. PTFE n’ That. Blacklight reading a typewriter’s forensic history. The Russian’s secret. Re-shaping rollers with boiling hot water. A typewriter a day.
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BrumTypia: January 2015
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Typewriters Currently For Sale. Tales from the Shop. Sunday, January 4, 2015. January 4, 2015 - Happy New Year and Casting New Knobs. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Our friends in the Typosphere. Life in a Typewriter Shop. Meet Ten Foot Tom. Backspace does not erase. Most dangerous substance in the house (and a use thereof). The manual typewriter experience. On a typewriter… Left or Right views… The words type the same! Nanonovel no. 30: Mission Without End. The typewriters of Singapore.
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BrumTypia: Typewriter Wish List
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Typewriters Currently For Sale. Tales from the Shop. These are machines that I would like to acquire. If you happen to have one of these and you want to sell or trade, let's talk and see what kind of deal we can make. MJ Rooy Portable - QWERTY keyboard a definite plus. 1950's Travel-Riter (Torpedo 20). Royal Model P w/ Vogue typeface. QWERTZ keyboards are also on my list. Early Super Speed located! Portable Machine Cases Needed (just the case, ma'am! Royal Quiet Deluxe - 1950's era. Meet Ten Foot Tom.