Bloglike Blathering
Below are posts, ordered by recency. Click on one to read more and check the sidebar in the post for information about the featured machine.
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New Approaches for Old Parts
New approaches for old parts, using a laser to cut out blanks for newly manufactured keyrings
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A Primer on 3D Printing
Some thoughts on the marvels and challenges of new resin printing
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Depth Maps for Engraving
Diving into workflows to create depth maps for engraving
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Bichromatic Stamps
Tricks to line up multiple color layers for stamps
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An Icelandic KsT
Colorful and with an Imperial basket, this KsT is full of surprises
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A Project Machine
This one needs some work done, but it has fantastic bones
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Generating Thoughts
Thinking about the nature of trust and generated content
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Nu-Mode Smith Corona 5T
This one bats a double with an unusual color and sans serif font
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Postal Embellishments
A first foray into the world of custom, laser-cut stamps
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3 Bank Pivots & Bushings
A snapped arm made for a dead typebar, this was a really pivotal part!
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Typewriter Sizes
A little fun setting some of the largest and smallest machines next to each other
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Hermes 3000 in Director Elite
With an elegant font and compact pitch, this one does work
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Olivetti Lettera 32 in Katakana
A Western machine for the outside alphabet
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Brother Portable in Katakana
A Brother made more interesting with katakana
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Sanding Down Platens
Some idle rambling about lessons learned from sanding down platens
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Gossen Tippa
They say that everyone has a type, but really, everyone should just have a Tippa
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Art Gothic Scout
A lovely little machine in Art Gothic, a rather distinctive sans-serif font.
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Groma Kolibri
The Kolibri always has a feeling of flatness, despite a solid, heavy presence on the desk
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New Shoes for the Champion
Fresh rubber gives traction to this classic
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Remington 5
This small machine has a big secret on the oversized 6CPI slugs
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An Unscripted Comparison
A more compact script, Napoli 77 makes for some very nice writing.
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Maths Hermes 3000
Interesting slugs on a practical machine make for fun letters
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Underwood 4 Bank
The early 4 banks do have a different feel, and this one is nice and snappy
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Underwood 3 Bank
Despite the rougher decals, this tiny machine cleaned up nice after a reattached drawband.
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Norm-ally Interesting
Quick look at the features and functions of the Triumph
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Should You Resurface?
Is new rubber worth the hassle and why would you want to?
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Olivetti Lettera 22
A functional machine, I found this one was too small for my hands
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Adler Tippa in Napoli Script
An unusual variant of an already uncommon script machine
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Picking Typing Paper
Some thoughts on finding the right paper for your machine
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Making Details Pop
Making the small details stand out with paint sticks
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Export Erika, the Bijou 5
A lovely example of the export model 5 from Erika
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Early Underwood Champion
A Canadian-produced machine, made for an Australian department store
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Torpedo 18b Blue Bird for Export
Heavyweight portable, this one stays put
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Corona Junior S
New platen and a high polish for a classic flat top
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Triumph Norm 6
This 1943 QWERTY machine is very smooth and fast to type on
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Empire Aristocrat
Compact copy of an early Hermes Baby, this machine travels easily
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Margins on the Erika M
Just a quick video about using the margins on an Erika M
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A Sticky Shift
A couple tweaks cleared up a heavy shift on this Quiet De Luxe
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Erika 90
A Persian variant of the Erika 9 with gloss, glass, & class.
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Replacing Ribbons
Quickly spruce up a machine and get typing with a new ribbon
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Hermes 3000 Carriage Release
Backspacing and tabs are a poor substitute
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A Platen Soft as Gold
Resurfacing really gives this Underwood a grip!
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