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Thread: Vintage/manual typewriter
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11-29-2012, 04:50 AM #11
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Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
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11-29-2012, 05:37 PM #12
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Thanked: 41You guys might enjoy this piece from CBS:
A typewriter renaissance - YouTube
11-30-2012, 02:32 PM
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Funny that this thread should appear now. A few days ago, the very last typewriter made in Britain was built at the Brother factory in North Wales and was donated to the London Science Museum.
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11-30-2012, 03:10 PM
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Re: Vintage/manual typewriter
I ordered this yesterday:
11-30-2012, 05:40 PM
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The real question is how hard is it to obtain ribbons for the machines?
No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
11-30-2012, 06:09 PM
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Re: Vintage/manual typewriter
There are places that still sell them. They aren't the original cotton-based ribbons but now they use a nylon underlay. So that isn't a problem.
The guy I spoke to said the problem moving forward now is to find the rubber platens (rollers). The place all the restorers were using recently closed shop.