Typewriters

[poetman]

I have a early 1940's Quiet Deluxe. Its in perfect shape. It belonged my friends grandfather when he was a journalist in Miami and was known to have been a very good friend of Ernest Hemingway who he would regularly visit in Key West.

Yes, more stories, pictures?

 

[LEUII]

I just found this thread. I love old typewriters. And, I use them. I'm partial to Underwoods. That 'u' in LEUII means something

 

[Feraud]

I recently found this Smith Corona. It is in vg condition and only needs a new ribbon.

 

[Travis]

I just found this thread. I love old typewriters. And, I use them. I'm partial to Underwoods. That 'u' in LEUII means something

What is LEUII?

 

[Travis]

I recently found this Smith Corona. It is in vg condition and only needs a new ribbon.

Nice Feraud. I got new ribbons for my Underwood from mytypewriter.com and am very happy with them.

 

[Starius]

Here is my Smith-Corona Super Speed.

Its in great shape, just needs a bit of servicing for some sticky keys and a new ribbon.
I bought it off a guy who found it in a abandoned building in Des Moines that was marked for demolition a couple years ago.

 

[Feraud]

Thanks for the tip Travis. I will look 'em up.

Starius, that Super Speed is nice!

 

[LEUII]

LEUII is my name! Well, sort of. It is my initials with a Roman numeral II to denote Junior.

 

[Travis]

LEUII is my name! Well, sort of. It is my initials with a Roman numeral II to denote Junior.

Well, that makes sense.

 

[Leading Edge]

Just trying to keep up

I just found this thread. I love old typewriters. And, I use them. I'm partial to Underwoods. That 'u' in LEUII means something

LEUII is my name! Well, sort of. It is my initials with a Roman numeral II to denote Junior.

Hunh, and here I was thinking something more along the lines of:

LEUII
Late Edition Underwood II:
the Underwood portable typewriter of choice​

lol​

 

[LizzieMaine]

My Royal, salvaged from the dump c. 1986.

During my radio days I wrote over 10,000 pages of news copy on this machine, tapping away six days a week. It never needed service, and I got all the free ribbons I wanted by helping myself to the supply for the teletype machine (they had to be wound onto the Royal's spools before they'd fit, but my resistance to getting my hands inky took second place to my extreme penuriousness.)

I still use this machine for things like addressing envelopes and other such functions, and it still types as nice as ever. Probably it'll outlive me.

 

[Leading Edge]

My Royal, salvaged from the dump c. 1986.

During my radio days I wrote over 10,000 pages of news copy on this machine, tapping away six days a week. It never needed service, and I got all the free ribbons I wanted by helping myself to the supply for the teletype machine (they had to be wound onto the Royal's spools before they'd fit, but my resistance to getting my hands inky took second place to my extreme penuriousness.)

I still use this machine for things like addressing envelopes and other such functions, and it still types as nice as ever. Probably it'll outlive me.

What a great salvage story!

 

[poetman]

For those who use these typewriters, can anyone recommend any vintage style paper to type with?

thanks!

 

[Small Town Girl]

I was wondering if one of you would be willing to explain the process of dating a typewriter.I have an Underwood and as I was looking up serial numbers today on the typewriter database I just became more confused than I was to begin with! If I have the correct number it is 2377884-5. I didn't know if they just round up the number or disregard the dash.I obviously have no idea as to how to figure out the age, but any help that you could offer would be very much appreciated! Thank you!

 

[Travis]

I was wondering if one of you would be willing to explain the process of dating a typewriter.I have an Underwood and as I was looking up serial numbers today on the typewriter database I just became more confused than I was to begin with! If I have the correct number it is 2377884-5. I didn't know if they just round up the number or disregard the dash.I obviously have no idea as to how to figure out the age, but any help that you could offer would be very much appreciated! Thank you!

Do you have a picture of it?

 

[poetman]

Try this website, inforamtive with a lot of links:

http://staff.xu.edu/~polt/typewriters/index.html




Can anyone recommend nice paper for using a typewriter--something vintage looking?

Thanks

 

[Travis]

Can anyone recommend nice paper for using a typewriter--something vintage looking?

I like to use ivory monarch sheets, you can get them from American Stationary.

 

[Lancealot]

Thought you folks might want to see this.

more pics on this thread
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=23043

 

[LEUII]

Sweet Elsie!

 

[ScionPI2005]

My Royal, salvaged from the dump c. 1986.

During my radio days I wrote over 10,000 pages of news copy on this machine, tapping away six days a week. It never needed service, and I got all the free ribbons I wanted by helping myself to the supply for the teletype machine (they had to be wound onto the Royal's spools before they'd fit, but my resistance to getting my hands inky took second place to my extreme penuriousness.)

I still use this machine for things like addressing envelopes and other such functions, and it still types as nice as ever. Probably it'll outlive me.

Just goes to show you what a little bit of TLC will do for vintage items. Most were built to last forever, opposed to the disposable mentality of today's society.