Book Review of: “As Fast As Words Could Fly” a children’s book with a typewriter theme.
Category: Typewriters
Different day… same Ideal (1909)
Hard to walk away from this typewriter… it is so much fun. I’ve started exploring the different buttons/levers/knobs/etc… it is a very well built and beautiful machine. Nothing new to say… I’m just playing…
I have an Ideal (1909)
I wasn’t even looking for this typewriter. I was searching for information on Olympia Model 8 and came across this. The pictures looked old… beat up… but I email about the spacer working… it did. It does. I never expected it to be working this well fresh off the delivery truck after a month in transit. Carpenter’s pencil for a space bar… plastic spool as a second spool… it works it spins… it types… the keys are so clean… with a little effort this will be my prize. Joy of Joys.
I was going to wait until I had worked on this… but it worked so well I could not wait to show it off.
I bought the ribbon…
I wanted a phrase to show I’m into typewriters…. “drank the Kool-Aid” seemed to extreme. I’m not so absorbed that I live and think typewriters… but I can see my self five to ten years from now still owning and using them. So I thought… I bought the ribbon might as well use it.
I take apart my Tom Thumb…
Sometimes you just want to see if you can improve things. This is a toy after all… designed for people who don’t have a clue. Back in December I got good results from my Tom Thumb… but it did not last… so I decided to see if I could improve things… I like to think I did but compared to Dec maybe not but better than Jan… (or not… but it was going down hill and only got worse). The Remie Scout works great and has many decades of life left. The Tom Thumb will only last that long on a shelf.
Summer thoughts and old woodstocks
The other day I was thinking of sunflowers then I found my old picture. I looked at my old Woodstock and found I need to use it more to keep it functional.
Reliance Premier… is fast but not royal
As a stand alone the Reliance Premier is a solid machine.  If you have one just put some time between it and a classic like a Royal 10. The Reliance is that second car… the one you go to the store in and the daily commute to work car. The car gets you where you want to go… the one you don’t always admit you own. But… it does get the job done… as such it has a place in your home.
If they work… they type.
If the typewriter functions… I will type with it.
The end result might not be pretty… but as long as words appear on a page the carriage moves and the space bar does its thing; creation takes place and I visit the world of bliss and awe.
The Empire we thrust…
106 years old and with a little exercise the Empire Typewriter is starting to shape up nice.
With a thrust… The Empire 1907 Typewriter
There are more than one way to contact the platen…. “The Empire” uses a thrust (push) motion to make contact with the platen. Odd… but well made. Not the fastest machine out there but quiet. Made in Canada… and great to use and just to look at.
