Comments on: How to Find the Right Typewriter https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/ a writer's guide to typewriters Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Deborah. Millender https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-2937 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:10:07 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-2937 I say a type I want but the problem is it keep going up it was 20 00 dollar but how can I still get same one I saw it went to a 149 dollar please email my daughter her email is silenagrier@rockets.utoledo.edu she is the who would buy the cheapest one for me

]]> By: Daniel Marleau https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:31:48 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-763 In reply to Paul C..

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the good words, amigo! Glad you enjoy the blog.

As for repairing typewriters, I’ve done some basic things like getting the upper and lower aligned, putting rubber bushings in Olympia SM3s so the carriage is at the right level, bending the little hammer that strikes the bell — that sort of low-grade, any klutz can perform tweaks. Cleaning is mainly spit and polish. Buff the cover. Get the gunk out of the type slugs. Loosen up the typebars with some solvent.

I wish I had a repair shop nearby! What most every typewriter needs is a new platen and the internals de-gunked. I wish I could run every typewriter I have through that process. Well worth the extra cost! Typewriters that have had this service performed are wonderful writing machines! You can really tell the difference.

]]> By: Paul C. https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:36:23 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-762 Hey Daniel!
Thank you for your website and the effort you put into it!

A few questions:
– Do you clean and repair your typewriter yourself or do you send them to a repair shop?
– Have you ever thought about cleaning/repairing them yourself?

I really enjoy reading your blogs, please keep doing so! Thank you!

Greetings from Vienna//Austria

Paul C.

]]> By: TomR https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:40:02 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-661 In reply to T. Munk.

I continue to be amazed at people who find typewriters in thrift stores. I must live in a typewriter desert. Over the past year I’ve made approximately 100 visits to a wide selection of local Goodwill, Salvation Army and other miscellaneous other thrift stores and seen exactly two (2) typewriters: a Royal Dart with a broken drawband and an IBM Selectric II that wouldn’t even turn on. For me it’s a colossal waste of time and gas, and I’ve pretty much stopped doing it.

]]> By: Daniel Marleau https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 19:03:30 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-164 In reply to Andrew.

Never used a Linea 101. But the Lettera is a quiet machine!

]]> By: Andrew https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 04:58:35 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-163 I found your video very usefull. I’m looking for a typewriter the quiter possible. The people in the store recommends me the Olivetti Lettera 32 or the Olivetti Linea 101. Do you know which one makes less sound or which one is better?

]]> By: Ro https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 03:38:06 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-103 I wish your Craigslist and Thrift Store held true here in Los Angeles but not so. Too many hipsters are driving the prices sky high. Even the jnkiest machines can list for $150 around here.

]]> By: How to Buy Typewriters Ridiculously Cheap | Typewriter Review https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:17:36 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-99 […] last week’s post, I reviewed local options for getting your hands on a typewriter. If none of these panned out, […]

]]> By: T. Munk https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:53:02 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-91 there’s a database of charity driven thrift stores in the US here:
http://www.thethriftshopper.com/

A handy way to find local thrifts and map them out according to distance for optimally planned typewriter searches. (:

]]> By: Joshua https://typewriterreview.com/2015/09/30/how-to-find-the-right-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Thu, 01 Oct 2015 01:35:40 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=396#comment-88 I bought a standard typewriter in my own city, Oaxaca City (Mexico). It’s an Olympia SG 3 made in Mexico (my country, where I live) between the years 1977 and 1983, with a cute square font (similar with Larabiefont in computers). This machine used to be (and still is in some places) the standard, the mainstream model used in all Mexican offices disregarding if being public or private offices. Certainly, it’s pretty heavy (about 35 lb) and very huge, and its prize was expensive (about $150 USD) but it’s worthwhile and quite better than the Olivetti Dora I still keep with me for emergency cases (I bought in a thrift shop at just $4 USD but it’s not for heavy-duty use so I worn out after 5 years of continuous use)…xD

Your tips are right. But you must add “The type of touch”. I prefer the “feathered touch”, and I can get this oiling the key mechanisms in a right way…xD

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