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This blog is about the daily activities in a busy typewriter shop. I want to share with you the many interesting people who come in here, the beautiful machines I get and most of all the great typewriter stories that people share with me!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Type-Out - Saturday June 9th

 

I don't see many Corona typewriters this nice.

I like this machine so much I have to show it twice.

This machine looks way better than the picture came out.

The owner of this beauty calls her Pinky.


 
A 14 year old girl is getting this great Quiet de Luxe

This SM-3 is heading south.



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11 comments:

  1. Bill MMay 19, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    Those are some fantastic looking typewriters. It is great that you are keeping busy.

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  2. Martin A. Rice, Jr.May 19, 2012 at 7:25 PM

    I'd love to make your type-out, but I'm committed to being out west to catch the transit of Venus where there's a 95% chance of sunshine!

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  3. JenMay 19, 2012 at 7:47 PM

    Love the typeout idea! Sweet typewriters in your pictures.

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  4. Richard PMay 19, 2012 at 7:58 PM

    Great slogan, "Drop in and type out."

    That "mountain ash scarlet" Corona is gorgeous, like new. I found one almost as nice on craigslist a couple of years ago and prize it.

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  5. TedMay 19, 2012 at 8:16 PM

    I just picked up a very nice Corona 4 in light maroon last week at Goodwill myself. Of course, as a 90-year old machine would, it has a hard platen - not unuseable, but I really wish that Ames had at least waited another month before going out of business. ):

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    1. Rob BowkerMay 20, 2012 at 1:46 PM

      Ted: Does it have the rose gold painted panels too?

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  6. Fernando AntunesMay 20, 2012 at 5:24 AM

    Those are some really good looking typewriters. The red Corona 4 is absolutely amazing. And it's good to know that business is going well, the more typewriters are sold the more typewriters' enthusiasts of arise!

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  7. Rob BowkerMay 20, 2012 at 1:44 PM

    Red Corona's hot! And excellent paint. As for Ames, I wonder what precisely is involved in recovering a platen once it is off the machine? Is it just a hard rubber tube slipped onto the core or is it molded on and machined to a finishing diameter? Apart from the specifics of the rubber compound, I can't imagine the process being beyond the ingenuity of someone with a workshop, a lathe and a customer base. As ever, thanks for posting!

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  8. Tom FurrierMay 20, 2012 at 5:41 PM

    Thanks for your wonderful comments everyone.
    Rob- I think there is a little more to platen recovering than we think. I'm told it is a labor intensive product. Let's hope someone takes it on.

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    1. TedMay 25, 2012 at 11:07 AM

      I've just been contacted by the JJ Short company, who is very interested in taking up the slack left by the departure of Ames. I'm sending this info to Bill Wahl at Mesa Typewriter Exchange, and to you since I know the two of you have been discussing options for finding a platen recovering supplier:

      http://www.jjshort.com/Hard-To-Find-and-Obsolete-Rollers.php

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  9. KimbaDecember 23, 2023 at 10:28 PM

    Nice blogg post

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