NOT A SALES POST

I have kept this type writer and used it for 15 years. It’s in perfect mechanical condition. I listed it for sale for 200cad since I don’t have the space anymore, but I worry if I am asking too much or too little? What’s your guys opinion?

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Good afternoon.

I have recently inherited a Royal KMM typewriter from my late grandmother. It has immense sentimental value for me, as my grandfather attempted to publish several books while he was alive and I recently published my first book.

As the only author in my family, I find it important to keep this artifact and take care of it.

After some research the model I have seems to be from either 1939 or 1940 and the type rest may contain asbestos. Frankly speaking, I do not like asbestos.

Asbestos and my lungs do not get along.

Is there any official documentation concerning this? The type rest does not seem to be cracked or broken so...it seems ok? I also look a lot like rubber and not felt like the photos I have seen of other KMM rests. How do I make sure this is as safe as possible?

Hey all, I’m hosting a type in at the Peninsula Center public library in Rolling Hills on the 16th of January. I will provide ~15-20 machines. Feel free to bring machines and paper as you please. More details soon!

I've been typing on a Smith-Corona Sterling from
1964 and had no complaints. Got curious about Olympia and then the first antique store I stopped in had an SM3. Did a simple fix and clean to get it working and it just clicked for me.

Told myself I wouldn't get anything else unless I ran into a fairly priced Hermes 3000 or SM9... Well, next trip to the antique store/flea market I got an SM9 for a very nice price. Cleaned it up and, besides a little bit of wobbly (misaligned) letters, which doesn't bug me really, it works great.

Decided I might want an ultra portable... Long story short I lucked out on the exact model I wanted by Olympia in my area. It works 100% and just needs to be cleaned. Could not be more grateful.

Any one have a manual? Link to a manual?
I have a collection of over 35 typewriters—only two electric like this very recent number. $26! Anyway, love it but want to know more of its functions. And check out that typeface fresh from 1984

Got it for 30€ from under a pile of dusty stuff. Almost complete teardown to clean.

Hours spent wondering "What side did this lever go again??", more spent wondering "why does this lever not leverage what it needs to lever?"

It's still not perfect, margins don't really marge very well and the keys are on their way out. Maybe I'll come back to it later.

Hi, everyone! I got my first typewriter last night! It’s an Olympia SM5. I’m so excited to learn more about it and typewriters in general🌟 I’ll be using this one for lots of journaling and pen pall-ing. It makes me happy that it’s getting used and not collecting dust somewhere. The person who sold it to me said that I would start feeling sentimental about every typewriter I see and I can already tell that I will. I would love to know what has been typed on my machine over the years 🩷

Just finished reassembling my Noiseless Model 7 after as deep a clean as I can get. It feels very rewarding to get to this point even though the line spacing is still gonna need work. Other than that, all my typewriters are working (still waiting for the ribbon on my 88) and it's been a great summer of typewriters.

(Btw: if anyone has a similar model, please send a picture of the left side of the platten so I can see how the line spacing mechanism is supposed to look. I would highly appreciate that! Thank you in advance if you took the time and trouble to do this.)

This is a Remington International that I found at my parents'. I'm trying to work out whether it's usable. The top bit (platen?) keeps sliding by itself to the left. Is there a control I need to change to stop that happening? Or is this a symptom of being broken or gummed up?

I tried looking for a manual, but only found different models.