Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Fixing-up a Shore hardness tester (Type "T")

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When hobbying-around with typewriter platens, it's about rubber and the hardness of that rubber. To give that a number, usually the Shor...
Friday, June 5, 2026

Comptometer Model B - restored

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Finishing touch now added to the restored Comptometer Model B from about 1908. The fixed-up  machine still had two replacement keys from the...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

An Olympia in a Broadway shop window

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During a saunter round Leiden, spotted a grey Olympia SM typewriter in the shop window of a second-hand store. Rather an up-market thrift st...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Blickensderfer carriage escapement adjustment

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The reason for this hole in the base casting of the Blcikensderfer is now clear. It gives visibility of the meshing of the indexing-claw wit...
Friday, May 15, 2026

Blickensderfer platen knob replica

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The re-creating of a platen for the Blickensderfer typewriter slowed down, but a small improvement in the surface finish of the sleeve was t...
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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Blickensderfer platen testing, hardnesses

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The platen of a Blickensderfer is a bit different from most typewriter platens, in that it has threaded rod-ends instead of a through platen...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Blickensderfer tweaking and starting on platens

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The Blickensderfer 5 typewriter is a brilliant machine. It also has an almost endless set of adjustments to make it work. One of the issues ...
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