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The head assembly of the Blickensderfer typewriter is a bit daunting to take apart completely. For this one, the main pivot-rod was left in ...

The most-common type of wooden case for the Blickensderfer 5 typewriter is a plain wedge-shape carrying case with a leather handle. From pic...

Numbers - a book full of them. This is a book full of multiplications, one large table.  It was advertised for in a technical handbook shown...

The carriage of a Blickensderfer 5 typewriter is a relatively simple affair, as is shown on several pages online . One end of the baseplate ...

The plastic keys of Blickensderfer typewriters can sometimes be missing. These keys can't be pulled off. They've been molded onto th...

To complete the series, after the first and second iterations, also built the third and final version of a Meccano model of a hay tedder. ...

This is the base-casting of a Blickensderfer 5 typewriter. This is also the start of a slow, full restoration project. Restoring some machin...