London buses

The saying about London buses goes: you wait for ages and none arrives, then three come at once.

But in this case, two Hermes 3000s.

 

So, this item is a good price and "buy it now". Imagine the temptation.
Being described as faulty, but could just be a simple ribbon or drawband replacement,
or the seller doesn't know where the carriage lock is...

 Then there's this one, no claims to be working but a much nicer case and with a price
approaching the top end of my limit.

 

Ted and Tori got married

Ted's post of his and Tori's typewriter-themed wedding party

Congratulations!

Tages Anzeiger: Questions 9-21

See Retro Tech Geneva where this thread began.
See Manual Entry and Type Clack too.

Eye-popping Remington 5

I was just seeing if there were any clues to fixing notagain's carriage problem on his Travel-Riter (there weren't) when I noticed that the ribbon spools on my Remington 5 shift. I can't think of any other typewriters where the spools shift with the carriage. That explains why this and other incarnations of the Remington Portable family use such small spools. Anyway, perfect excuse for a 2 frame animation.

The Union Flag flanked by maple leaves on the paper table are because this was made by Remington in Canada in 1939.

Tages Anzeiger: Questions 5-8

See Retro Tech Geneva where this thread began.
See Manual Entry too.