Friday, 21 December 2012
Monday, 17 December 2012
Hermes knob - a solution
Impatient for a machined aluminium replacement, I tried a softer, more easily worked material. Ready-made shapes sprung to mind: draughtsmen (like you play draughts with), a wheel from a wooden toy (which I didn't have) or some kind of turnery for cabinet makers. The drawer pull won the day for having a centre guide and I got them from the same shop I get replacement bushes for my Olympia SMs. Wonder if I could get them stock ribbons?
Labels:
guarantee,
Hermes 3000,
pine,
platen,
repair,
typecast,
typewriter,
woodwork
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Vinyl connection
Labels:
33rpm,
David Bowie,
features,
gramaphone,
John Lennon,
Led Zeppelin,
LP,
Misty in Roots,
record player,
ribbon reverse,
Royal Portable,
stylus,
The Beatles,
The Rolling Stones,
typecast,
typewriter,
vinyl
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Thursday, 6 December 2012
1969 Hermes 3000 platen knob
I found a bar of aluminium in the garden about 10 years ago.
The Young Master is learning to use a centre-lathe at school.
Fingers crossed...
The Young Master is learning to use a centre-lathe at school.
Fingers crossed...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Letterpress, revisited
An follow-up to Letterpress article back in July.
Paper by Graham at The Exotic Paper Company (a.k.a. ellipoo)
Print by Peter at Lyme Bay Press
Paper by Graham at The Exotic Paper Company (a.k.a. ellipoo)
Print by Peter at Lyme Bay Press
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