I received an enquiry from James (hi James) by e-mail. Here's the gist of it: "In the middle of last year I bought a Remington Ran...

Skippy, the Noisy Noiseless

Life feels so empty and meaningless now the Remington Rand Model 1 is finished. Whatever will I do with all this spare time? Maybe I should...

The cobbler in town wouldn't sell me any rubber soles to whittle new feet for my down at heel Remington Rand Model 1. Said he didn'...

Remington Rand s/n P31552 c.1938 Remington Noiselesss Portable s/n N48665 c.1934 Bikethru queried the 'noiseless' weights...

OK, I had four more jobs to do before considering this typewriter fit for purpose: Replace the rubber roller that keeps the tabs from fallin...

Nothing much worked at removing the hardened key cushion material, and I had some paint stripper left and... well, you know how it is. The ...

I thought I should take a few reference pictures to remind me how this thing goes back together. Under a layer of brown crud, I found the f...

Anyone nervous about taking the cover off a Remington Rand Model 1? I was, until I lifted the top plate (the four bushes crumbled to dust at...

This photo makes it look much better than it is! The paper table is rust-lined, the tab rubber's mush, the feet are semi-liquid and th...