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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
SNOW DAY!
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Vanessa snowed in, in my driveway.
My Hermes 2000
Sunday, October 23, 2011
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
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Disassembled type tower of the donor machine.
Source of the problem--detached slug and type bar
"p" type slug
El Primo Oliver 9 with her new type bar and slug
Sunday, September 18, 2011
IMPROVING UPON LITERATURE
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My Black IBM Selectric I
Monday, September 12, 2011
GOING GREEN AND OTHER NONSENSE
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The real way to "go green"
Monday, September 5, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
A Tale of Two Olivers ... Cont. ...
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Re-glued left platen knob:
Oliver no. 1.5 on its "treadle table"!
Above: Notice the thin metal key-comb donated from an Oliver 3.
Below: Top view with the original composite key-comb still in the machine. Notice there is no indication by markings that this is an Oliver 2.
Monday, July 11, 2011
A TALE OF TWO OLIVERS
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Oliver no. 2 the younger on its "treadle table"!
Oliver no. 2 the younger sitting prettily on new rubber feet -- Hilman no. 2 rubber stoppers.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Cincinnati Type-Fest II
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The Sunday morning remnant in Richard's dining room. From left to right: Herman Price, Alan Seaver, Richard Polt (the really tall guy), Jett Morton (in front of Richard and a bit shorter), Me, Jack Knarr, Felicia Alexander, and Mike Brown.
Oliver no. 2, Date of manufacture, 1898. Which brought you the current Tlog.
One of the things I stupidly forgot to bring to Cincinnati was type writer letterhead I had made for the occasion. So, I'm posting it below for you to download and make your own stationery as Richard Polt has done on his site.
Oliver letterhead - 1919
Oliver letterhead - 1920
Oliver envelope return address figure