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1895 Remington 5 Serial # 30285 1895 Remington 5 typewriter, Serial # 30285 Vlastimil Novak's 1895 Remington 5 typewriter. 2023-06-08 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Vlastimil Novak: 1895 Remington 5 Serial # 30285 New machine in my junkyard section of the collection!

I always wanted a machine from the 19th century and here it is. It is bought really cheap from a guy who is cleaning old attics and selling a lot of stuff found in there. It is dirty, but all mouse droppings and the worst layer of dirt are removed. After some light oiling, it works. It is missing a feed roller, but small metal rollers can handle paper feeding very well. Good thing that Remington can easily work with ordinary ribbons but the escapement mechanism is really worn out and the key rings are falling apart and that is why I am not going to use it very often.

About the machine itself. I like the bell in the front and the lever reversing the whole shifting mechanism which is an interesting feature. The whole look is impressive with all lining and mighty columns. It is more a piece of furniture than a tool. In comparison to my Smith Premier No.4, I found Smith more complex. Especially lifting whole Remington's carriage compared to only a simple turn of Smith's one to get it into reading position. But it is a really good machine, no doubt about that.

I am really impressed with how everything is working after who knows how many years spent rusting and who knows where. Now it is in the good company of just a little younger Mr. Smith. It must be nice to be after all those years with another American buddy.

1895 Remington 5 #30285

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Vlastimil Novak (Schrei112)
Created: 01-27-2018 at 05:55AM
Last Edit: 06-08-2023 at 02:44PM

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New machine in my junkyard section of the collection!

I always wanted a machine from the 19th century and here it is. It is bought really cheap from a guy who is cleaning old attics and selling a lot of stuff found in there. It is dirty, but all mouse droppings and the worst layer of dirt are removed. After some light oiling, it works. It is missing a feed roller, but small metal rollers can handle paper feeding very well. Good thing that Remington can easily work with ordinary ribbons but the escapement mechanism is really worn out and the key rings are falling apart and that is why I am not going to use it very often.

About the machine itself. I like the bell in the front and the lever reversing the whole shifting mechanism which is an interesting feature. The whole look is impressive with all lining and mighty columns. It is more a piece of furniture than a tool. In comparison to my Smith Premier No.4, I found Smith more complex. Especially lifting whole Remington's carriage compared to only a simple turn of Smith's one to get it into reading position. But it is a really good machine, no doubt about that.

I am really impressed with how everything is working after who knows how many years spent rusting and who knows where. Now it is in the good company of just a little younger Mr. Smith. It must be nice to be after all those years with another American buddy.

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Hunter: Vlastimil Novak (Schrei112)

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I am a passionate amateur mechanic from the Czech Republic, and I have always mesmerized by the complexity of typewriters since my childhood. The first one (Zeta 1501) was just a toy to me in the beginning, but by every year I got older I got also better at understanding how it is working and how to disassemble it and assemble it again. The second one was Ideal DZ33 which started my love for antique machines with all the chrome and glass keys.
My machines range from mint ones through a majority of well-used machines to piles of rust that I have repaired to be typewriters again which is a lot of fun for me.
I am quite obsessed with the beauty and technical genius of standard Continentals. I love how they were producing one model of a typewriter from 1904 to the '50s with constant changes in design and my goal is to collect every decal and every major variation of them.


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