1923 Underwood Portable 3 Bank #66226

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rice (TypewriterNoob)
Created: 08-27-2024 at 04:39PM
Last Edit: 08-27-2024 at 05:17PM

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I purchased this for just $3 at a storage shed yard sale in Sparta, Wisconsin in August 2023. It was dirty and rusty. The case was rough, but solid. After an initial cleaning, it worked okay. However, I wanted to do a full mechanicals cleaning too. It took me a full year of applying Kroil pennetrating oil to the screws holding it to the bottom of the case until they finally loosened. The underside was rusty and the rubber was all hard and deteriorated. I custom cut new feet and cleaned it up. It's a beautiful typewriter now! I also cleaned, glued and painted the case.

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Hunter: Mark Rice (TypewriterNoob)

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I'm over 60 now, but bought my first typewriter (a 1920's Underwood) when I was a teenager for $5.00. Unfortunately, I sold it 15 years later for $5.00 because I thought it was a useless, outdated boat anchor. Fast forward 35 years and I bought a Smith Corona Tabulator at a garage sale for $5.00 to show my grandchildren what a manual typewriter is and how it works. A couple years later, I bought an Oliver No. 9 at an antique store for $54 because of its interesting design. Within a month, I had spent over $1,000 and bought 16 more typewriters from a 1905 Remington No. 6 upstrike to an electric Olivetti Praxis 48.

I'm pretty handy, so my plan is to clean and repair them. I'll keep some for my private collection and sell others to support my new typewriter addiction.