1928 Underwood 3 #147467-26
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 05-03-2024 at 04:56PM
Last Edit: 05-21-2024 at 10:32AM
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Long range hunting. This machine came out of a lumber operation owned by one of Colorado's scions. More later....
The tab clear was jammed and the carriage lift arm/rod off it's track. Most assuredly these were caused by the difficulty in moving it around. Once sorted and with some hand tension, she types. Now I need a 26 in drawband.
Double Gothic typeface, 12 cpi.
5.5.24 A marathon weekend.
A tale of two periods. As a commercial machine (an actual ‘workhorse’), she’s seen some heavy use and whoever was doing the service didn’t know how to use a screwdriver 😡. However, in retirement she was treated well. The rubber is excellent and not a spot of rust. It is unfortunate the scale was banged up, probably, during service(s).
Two of the decimal levers and the margin release need attention and she’ll be 100% except for the shoddy I/I slug replacement.
Draw band replaced. Slug fixed. A challenging photographic subject.
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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.
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