1930 Remington Portable 5 #34128
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Created: 06-12-2017 at 02:57PM
Last Edit: 08-01-2018 at 06:35PM
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Description:
Ohio antique mall purchase. Good for display. The cable on the carriage pulley is separated. Carriage won't move by typing or by pressing space bar. But old and interesting to look at. Paper won't feed. No typeface attempted. SOLD to a friend 16Oct2017.
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Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Tom Beauvais's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1192
Changed my collecting priorities to portables except the Olympia SG3 with the cyrillic keyboard and my Underwood No. 5--those beasts are too heavy. Sold my earlier typewriters to a friend. I had too many. I use carbon paper for typefaces when the machines have faint ribbons. I take photos with my Canon Powershot SX50HS (50x optical zoom and macro settings). I find it difficult doing typeface specimens since I use a Corsair K70 RGB gaming keyboard plugged into my 15-in Macbook. I got it solely for the deep key travel. I have fun hunting machines in antique malls in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.
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