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1936 Remington 16 Serial # Z552000 1936 Remington 16 typewriter, Serial # Z552000 Justin De Mello's 1936 Remington 16 typewriter. 2019-04-12 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Justin De Mello: 1936 Remington 16 Serial # Z552000 This was a dirty mess (see pic in gallery) and a virtually frozen piece of machinery. It is now functional. A lot of elbow grease but it looks much better now. I had grave doubts that I'd ever get it to work again. I guess the lesson here is that I should not be so faithless in myself. I actually found another spacebar for it of the exact size and shape and replaced the broken one. the old spacebar had a hacksaw blade on the top of it with tape rapped around the bar and the hacksaw blade. Clever fix but it looked pretty bad.

1936 Remington 16 #Z552000

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Justin De Mello (jademello)
Created: 12-17-2017 at 04:38PM
Last Edit: 04-12-2019 at 03:19PM

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This was a dirty mess (see pic in gallery) and a virtually frozen piece of machinery. It is now functional. A lot of elbow grease but it looks much better now. I had grave doubts that I'd ever get it to work again. I guess the lesson here is that I should not be so faithless in myself. I actually found another spacebar for it of the exact size and shape and replaced the broken one. the old spacebar had a hacksaw blade on the top of it with tape rapped around the bar and the hacksaw blade. Clever fix but it looked pretty bad.

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This is what this Rem 16 looked like when I got it. it was completely frozen.
This is what this Rem 16 looked like when I got it. it was completely frozen.






Hunter: Justin De Mello (jademello)

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I fell in love with typewriters when I was 13. I'm retired now. My first was a Corona #3 which I got free from a neighbor. Decades pass, life happened, and I lost interest. Then a few years back as a retiree I renewed my interest which is a bit of a happy obsession now. However, it's not just typewriters that captivate me; I love all types of old office equipment, too. I have a Dalton adding machine (which I've restored), several different working antique check writers, a Dictaphone, antique steno machine, business card press, postage stamp scale. I have a well equipped antique office that is spilling into all parts of my home. Most items are from the Machine Age: 1880's into the 1930's. Still, typewriters are complex and amazing pieces of machinery that I'm always drawn to.

Oddly my background and profession was in the computer industry. I worked in the banking business for 30 years developing systems for ATM,s, phone banking, then PC home banking. I started out in banking sorting mail in a mailroom, moved on to a hardware operator: keypunch card machines, huge IBM printers, printout bursting machines, tape drive and cathode ray tubes. I guess we have come a long way but typewriters have taken me back.


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