1953 Smith Corona Silent #5S 409288
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
Created: 06-01-2024 at 11:27PM
Last Edit: 06-04-2024 at 12:48AM
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Description:
Purchased for $23 in May 2024, I received this on June 1st in exceedingly good condition. About 4 hours of cleaning work and this elite monster is ready almost ready to go. It needs a new platen to replace the original rock hard cylinder and maybe one or two additional adjustments. This will be my new daily driver.
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Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
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Hello! I’m a Johns Hopkins trained biomedical and electrical engineer with a variety of interests in the entertainment industry, information theory, evolution, big history, genetics, signal processing, transgenetics, translational medicine, and theoretical mathematics. I’m a strong advocate of the IndieWeb movement.
I have a love for analog office equipment including library card catalogs and typewriters. As of Summer 2024, I've got a segment of 13 typewriters, mostly portable and all manual. I'm working may way into trying out some standards soon and have been learning how to completely overhaul all of the machines in my collection, all of which work well aside from one machine which needs some parts. I've got more than half a dozen card catalogs including a Gaylord Bros. and a Steelcase along with several Remington Rand and some Shaw-Walkers. I've lost count of my index card collection once I passed 10,000.
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