1955 Underwood Ace #DA2631051
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Kevin Nutt (kmnutt)
Created: 08-02-2025 at 11:35AM
Last Edit: 08-02-2025 at 12:33PM
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Description:
Date of Purchase: 03/15/2024
Place of Purchase: York, PA
This was a Facebook Marketplace purchase.
This typewriter belonged to the sellers mother, who had recently passed away. She apparently loved typewriters and had others over the years. The seller was glad it was going to someone who also appreciated typewriters.
This typewriter is in working order, but will perform better with more cleaning.
The ribbon advance is sluggish and tends to get jammed up. The type arms also need adjusting to get the characters lined up better on the page.
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Hunter: Kevin Nutt (kmnutt)
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With nearly three decades in information technology and over twenty years specializing in cybersecurity, I bring a unique perspective to typewriter collecting that bridges the digital and mechanical worlds. As the son of a farmer-turned-chemical engineer, I inherited both my father's hands-on problem-solving mindset and his deep curiosity about how things work.
Growing up under his guidance, I learned to build, repair, and tinker. This experience gave me a lasting appreciation for mechanical ingenuity and ultimately led me to typewriters. I'm fascinated by their intricate mechanisms and rich history, and by the role these remarkable machines played in transforming human communication long before the digital era.
When not working on typewriters, I love working with my hands on various projects: building custom mechanical keyboards, creating miniatures, building furniture, or other hands-on creative work that captures my attention.
Based in Central Pennsylvania less than 10 miles from the famous Olivetti-Underwood Factory in Harrisburg, PA, I've found the region to be a fruitful source of vintage machines - and so my collection keeps growing.
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