1960 Olympia SG1 #7-518495
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Lynn Johansen (TEAPress)
Created: 05-25-2021 at 10:45AM
Last Edit: 05-25-2021 at 02:32PM
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Description:
Update: sold to friend in Richland Center WI.
Picked this up on a trip through Iowa. Really dirty unit, but with cleanup and a bit of de-rusting it’s a great typer. Interesting features and keys that includes carat, degree, 1/ fraction, @, th for numbers. 10 CPI and 4 lines per inch. San serif font.
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Hunter: Lynn Johansen (TEAPress)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 544
I have a passion for analog methods of putting words on paper. I own a letterpress shop that helps to fill this desire, but found typewriters also have a role in producing written materials with a value-added dimension. I'm drawn to working typewriters and renovate them as I am able. I'm pretty handy with things mechanical. Overall, I feel more like an enthusiast with a collection that will get used by design. I understand the temptation to buy them all, but I don't have a store to sell them in. I'm also no expert in repair, so it's a matter of finding the best typefaces and typing feel that helps me to get words on paper. Type on!
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