This is the second typewriter I recently acquired that had misaligned caps keys/levers. This is not related to the adjustment screws that align lower and upper case. This is a situation in which one caps key fully raises the carriage while the other caps key fails to do so. Before I could address the issue,…

A poem for Christine Blasey Ford.

This poem recollects one of my favorite memories: a day my girlfriend and I spent at Alligator Point just south of Tallahassee. It was winter. The air was cold and the evening was fast approaching. She was collecting shells on the beach as if discovering new planets. In proper Wordsworthian fashion, this poem was waiting….

This Erika 10 arrived from Germany today. I first encountered an Erika 10 at a friend’s house. I instantly was drawn towards its curves and lines. Once I produced some words with its keys, I was smitten. I had to have one. It has an amazingly smooth action, and it is at once sturdy and…

Every collector has to figure out where to store his or her typewriter cases and crates. Space can be limited, and so most people end up storing the cases in a closet or basement. Cases, however, can be repurposed and preserved at the same time. Stack a few vintage cases in top of one another…

I posted about this machine the other day. I was not interested, but the price was $25 and I figured I could fix it up and sell it. The draw band simply needed to be replaced. Well, there was more to it. The spring coil drum was out of alignment in ways I could not…