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As a 50 year old with a 13 year old daughter living in Octavia Butler's neighborhood of Altadena, CA, it was eerie when I re-read The Parable of the Sower last summer. Today following the devastating Eaton Fire, the opening of chapter four just doubles down on the dystopia in which we're living.
https://boffosocko.com/2025/02/01/we-had-a-fire-today-octavia-butler/
As a 50 year old with a 13 year old daughter living in Octavia Butler's neighborhood of Altadena, CA, it was eerie when I re-read The Parable of the Sower last summer. Today following the devastating Eaton Fire, the opening of chapter four just doubles down on the dystopia in which we're living.
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Using the Fold-A-Matic feature of the Remington Standard to Clean, Oil, and Adjust
Today I spent a few hours cleaning, oiling, and adjusting my new (to me) Remington Standard typewriter.
Remington Fold-A-Matic
Fortunately, before I had started I was aware of a possibly little known feature called the Fold-A-Matic. I came across the idea of the Fold-A-Matic while lookin
Today I spent a few hours cleaning, oiling, and adjusting my new (to me) Remington Standard typewriter. Remington Fold-A-Matic Fortunately, before I had started I was aware of a possibly little known feature called the Fold-A-Matic. I came across the idea of the Fold-A-Matic while looking at other Remington Standards and Super-Riters on the TypewriterDatabase. This
MOHOM 17" x 13.5" Wool Pressing Mat 100% New Zealand Felted Wool Ironing Mat Pad Blanket for Quilter, Sewing, Quilting Supplies and Notions
I’ve been looking for a reasonable and inexpensive typewriter mat for a while. There are lots of wool options out there and even some with thin rubber layers to prevent your typewriter from walking across your desk.I had appreciated the ones I’ve seen in Gerren Balch’s YouTube repair videos for The HotRod Typewriter Co. which he also uses on his workbench, so I asked him his preference. His reply was these 100% wool ironing pads in 17 x 13.5 x 1/2″ form factor for about $15 on Amazon. He said “it’s soaked up 5 years of everything I do and it still looks like the day I bought it.”
The company has some square 13.5 x 13.5 options, which might be better for smaller portables, but I figured that the slightly larger version for both my workbench as well as for my larger standards would be more flexible. Since the price was half of what I’d seen from other vendors, I jumped on it and bought two: one for my workbench and another for my typing desk.
They’re definitely thick and high-quality. On my noisiest table, they definitely make a difference. They prevent some of the typewriter walking my worst rubber-footed typewriters have, but I’ve also got thin sheets of rug pad gripper that I’ve used before if things get out of hand.
Fine Line Ribbon for your Typewriter Ribbon Needs
I've yet to find a bulk dealer in typewriter ribbon that has a significant website with listings of their offerings and options. (Let's hear it for analog!) Baco Ribbon certainly didn't, so I called a few times and made some orders and pieced together most of what Baco Ribbon & Supply Co. offers. Fine Line Ribbon also has some excellent bulk offerings and an almost non-existent website. I thought I'd make a similar post with their current offerings so that those who have typewriter […]https://boffosocko.com/2024/11/08/fine-line-ribbon-for-your-typewriter-ribbon-needs/
Restoring a 1950 Royal KMG Typewriter
I spent some time this past week and over the weekend beginning restoration on my 1950 Royal KMG (Keyset Magic Grey) and getting it back "on [its] feet". fixed the grinding carriage formed the bent rear tabulator enclosure stripped down the body and did a full flush/cleaning on interior light oiling repaired disconnected typebars Q and @ by shifting the fulcrum pivot wire repaired issues with the shift keys formed the bar on shift assembly to improve the [...]https://boffosocko.com/2024/10/27/restoring-a-1950-royal-kmg-typewriter/
Learning Typewriter Maintenance and Repair
So you want to be a typewriter mechanic?
As some typewriter collectors have realized there is a typewriter revolution going on out there. This means that there's a growing need for people who can clean, maintain, repair, and restore typewriters. If this sounds like something you're interested in doing, there are a huge number of resources out there that you can ta
https://boffosocko.com/2024/10/24/learning-typewriter-maintenance-and-repair/
Acquisition: 1952 Royal Quiet De Luxe Portable Typewriter with Royal Vogue Typeface
On Sunday September 22, 2024, I picked up what appeared to be a boring-looking, run-of-the-mill, ubiquitous, mid-1950s Royal Quiet De Luxe in brown frieze crinkle paint from ShopGoodWill.com. These typewriters pop up everywhere and regularly sell in the $10-25 range. Of the 3163 typewri
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